Yakuza: Like A Dragon on Xbox Series X feels like a launch game

Yakuza: Like A Dragon is exactly the kind of game that I expect to find at a console launch. That is to say that it’s the same as the current-gen version with no obvious improvements. A part of this is that I’m already taking some of the benefits of the Xbox Series X for granted because I have a hole inside of me that prevents me from ever feeling happy or satisfied. Yakuza: Like A Dragon on Xbox Series X loads quickly. It’s also an ideal game for Quick Resume, because it’s like leaving a bookmark in a novel. But the actual experience of playing Yakuza hasn’t changed much.

I think Yakuza is emblematic of what we can expect from early games on each new console. Cross-generation releases are common at launch, and this is one of those. Sega and developer Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio built the game for the current systems first, and it’s not rebuilding it from the ground up on Xbox Series X.