Like a Dragon: Ishin! 15 Minutes of Night Mode Demo Gameplay

Check out this playable demo at Twitchcon San Diego 2022 of Like a Dragon: Ishin! In Night Mode which focuses on more combat encounters and boss fights.

[@thejustinjustin1233]

Like a dragon and lost judgement were amazing. There’s something really immersive about the yakuza style Games.

[@valentds]

kiwami 2 is the OG yakuza with lost judgment gameplay, super amazing

[@Rez_U_Rekt]

@@valentds kiwami 2 gameplay is nothing like Lost Judgment. its inferior in every regard.

[@cirrus070]

Yup! To me its the story!

[@theweedeater1842]

@@Leon_S._Kennedy not saying its bad, its one of my personal favourite games, but dude that was made 8 years ago, aka like 6 games ago

[@Danker19991]

@@Rez_U_Rekt kiwami 2 is better than judgment

[@manramen]

It's so odd seeing old familiar faces in a different time period because you never know if the bad guys you recognize will be bad guys in the past or not. After all a little generational irony does wonder for a game's overall timeline.

[@Tazerboy_10]

Yeah

[@SpeedsGamer]

Uhhh, putting lightly, they're the same characters at core.

[@Cure_Hana]

Pokémon Legends Arceus already showed us that children don’t always take after their ancestors.

[@Yansko-san]

Oh.... so you like Yakuza? *Name every Tojo/Dojima/Omi branch lieutenant /captain/patriarch*

[@Seiryu..]

Damn cards! Why couldn't they keep it oldschool? It just becomes some kinda Dragonball or smth. And yeah, this UI and damage numbers are really annoying. Hope these things are not necessary for gameplay and you can turn it off

[@teee123]

That card ui is distracting af

[@armplanet7524]

Agreed

[@leonelramirez9942]

True

[@retotar1]

Gonna have to disable the damage number display.

[@bruisze]

and all hud lmao

[@jamiesnack]

and card abilities

[@darko7432]

Not a fan of a bunch of the UI changes from Ishin. The damage numbers and the cards in particular are annoying.

[@darko7432]

They also removed Izo's menacing, bloody red aura and gave him a purple one, which doesn't fit him as well as it fit Okita Souji. The damage numbers don't do much given the fact that we don't know how much health enemies have....and the healthbar system appears to have gone back to Yakuza 6's, which wad universally disliked. I'm worried.

[@MagnodeCastro]

The interface would be better if they used the same as the most modern games in the series, the dragon engine ones

[@frankuraku5622]

Hopefully they'd have a setting to toggle it off.

[@makimaspetdog2802]

Agreed

[@pressstart8738]

Typical japanese game? Right?

[@aldogga3320]

WTF is with the combat and UI? Looks like a goddamn mobile game. Honestly I'd much rather play the original Ishin than this.

[@ducbinh199]

man, this game really needs to have UI scaling, it's so distracted, the original Isshin was a lot nicer than this

[@Yansko-san]

can you list some exemples, didn t play the original

[@LiveIyCadaver]

You can toggle the minimap and the healthbar/weapon styles only show during combat at least.

[@vitadude5004]

Please give the option of removing the ui Or make it lil smaller...

[@BadCompanyBravo]

I’m addicted to the yakuza series

[@killernp1317]

Same.

[@apuboi1527]

Me too!

[@lethall6609]

Ir not alone

[@Incog2k6]

As someone, who has been a fan since 2006, let me say: Welcome to the party!

[@BadCompanyBravo]

@@Incog2k6 🫡🫡

[@fatdaddy12]

The cards should have stayed in the dungeon mode, this looks ridiculous. Also the damage numbers need an option to be turned off. Very disappointing after playing the original and loving it

[@KrisFox5]

Cards with magic spoil or are not playable in the gameplay of the main game These cards should be in a mini game with a lot of enemies in the dungeon

[@H92-v6w]

true it looks out of place

[@umarsuprianto9233]

Then just dont use it, the game will have abilities not just magic

[@marshaloga3047]

it looks fun to me... like yagami can throw fireballs from his hands and ichiban can use a hell lot of magical moves this doesn't surprise me..

[@Sumblueguy41]

@@umarsuprianto9233 fr; Ryoma was already busted the OG Ishin if you got certain skills unlocked (ex. Bare-handed parry led to temp invulnerability) so i’d suspect things would roll nearly the same way in this Kiwami iteration (imagine not making a playable Kiryu busted when by himself)

[@MrOboy4]

@@umarsuprianto9233 but most the of the boss used the magic card too, so its a bit unfair if you not using it for boss fight

[@Aquareus]

should've removed the superpowers, what were they thinking, this gameplay looks so unfun and it's not the player's fault the main deal of ishin was crafting and upgrading your different weapons and grinding for useful skills, now it's all gone cause you can just do a kamehameha

[@Dekunut.6260]

Ah yes, my favorite Samurai sword technique. BLACK HOLE

[@veryyrude]

PLEASE remove those numbers and the yakuza 7 stuff, or atleast make them optional

[@azuresapphire220]

The cutscene absolutely lookin gorgeous

[@sprocolii]

The lighting in it just makes it look amazing

[@Panamaniax507]

@@sprocolii right they aren’t even using the updated models from 6 and Kiwami 2 Still looks better than the original though so it’s not a big deal

[@RushBotRock]

And to this day, Kiryu has never killed anyone.

[@Panamaniax507]

That’s not kiryu 🤔

[@okand6770]

@@Hoboken90but is he wrong?

[@Razor_Afterlife]

Yeah because this is sakamoto ryoma

[@fwapkiwami]

Ryoma probably had tho

[@braveplays1290]

Never kills just permanently in coma

[@_Cetarial]

That UI is an eyesore.

[@serdelek8608]

this could not be finished since it does say it's a demo

[@raymondsierra209]

Yakuza game’s UI have always had that UI, it’s perfect like that. You must be new to this.

[@veryyrude]

@@raymondsierra209 no they didnt, no yakuza games and numbers when you hit the boss

[@raymondsierra209]

@@veryyrude It’s new, get it over loco

[@zealous404]

@@raymondsierra209 It isn't perfect, original Ishin didn't have these They're trying to incorporate elements from Y7/LAD1 into a game that conceptually don't fit together at all - this is worth criticizing really.

[@omega_tm851]

to be completely honest, the fairly grounded story with the weirdly over the top superpower heat art things is really jarring and takes me out of it hard, not really a fan of it tbh

[@ombra711]

Looking forward to finally being able to play this!

[@riolukid1080]

Yeah I’m planning on removing those cards… looks too out of place

[@TallSilhouette]

Man that combat UI gets in the way...

[@uknown92546]

IKR

[@djbanzai354]

UI ??

[@brownsuede4413]

@@djbanzai354 user Interface. Aka the map and the buttons for attacks are too large

[@Annihilus36]

Don't worry guys. If this game gets release on PC, I'm sure the modders would be able to resize or even remove it completely

[@Kroiiz3]

@@Annihilus36 you know people play on consoles to right ?

[@ToshMackins]

Please get rid of the combat UI and superpower stuff in general. Put it in a NG+ mode or something, it completely ruins the atmo and mood / vibe of the normal story mode.

[@GunGun-cf3ss]

Absolutely with you there

[@yinlo5876]

Yeah just put them in another mode or make them a toggle, ruins the immersion

[@satoshimaebara7190]

Lolwut?

[@azureknight729]

I’ve always wanted to try this game out, I’m glad they’re finally giving it to us over here. 👍

[@budgiecat9039]

Still need Yakuza Kenzan! and both Black Panther games

[@hypnoticskull6342]

Loving Nishiki‘s new design

[@Hunterese123]

Kinda makes me want Yakuza Kiwami one in the dragon engine

[@Dylamn]

It's like watching the Yakuza cast in a play.

[@dantesapprentice4581]

Nishiki thought this was a Yakuza game with swords, but really, it's Dragon Ball and Jojo's Bizarre Adventure.

[@codfish0640]

At least there’s another fan translation coming along which is just the original game but translated, no new mechanics

[@solace2679]

Wasn't that only being made for the ps3 and pc?

[@codfish0640]

@@solace2679 sadly only for ps3, but also pc with the ps3 emulator

[@SolidLan]

Sega proves single player isn't dead.

[@alister101]

a Yakuza game in the past, what's not to love? Although that d-pad card icons are really out of place

[@agentthorny]

PLEASE GET BETTER PLAYERS TO PLAY THE GAME, RB IS LOCK-ON PLEASE GET SOMEONE WHO HAS PLAYED A YAKUZA GAME ONCE IN THEIR LIFE

[@theslashbro4474]

Honestly, the original engine does this game more justice in my opinion.

[@Lightningdays]

yeah not liking the way faces look in this engine

[@theslashbro4474]

@@Lightningdays I don't really like the way the combat "feels" from the footage. It feels like whoever Ryoma fights is a weightless ragdoll.

[@Giovfunny]

@@Lightningdays the faces look lifeless

[@Musa_Kuubori]

This will definitely fill the "Way of the samurai" void

[@rebirth2526]

Definitely!!

[@Rorb]

i'm super stoked to play this - the animations look a bit jank, though, and the combat UI is definitely more obtrusive than ever before

[@GamingFreakShow1991]

This is just an upscaled version of an old game, which might be why it gives off that expression. But at least its finally available in the west now.

[@hastenpoopen6769]

@@GamingFreakShow1991 upscaled version lol what ? its literally being built in a new engine

[@GamingFreakShow1991]

@@hastenpoopen6769 Its a Kiwami version, but it retains the same UI and mechanics. The only new thing involves the cards, and even then it's lifted from an existing mode in the original. New engine doesn't mean new game.

[@megagangster321]

@@GamingFreakShow1991 actually it does. It's a legit remake not a remaster.. would you call the new dead space game just the same because it has the same mechanics in it as the 2008 one did? No it's a new game. I'm sure they added new stuff and more quests or story stuff in this to justify making a whole game outta this.

[@mutazk6604]

Really can’t wait for this exciting game

[@CmacNYC]

They ruined this putting the dungeon crawling card system into the main game

[@dr.k8610]

The first gameplay we saw was a game journalist who kept spamming pistol shots in every encounter instead of actually fighting so this is somewhat refreshing

[@evelynmeenan2608]

Having played ishin this still just looks like spamming to me, just not pistol shots

[@Grwgoski]

This gameplay not much better

[@XbiboyX2]

the UI 💀

[@MagnodeCastro]

Man, this UI is terrible! atrocious minimap, giant elements! they should switch to the dragon's engine UI

[@ninogamingvariety6594]

I’ve played all the yakuza games and watched Gintama so seeing a lot of Yakuza characters having the same names as Gintama characters is very bizarre.. and awesome

[@Amps_]

Not to make it any less cool because gintama is my favorite. But a think a lot of the characters including the shinsengumi are named that way because they're based off of real historical members of the real life shinsengumi.

[@christianfortichgaleano4104]

@@Amps_ not think, it is based on historical members of the real shinsengumi, not everything is anime lol

[@REDEEMERWOLF]

Yakuza is pretty much a modern day Gintama. Both take place in red light district based on Kabukicho, have a main character with a tragic past, mixes drama and comedy, and has the MC go around town helping people out

[@jesfest]

dude opens a history book like "this latest gintama volume is lit"

[@ninogamingvariety6594]

@@jesfest truee

[@yatson0]

Thanks for ruining one of our most antecipated games with a gruesome ui and over the top magical powers.

[@rico3285]

He looks like Taichi Suzuki

[@aryabratsahoo7474]

You mean Joryu

[@dr.k8610]

Nah that’s John Yakuza

[@SVOtto]

No its Jack Like a Dragon

[@Gangstashakeel]

the card system ruined this game.

[@kooltube100]

Love the environments in these games

[@mesutozil33]

Kenzan enviroments were much better.

[@ashleyy69]

@@mesutozil33 cidden yeni motorda çok kötü duruyor ishin keşke sadece remaster yapsalardı

[@sterlingkart9562]

Loving the gameplay and how this game is looking, but man- The UI is all in the way, definitely not a looking forward to that. But definitely buying regardless

[@erickcalderonortiz9214]

Ok so it still has the cards, what a bummer

[@vipset87]

were the cards always a part of this game?

[@Bando0]

Only in a mini game along with the powers

[@gabagyatt]

The game looks amazing but please fix the UI, it almost completely ruins immersion imo. At least those cards and damage indicators have to go.

[@irsyadiaryadiva9430]

Can't wait to play this game, February please come faster

[@johnmalovich1221]

card system seems terrible

[@mrdarkwing9747]

The cards are too big in my opinion.

[@LAK_770]

This is a fact, not an opinion. Hoping against hope that there are settings for this, and/or that Japanese audiences are saying the same thing and RGG takes this criticism seriously. It looks TERRIBLE, and the damage numbers need to go as well.

[@bootstrap925]

imagine if they did a remake of dead souls like this. just the graphical enhancements the zombies would have would be worth it.

[@walteravila4072]

HUD is going a little too hard

[@DragonBane299]

Doesn't look very promising. This is shaping up to be a brawler type of game with all the pizzazz of the turn based system with yakuza 7, which is a signature style to Ichiban. This isn't very fitting for the brawler system, plus the card system is 100% being used to easily monetise it for extra gains.

[@0daadaadaa0]

That card system has always been there - in this version though, they brought it out of the Dungeon crawler side activity and made available outside of it.

[@witcheroo833]

Great now the only things missing is a remake of Kenzan and Dead Souls

[@NotSt6]

We definitely don’t need a dead souls remake💀💀

[@shunakiyama6421]

Kuryohou:

[@givonniesykes14]

@@NotSt6 no a remastered version muhaha🤪

[@Zane618]

@@NotSt6 why?

[@TheExFatal]

@@NotSt6 how to spot somebody who has never played Dead Souls

[@legsweep4268]

Does anybody even like damage numbers?! Ugliest thing to have in a game

[@marshallartsentertainment3741]

A lot of bad creative decisions here. Wow. Even the original score doesn't work for the game.

[@pedinhuh16]

This looks amazing, but they need to implement HUD options, this model of HUD in specific is too large and gets in the way of gameplay.

[@loafofbeans8291]

why does the IGN employees who get to play the games play quite bad 90% of the time

[@cheemslord9917]

holy that UI

[@anxiousshinobi3655]

they should stick with the regular beat em up, and make the yakuza 7 sorta stuff optional

[@veryyrude]

For real

[@morkgin2459]

Actually hack and slash

[@altairtheeagle]

If they had a parrying mechanic and better enemy lock on/shuffle it would be a more complete experience

[@pocketcircuitfighter6291]

There's parries and lock on

[@atlasreborn7221]

it exists, the person playing isn't really using it and probably isn't an experienced yakuza player

[@RT-bt5ql]

Ya saying it's in there but Yakuza lock on is lame and very not modern

[@altairtheeagle]

@@RT-bt5ql exactly

[@Tjad]

wait ...samurai can create black hole ???????

[@o27001]

Yup, the secret to summoning blackholes was prevalent amongst the samurai. Sadly the secret was lost centuries ago after the age of the samurai ended.

[@ArtPlaysss]

Why the damn dragon ball powers 😦I don't like it

[@smuchkinz]

Finally something to fill the void way of the samurai has left behind

[@Biggelskog]

Superpowers were really unnecessary

[@kiryusimp6581]

It looks even worse now, the game looks so generic, the yakuza games had that charm that made it look different, and mostly feel different, the game now looks as soulles as it can be

[@gnarlyboyjai]

From reading the comments it looks like they made a mistake trying to rebrand "yakuza" as "like a dragon" in the west.

[@zennr_]

Its literally only a title change which to be fair can be confusing to some people but thats all it is and people manage to still get upset about it.

[@oratank]

well " like a dragon " is the real name while yakuza was a localize name and they were not yakuza in this game so new newcomer will confuse if they buy a game named yakuza but didn't play as yakuza

[@wakba6038]

Bring back the Dragon Engine ; _ ;

[@shannigon94]

RGG is still using it for their other games. They said the reason why they're using a heavily utilized UE4 instead of their Dragon engine is because it wouldn't fit the combat of this game

[@carljojohnson]

nah Dragon Engine with this style of game doesn't fit well. This is better if you've played Yakuza 0 and Yakuza Kiwami.

[@zennr_]

@@shannigon94 No they are not, LAD: Gaiden and LAD8 will both be made with UE4/5

[@jadeanimepiano6143]

Goddamn the cutscene animation is stiff and lifeless. But that's probably because they're new to UE4, Yakuza 6 had the same problem when the Dragon Engine was new.

[@TheExFatal]

It's the exact same animations from the original game

[@michealkelly1414]

Low effort, they could knock out one of these games every 3 months with the tiny amount of work they put in, its the same game everytime😂

[@simonarques5201]

Was interested, but the weird af card system that seems out of place and takes up a third of the screen is a no go for me :(

[@thin.chungus5554]

Game looks cool. Makes me wish Japanese people were real

[@Darkstalker212]

..... Japanese people are real

[@thin.chungus5554]

@@Darkstalker212 😯

[@UltimaKeyMaster]

Alright, there's no way in hell our Kiryu-swap doesn't totally kill his enemies with a SWORD and GUN combo like that- >First street fight *WHAT DO YOU MEAN EVEN THIS ONE DOESN'T KILL?*

[@anzank5163]

I’m pretty sure killing is cannon

[@Yansko-san]

@@anzank5163 Only Diavolo... sorry Johnny

[@MAGICCOFFEY]

to the people complaining; this is an old yakuza game released only in japan that they're finally bringing to the west.

[@quinnholloway5400]

Isn't it also in the past?

[@bayanganyangbecermin3373]

Is that a complain?

[@lon7850]

remake from the ground up. not a remaster

[@jaysanj152]

uhhhh this is by far the most known yakuza game of the franchise next to 0 and people are fully aware of it. They have every right to be upset and voice their concern because the new unnecessary mechanics make the game look like a mobile title.

[@Complete_Stranger7050]

Its also a localization

[@HimePenguin]

Really hope we get to turn off some of these UI elements during fights

[@glowie5811]

Don't count on it

[@claudecardoso8548]

This is great im on yakuza 3 at the moment and they just keep pushing these games out ❤

[@kemanb2739]

Yakuza 4 is my favorite

[@1Raheem]

Glad to see more people getting into the series, hope you enjoy it!

[@hatkid1398]

So the amulets from Lost Paradise? Also, the movement feels like it's going back to old version instead of the dragon engine movement

[@KrisFox5]

Damage meter interferes with cinematic cutscenes

[@TheMentalgen]

The difference in lighting tech between UE and Dragon Engine is really apparent. Also those fonts look crisp af.

[@smokeyjo7420]

who is controlling this guy?? does he know what a playstation is?

[@namespeepo4514]

it's like they're trying to figure which attack should they use in a BEAT EM UP GAME

[@heavendog3194]

anyone notice the weird pop in thing happening a lot? 6:30 is abysmal, every single character disappears, glitches out then re appears - if u slow it down. wtf

[@asianboi021]

Two words: *LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO*

[@TheGaluMoD]

Really missing the ragdoll physics in this :'(

[@uldaman5376]

Why? They janky af

[@TheGaluMoD]

@@uldaman5376 Exactly. That's why they were so much fun

[@wolfder6661]

They're still using Innocence for Violence for Okada (Nishki) that make me happy here's Hoping they still use Bodhisvatta as the ending boss theme

[@rafaelchavez5559]

this game looks sick, love yakuza games

[@haunteddreams7856]

People complaining about glitches but don't complain about the glitches in miles Morales when you fall under the map or buildings randomly appear or enemies randomly spawn out

[@TheSoCalledZoner1]

because everyone loved Spiderman and the game finally released on pc

[@3HeadedMonkey]

Real Like a Dragon use a gamepad

[@themaskedmutantreal]

not a fan of the numbers like at all the ui for the styles is just really large too

[@Muffins117]

NISHKI!!!!

[@thesidneychan]

You know it's Night Mode when the lighting also turns warm and orange.

[@rickythemaddragonxiong8757]

Well at least they're keeping the original OST from the Izo fight.

[@mrmm1110]

its like way of the samurai, with the seriousness of 3 and the wackyness of 4, maybe wots 3.5? XD

[@dylndaviln3091]

Why is the card ui so invasive

[@valentds]

kiryu swing a sword like he's punching, never change 🤣 *seeing black holes* me: .. excuse me? wasn't a "samurai" game?

[@Invooo]

Inoue looks like Kashiwagi-san🤔

[@milhousmanastorm7591]

What an amazing spoiler you have included in this 15 minutes of night mode gameplay

[@Koichi-Kun]

Not a spoiler

[@milhousmanastorm7591]

@@Koichi-Kun it’s a characters death. That’s a spoiler

[@leonelramirez9942]

I'm so ignoring the super powers

[@kaz101]

This game looks gorgeous

[@NashiEXC]

seems like the combat is primarily a beat em up with some JRPG elements like abilities boosting you and allies

[@JplayHD]

this is like yakuza characters all acting in a movie together, really happy to see mine alive as well lol