Like a Dragon: Ishin!

More interesting are side quests that provide a glimpse of the Bakumatsu period’s socio-political upheavals.

But as the disclaimer notes at the beginning, Ishin isn’t meant to be a history lesson.

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Yet even after the long wait, there’s a nagging sense that it could have been more.

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Like a Dragon Ishin review - Okita Soji lies resting on his elbow suggestively

Like a Dragon Ishin review - Ryoma and several other key Yakuza characters line up looking serious

Like a Dragon Ishin review - Ryoma clashing swords with an enemy called Okada Izo

Like a Dragon Ishin review - Ryoma and an enemy face off gritting their teeth at each other while clashing katanas

Like a Dragon Ishin review - Ryoma battles several enemies in a red and gold room, with the three combat styles displayed in the bottom left of the UI

Like a Dragon Ishin review - a boss fight against Shinohara, who has blood spurting from his back as Ryoma leaps towards him with a Katana

Like a Dragon Ishin review - Ryoma facing the camera with a crowd of people doingthe Ee ja nai ka dance

Like a Dragon Ishin review - facing off against four enemies about to draw their swords

Like a Dragon Ishin review - Ryoma gives a bone to a barking dog

Like a Dragon Ishin review - a lady called Sexy Madam asking if you brought her a cucumber, with a pop up giving you the chance to give her one.

Like a Dragon Ishin review - Ryoma looks confused in front of a group of live-action women in a strange mini-game

Like a Dragon Ishin review - Ryoma standing in a 1860s version of a Don Quijote store

Like a Dragon Ishin review - Ryoma looks down towards a seated man in a golden robe in a luxuriously decorated room

Like a Dragon Ishin review - Royma runs down a traditional Japanese street in Kyoto

Like a Dragon Ishin review - Ryoma walks through a courtyard in a blue robe