Kiryu's English voice actor, Yong Yea, has spoken up about Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth locking NG+ behind a paywall.
Nameer from eXputer: "With Persona and Like a Dragon, SEGA delivers a bold middle finger to the idea that turn-based games are outdated and I couldn't be happier."
I love RPGs and spent 151 hours with Infinite Wealth. Currently playing through Rebirth and Reload, and I have to say I'm far more engaged with Reload because I prefer the turn based combat. I'm not a fan of the real time combat in Rebirth. If the game and story wasn't so good, I likely wouldn't entertain it at all. I much prefer turn based games.
Persona 3 reload and infinite weath boasts sales of 1 million at launch on multiple platforms.
https://www.ign.com/article...
https://personacentral.com/...
And Rebirth launched to 2 million which is seen as concerning on one platform.
https://www.pushsquare.com/...
Why is it more viable to make turn based games when they sell half as much?
Theses articles should at least highlight turn based games that sell the same or more than non turn based games to make a coherent argument. Like Pokemon or Honkai Star Rail.
The author acts like turn-based RPGs are a dying genre. Recent successful games such as Octopath Traveler series, Sea of Stars, the Trails series, Honkai Star Rail, and Baldurs Gate 3 (mentioned in the article) would prove that there is still market out there hungry for them. I’m blessed enough to love both turn-based and action rpg games.
TheGamer recently spoke with lead editor Josh Malone and senior translator Dan Sunstrum about their work localising the Like a Dragon series at Sega.
Usama from eXputer: "FF7 Rebirth and LAD Infinite Wealth have an all-star cast of characters that excel in both emotional and fun-filled party banter."
I just can’t believe we’re taking features from a game and selling it. NG+ should be just as free as pressing start and playing a New Game. It’s $15 to boot, this is just next level dumb to me.
Well they won't get infinite wealth from me because I'm not paying for NG+.
I don't usually bother with NG+ in any game, so I definitely won't be playing for it.
What next? Pay extra if you want easy mode or a high performance mode?
This is the kind of thing that keeps people from buying the game, period. I wont, plenty of other games to play.
Yong's voice acting and response to critisim made me quit watching his channel. If you can't take the heat yourself stop making money off of aiming it at others.
Don't give a damn about what that lousy voice acting hypocrit has to say.
I'm not buying it now until they revert this decision, there's plenty of games coming out. I can wait.