![LIKE A DRAGON: INFINITE WEALTH](https://cdn.magzter.com/1387353474/1702303936/articles/wlsiJ1zqu1702355093241/LIKE-A-DRAGON-INFINITE-WEALTH.jpg)
While for us it’ll have been a few months since we left Kiryu in a Hawaiian church in Like A Dragon Gaiden, it’s only seconds for him as we pick back up the series star’s thread in Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth, which begins our time with the game.
Naturally, our favourite former yakuza can’t just be allowed to take a holiday. Having faked his death to protect his loved ones, he’s now under the thumb of the Daidoji, a shadowy organisation which helps him keep his secret – for a price. His trip to the sunny island has come with some caveats, as a phone call pointedly reminds him as he leaves the church: he’s got to track someone down.
It’s an important introduction more for how it sets Kiryu up as a chess piece in the complex drama unfolding in Hawaii than for the mission itself. While the hero of the first six Yakuza games (this is the eighth) made a cameo in the soft reboot that was 2020’s Yakuza: Like A Dragon, here he’s a full-on secondary protagonist, standing alongside the ever-lovable lead of that earlier game, Ichiban Kasuga.
DRAGON’S TREASURE
Given the last game made such a big deal out of introducing Kasuga as the new series star, Kiryu’s return, even to share the spotlight, is interesting. While it certainly helps that the gruff Dragon Of Dojima remains incredibly popular, that’s not all that went into the decision to bring him back; it’s about the story the team wanted to tell.
This story is from the January 2024 edition of PLAY Magazine UK.
Start your 7-day Magzter GOLD free trial to access thousands of curated premium stories, and 9,000+ magazines and newspapers.
Already a subscriber ? Sign In
This story is from the January 2024 edition of PLAY Magazine UK.
Start your 7-day Magzter GOLD free trial to access thousands of curated premium stories, and 9,000+ magazines and newspapers.
Already a subscriber? Sign In
![Alone In The Dark: The New Nightmare](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/5223/1713109/0TwZvzIdq1716983931385/ALONE-IN-THE-DARK-THE-NEW-NIGHTMARE.jpg)
Alone In The Dark: The New Nightmare
Here comes our favourite cartoon character, Daffy Dark
![Sleeping Dogs](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/5223/1713109/uNjRanwf81716983717654/SLEEPING-DOGS.jpg)
Sleeping Dogs
The PS3 era’s most underrated sandbox
![Umurangi Generation VR](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/5223/1713109/2zVjl9SMk1716983462044/UMURANGI-GENERATION-VR.jpg)
Umurangi Generation VR
Nice to play the Generation game, to play it nice
![Tales Of Kenzera: Zau](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/5223/1713109/5wUBimVuf1716983205978/TALES-OF-KENZERA-ZAU.jpg)
Tales Of Kenzera: Zau
This year’s 378,992nd metroidvania
![Planet Of Lana](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/5223/1713109/TRCGrGzY41716983077044/PLANET-OF-LANA.jpg)
Planet Of Lana
Induces a severe case of playja vu
![Grounded](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/5223/1713109/LnwJEoKV81716982915543/GROUNDED.jpg)
Grounded
Oh no, not another game full of bugs on release
![Knights In Tight Spaces](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/5223/1713109/rlEWRSjxW1716980790623/KNIGHTS-IN-TIGHT-SPACES.jpg)
Knights In Tight Spaces
Saturday's Knights all right for fighting. And Sunday's. And Monday's...
![Bohemian rhapsody](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/5223/1713109/Jq_qx0als1716980693082/BOHEMIAN-RHAPSODY.jpg)
Bohemian rhapsody
Kingdom Come: Deliverance II will gallop onto PlayStation 5 later this year
![In the ring with Japan's fighting pros](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/5223/1713109/14Jvm7wwy1716980405480/IN-THE-RING-WITH-JAPANS-FIGHTING-PROS.jpg)
In the ring with Japan's fighting pros
Top players and spectators enjoyed three days of fighting spirit at Evo Japan
![Topjobs](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/5223/1713109/btyDNYMew1716979916996/TOPJOBS.jpg)
Topjobs
Final Fantasy XIV producer and director Naoki Yoshida speaks to Daniella Lucas about what goes into creating new job classes for the MMORPG – from revising old skills through updates to the difficulties of deciding what new ideas to bring to the table