Despite its zany exterior of Segway riding and cheesy karaoke, Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth doesn’t shy away from the tough stuff. Across its first five chapters, the turn-based role-playing game (RPG) deals with themes of grief, abuse, family drama, regret, and even terminal illness.
Rather than addressing these issues in an irreverent way, the trials and tribulations of Infinite Wealth’s core characters are treated with a surprising degree of sensitivity and respect. The game follows dual protagonists Ichiban Kasuga and Kazuma Kiryu on an adventure to track down Kasuga’s estranged birth mother in Hawaii. Both of these former Yakuza spend the game wrestling with their pasts while simultaneously attempting to make the most of the present.
