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Like a Dragon: Ishin!

PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 5 • 2023

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Quick resume

Don the clothes and weaponry of the elite to become the samurai of legend, Sakamoto Ryoma. Draw your blade and join the revolution in this heated historical adventure.

Global score

81/100

Genres

Action, Adventure, Role-playing (RPG), Hack and slash/Beat 'em up

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    Pros

    • Engaging story and characters
    • Diverse combat styles
    • Rich side content and minigames
    • Historical japanese setting
    • Large amount of content and replayability

    Cons

    • Grind-heavy progression
    • Some combat styles weak or unbalanced
    • Technical issues like stuttering and 30fps cutscenes
    • Single-use dlc criticized
    • Dated graphics and animations compared to newer titles

    Motivations

    • Autonomy

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    • Competence

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    • Competition

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      "Focus is primarily on single-player story and co-op modes without ranked or leaderboard competition."

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    • Continuation

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      "Players report long playtimes, habitual engagement, and grinding for achievements, indicating strong desire to keep playing."

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    • Cooperation

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      "Game is single-player focused; no cooperative gameplay or teamwork elements mentioned."

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    • Creativity

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      "Players engage in crafting, weapon customization, and exploration, allowing some creative problem solving and personalization."

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    • Domination

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      "Interactions are mostly equal and narrative-driven; no evidence of exerting control or superiority over other players."

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    • Escapism

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    • Expectation

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    • Experimenting

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    • Exploration

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    • Expression

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    • Fantasy

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    • Fellowship

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      "Some connection to NPCs and their stories, but overall a solitary experience without social multiplayer."

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    • Growth

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      "Players develop skills, learn combat mechanics, and progress through story and character upgrades."

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      "Players learn and develop combat skills, upgrade equipment, and progress through story and side content."

    • Health

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      "Game is sedentary single-player experience with no physical activity or health-related gameplay."

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    • Idle

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      "Requires active engagement and focus; not designed for background or idle play."

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    • Intimacy

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      "Some social interactions with NPCs but limited emotional depth or relationship building."

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    • Leadership

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      "No evidence of leading others; gameplay is individual and self-directed."

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    • Progression

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      "Strong emphasis on acquiring characters, weapons, upgrades, and skins; progression is rewarding and central to gameplay."

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    • Relaxation

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      "Game provides a satisfying flow and balance of challenge and reward, though some find grind frustrating."

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    • Sensation

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      "Visual effects, music, and combat animations provide sensory stimulation and emotional engagement."

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    • Status

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    • Story

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      "Strong narrative immersion with historical context and character-driven plot."

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    • Strategy

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    • Thrill

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    • Value

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      "Players generally feel the game offers good replay value and content for the price, especially on sale."

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    • Violence

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    • Survival

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    Analysis

    Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Fellowship, Cooperation, Leadership, Violence. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Fellowship, Intimacy, Story.

    How to use the graph
    Similar games map

    Each dot is a game. They are arranged from the same motivation profile as in the “Motivations” section below. Closer dots usually mean more similar reasons to play (exploration, competition, relaxation, etc.)—not that one game is “better” than another.

    • Larger dot with a light outline: the game you are viewing.
    • Colour: groups of games with comparable motivation patterns (statistical clusters).
    • Hover a dot to see the game name; click to open its page.
    • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom out and see more games.

    Why don’t the axes read like a score? This view uses t-SNE: it only keeps who is close to whom. The scales are not “good to bad” or hours played—they separate groups on the map. Read distance between dots, not the axis numbers.

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    Last update: 30/04/2026