The lead developers of the Like a Dragon / Yakuza series say they have no intention to stray from the theme of doing “middle-aged guy things”.
In an interview with Automaton, series director Ryosuke Horii and lead planner Hirotaka Chiba explained that despite the series continuing to grow and appealing to a wider range of players, they feel the middle-aged nature of the protagonists is what gives the series its unique flavour.
“I think that this is precisely one of Like a Dragon’s selling points,” Horii said. “In Yakuza: Like a Dragon, everything starts with three unemployed middle-aged guys being like ‘let’s go to Hello Work’.
“They have a different air about them than a group of young heroes would, complaining about back pain and the like. But this ‘humanity’ you feel from their age is what gives the game originality.”
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In an interview with Automaton, series director Ryosuke Horii and lead planner Hirotaka Chiba explained that despite the series continuing to grow and appealing to a wider range of players, they feel the middle-aged nature of the protagonists is what gives the series its unique flavour.
“I think that this is precisely one of Like a Dragon’s selling points,” Horii said. “In Yakuza: Like a Dragon, everything starts with three unemployed middle-aged guys being like ‘let’s go to Hello Work’.
“They have a different air about them than a group of young heroes would, complaining about back pain and the like. But this ‘humanity’ you feel from their age is what gives the game originality.”
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Like a Dragon developers say the series will continue to focus on ‘middle-aged guy things’ | VGC
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