Although you could not vibe with each one among their video games, it’s arduous to disclaim that the individuals behind the Yakuza/Like a Dragon sequence have an plentiful sense of fashion. It’s not yearly, nevertheless, we get a brand new franchise from the legendary Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio, however rattling if this subsequent title doesn’t look particular.
Initially teased at The Sport Awards 2024 as Challenge Century, the studio has now given the sport an official title: Stranger Than Heaven.
Stranger Than Heaven’s debut was on the Summer season Sport Fest occasion stage, and it was arduous to guess simply what recreation we had been taking a look at initially. The trailer begins off with the character sitting at a reside musical efficiency in what appears to be Forties Japan, earlier than they exit the bar and we get the enduring Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio emblem.
There are, in fact, loads of trademark RGG components on this one. Fight appears about as brutal (and foolish) because the older Yakuza video games, and the exploration and metropolis life facet does present up within the footage, too.
There seems to be extra of a puzzle-solving, and selections focus on this one, nevertheless, which isn’t usually what you come to Like a Dragon for. One thing else nicely price mentioning is that the sport takes place over a number of eras. The preliminary reveal trailer confirmed a 1915 setting, whereas in the present day’s re-reveal takes place in 1943 – which is a large soar.
If the sport’s working title holds true, the sport might allow us to expertise a narrative that takes place throughout your entire nineteenth century, however we’d be completely happy to simply see pre and post-World Battle 2 Japan. There’s clearly quite a bit occurring on this; not least of which the American affect aspect, and what appears to be a supernatural facet to our hero.
Stranger Than Heaven doesn’t but have a launch goal, nor do we all know which platforms it’s going to be coming to, but. Contemplating how cool this re-reveal is, nevertheless, the sport already has followers wanting to see what RGG Studio will present of it subsequent.
