"A Brilliant Reintroduction" – Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name Review

Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name does an incredible job of navigating two distinct narrative branches – the close of Kiryu’s (sorry, Joryu’s) narrative as main protagonist and the beginning of a new era for the world’s larger Yakuza affiliations. Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name is a game that does more with its 10-15 hour playtime than past games in developer RGG’s series did with double. With a slew of callbacks and a relatively straightforward tie-in to Yakuza: Like A Dragon, it’s also an important game to bridge the gap between Kiryu’s convoluted, decades-long backstory and Ichiban’s new journey.