Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth Review (PlayStation 5)

by Jim Smale · February 1, 2024

Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth Review, Two larger-than-life heroes, Ichiban Kasuga and Kazuma Kiryu are brought together by the hand of fate, or perhaps something more sinister… Live it up in Japan and explore all that Hawaii has to offer in an RPG adventure so big it spans the Pacific.

Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth Review Pros:

Beautiful graphics.
54.04GB download size.
Platinum trophy.
You can import your PlayStation 4 save.
Three voice languages – Japanese, English, and Chinese.
Game settings – battle speed (slow/normal), trigger effects, action prompts, auto camera, subtitle text size, subtitle text color, UI display, swap left and right stick.
Controller settings – Invert axis and sensitivity sliders along with camera speed.
HDR support.
Audio can be tweaked such as the angle of the speakers, and controller speaker on/off.
Can remap controls.
Action adventure gameplay.
During some cutscenes you skip/fat forward conversations and in text-based interactions you can have it auto-scroll.
Tutorial pop-ups as you play.
Colorblind support.
You can save and load when you want.
Cases and materials are hidden around the game world and contain random items and health.
Turn turn-based combat, you can use items, perform additional attacks, and time your blocks for a perfect guard.
Earn exp and level up to increase your stats.
The story is as mental, impactful, and memorable as ever.
Injects much-needed comedy relief in imaginative ways.
You can get a refresher on the story so far.
A massive 3D world with full 360-degree camera control.
The English Dub is really good.
Interactions and conversation choices affect – passion, confidence, charisma, kindness, intellect, and style.
Main story mission with many optional side missions and events to trigger.
Treasure hunts can be performed around town for random loot.
You earn exp and level up your character, your teammates, and your job level.
Weapons and gear affect your stats.
Thugs that Patrol the street come in different difficulties and change their appearance based on Kasuga’s imagination.
Music – you can use your phone to create playlists or listen to the radio. Find new songs around and use steroids to play music loud.
If the the story has a significant change then you get warned and can choose when to proceed.
Hitting a guy into another guy to kill or damage both is very addictive.
Party chats can happen when roaming the streets, in a party chat everyone talks about something.
When fighting you can go near objects to use them as weapons.
Auto attack lets you watch the computer take over and control your party in combat.
Safes can be found and unlocked with any found keys to get loot.
Taxis act as fast travel points and you can call a taxi from your phone.
The camera is very detailed and if any of your party members are in the shot they start emoting and reacting.
Sujidex is an app that catalogs all the Sujimon you defeat and fills in their strengths, weaknesses, etc. (clearly a spin on Pokemon)
Click the left stick to play in first person otherwise, it’s a third-person game.
ATM lets you deposit and withdraw cash instead of losing it when in battle.
Unlock hangouts to play mini-games, chat with friends, etc, and build your friendships.
Aloha Links is a social app in that greeting and meeting people makes friends and changes your personality.
Play how you want.
You see enemies in the street and they have an awareness bar to help you avoid or engage with them.
Play how you want.
Walk past taxi stops to add them to your map and unlock them to fast travel.
Miss Match is a dating app where you spend credits looking for love, you can edit your profile as and when you like and dating is a process rather than a straight match and date type thing.
Chatting in the dating app is its a mini-game where you have rhythm action and multiple choice sequences to try and date.

Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth Review Cons:

New Game Plus is locked behind a paywall.
You have to turn on auto scroll every time.
It’s still annoying that the game jumps between voiced and text-only conversations in one sequence.
Way too many items/cases to pick up.
It is slow in places as you go through lengthy introductions and side stories.
The game doesn’t open up with any catchup story instead it’s after the opening Prologue and is text-based.

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