Like a Dragon Ishin!: Amazing Game, Meh Remake

Bro strategically timing his video release so it’s just after the RGG Gaiden press conference

When my name is ishin but im like a dragon

I agree. I liked the remake of LAD Ishin, but even just when completing the main story I could tell this game was grindy as hell.

While there were aspects to the remake that I didn't enjoy much, especially with the combat, I still had a good time with it and I'm at the very least glad that I finally managed to experience the game and its story since it did keep me engaged. I know a lot of people thought that the remake was a sign of things to come with LAD and that it'd be somehow the beginning of the series' downfall (Which is bloody stupid, but who knows), but I still liked it even if I wouldn't put it at the top of my favorites.

Grinding for Amon in this game took way longer than I would have liked. Can't imagine doing it without the chicken racing glitch that later got patched lol

Only thing I really didn't like about the Kiwami version is the lifebars being just a single shade of red like in 6. Bring back multiple lifebars for gaiden RgG plzsdkghjdslkdshfsdfhsdfhfkfhlkfqf

Didn’t like the gameplay much, but as a huge fan of late Edo Era history, i really liked the story (even if it takes massive liberties at times). There’s nothing quite like the name card for a character popping up and and going “I KNOW THIS GUY FROM GINTAMA/RUROUNI KENSHIN!

Just from a bit in the future, I'd like to point out that the game is getting a bit of a second breath on GamePass. This past week the number of hits on my guides were roughly equivalent between Ishin and Yakuza 0. Yakuza 0 consistently does the best numbers on my guides and has for the past few years so I kind of consider it a baseline metric.

Funny that I love how they balance the styles in the remake, it makes the game much more challenging and I ended up using all the styles in different scenarios and mix-match with the equipment to make better use of them. The game severely punishes you if you play braindead and that's why I love it And the trooper cards (the defensive, support and heal) are very useful in Ishin difficulty

It's weird that this game was remade in the first place. I would've thought localizing the already existing PS4 game in english then putting that on the other platforms would've been good enough. But I guess not.

I have never seen a remake keep my enthusiasm high only to fuck up the one single thing that made an otherwise amazing experience kind of annoying so severely for me in my life. I really wish they didn't touch the combat as much as they did, especially in regards to the egregious about of Kiwami 2 level super armor every mini boss and main story boss gets for no reason. The Shimano fight in particular was what killed my honeymoon period for the combat almost immediately.

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You might be my favourite Australian creator… just feels so comfy and at home with ya. Keep in mind this paradigm is on a bit of a scale and will slide for a bit whenever Glidus releases a new video. For real though, thanks for all the Yakuza content, it’s my favourite game series and it deserves way more love. If only it was marketed in India more heavily, it’s basically a Bollywood franchise but with infinitely better writing, it would probably outsell GTA and TOTK.

God damn these videos are so good

having not played the old ishin as im new to yakuza in general, i enjoyed alot playing a game that is basicaly yakuza but with samurai dudes 👍

Coming here straight from the gaiden stream, man what a treat

My problem with the remake was that it didn’t fix any of the issues I had with the original and just added more things I didn’t like. I thought OG ishin was alright aside from the grindy rpg mechanics, but the remake just takes that to a ridiculous level. The super armour every boss has combined with the giant enemies and the super attacks just makes it not feel like a yakuza game, it’s more like dark souls or something like that. I would’ve preferred a straight port of the ps4 game even if I did like some the changes to ryoma’s gameplay in the remake.

I really loved Ishin Kiwami but I gotta say that I never got to play the original. I would have to buy myself an import copy so idk if I can do so anytime soon. Yet another enjoyable retrospective tho

My biggest complaint about this remake was that enemies only had 1 health bar. I played on legend and had a decent load out but it was just super discouraging to see my sword do like no damage

Guy didn’t even mention the completely mind boggling nerd of the “Last of the Dragons” sword. For whatever reason they just got rid of the sword beams, making it a very mediocre sword. Anyone who grinds towards it more than likely has a SIGNIFICANTLY better weapon.