Unleashing the Dragon: Experience the Unforgettable Side Activities of Like a Dragon 8

Like a Dragon 8: Infinite Wealth draws heavily from Yakuza: Like a Dragon, ensuring that it doesn't overlook the game's exceptional side content. Continuing Ichiban Kasuga's storyline after the satisfying conclusion of Yakuza: Like a Dragon presents a challenging task, regardless of the circumstances. While Like a Dragon 8: Infinite Wealth hasn't divulged much beyond its recent teaser, players can reasonably anticipate a wealth of similar elements to what the previous game delivered. This means that one of Yakuza: Like a Dragon's most impressive side games cannot be overlooked.

Despite the widely-publicized gameplay changes in Yakuza: Like a Dragon, the game successfully retained one of the series' fundamental aspects. While the main story remains a serious crime drama, the game is brimming with side content that allows its characters to shine and provides players with abundant activities. Alongside a substantial number of substories acting as side missions, players can indulge in various minigames scattered throughout the city. Classic favorites such as batting cages and arcade games are present, seamlessly blending Yokohama into the series' familiar atmosphere. Even the newer additions seamlessly integrate with Like a Dragon's distinctive and eccentric style.

Like a Dragon 8 Would Benefit From the Last Game's Business Management Minigame

Like a Dragon 8 should enhance the business management minigame, which was one of the highlights in Yakuza: Like a Dragon. In the game, Ichiban comes across Eri, who needs assistance in running her family business. Despite his lack of experience, Ichiban offers his help and, with the support of his wealthy friend Nick Ogata, works tirelessly to transform Ichiban Confections. By the end of this extensive sidequest, Ichiban Confections can evolve from a humble senbei shop to the largest business in all of Yokohama. This challenging yet rewarding sidequest is a key feature that should be expanded upon in Like a Dragon 8.

The business management aspect of the game offers a wide variety of businesses and employees for players to engage with, and this can be further expanded in Like a Dragon 8. Along with the existing selection, players can recruit additional employees by encountering them on the street or completing specific substories. This provides players with even more motivation to seek out and complete every substory available. Furthermore, players have the opportunity to unlock amusing and unconventional employees through this method. It is entirely possible for a child, a chicken, and even a giant Roomba to run one of the player's businesses, thanks to these unlockable employees.

The return of business management in Like a Dragon 8 would align perfectly with the game's subtitle, Infinite Wealth. In Yakuza: Like a Dragon, business management offered players a lucrative opportunity to earn a substantial amount of money quickly. As players progressed through the questline, they could easily accumulate millions of yen. To truly embody the Infinite Wealth concept, Like a Dragon 8 may need to incorporate the business management minigame. Fans of Yakuza: Like a Dragon would undoubtedly be thrilled to see this feature make a comeback in the next installment. As more information about Like a Dragon 8 becomes available, hopefully, there will be news regarding the inclusion of the business management minigame. This captivating side activity allowed players to immerse themselves in its intricacies, particularly when they unlocked new employees and properties to experiment with. For Like a Dragon 8: Infinite Wealth to be truly fulfilling, it would be incomplete without the potential to earn substantial yen through business management.

Like a Dragon 8: Infinite Wealth will be released in 2024 for PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.