Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth may look like a zany and irreverent title on the outside. Its raucous street fights and melodramatic karaoke segments don’t exactly scream ‘sophisticated story.’ However, scratch the surface even a little, and you’ll see that looks can be deceiving.
Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio’s turn-based role-playing game (RPG) tells a heartfelt tale about unlikely friendships, standing up to tyrants, and living life to the fullest. It does this through ensemble storytelling and an in-depth battle system. Because of this, after nearly 50 hours with the game, I found myself thinking of Final Fantasy 6 and how, despite being set in the modern day, Infinite Wealth seems not only to share the hopeful spirit of Square Enix’s classic RPG but also uses similar techniques to tell its story.
