New Like A Dragon Ishin trailer is a fresh spin on Yakuza combat

Sega and RGG Studio released a new Like A Dragon Ishin trailer highlighting Kiryu’s new combat styles – or, more accurately, Sakamoto Ryoma who looks exactly like Kiryu. While the game’s action draws on RGG’s Yakuza series’ signature over-the-top style, it blends new elements in keeping with Ishin’s setting in pre-industrial Japan.

Instead of multiple brawling styles – Rush and Beast, for example – Kiryu-as-Ryoma builds his style around weapons. Swordsman sees him rush into battle with ...