Like a Dragon: Ishin! | Game Profile | Unreal Engine
167Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio looks back into its own history and the history of Japan itself to revive a Yakuza spin-off. The developer is remaking Ryu Ga Gotoku Ishin for modern consoles as Like a Dragon: Ishin. RGG Studio explains how it used Unreal Engine to reinvent the original and rejuvenate the Bakumatsu period of Japanese history, where the game finds its setting.
- Like a Dragon: Ishin! is a bombastic action brawler from Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio
- Ishin! is a spin-off of the popular Yakuza franchise, now known as Like a Dragon
- It’s the “definitive version” of Ryu Ga Gotoku: Ishin, which was released exclusively in Japan in 2014
- Now modernized using Unreal Engine
- Western fan requests and the confidence of SEGA’s localization team convinced RGG Studio to remake the game
- Trooper Cards let players call on help anywhere, not just in certain areas like the original
- All-new Trooper Card guest stars like Kenny Omega and Rahul Kohli help players out in battle
- Trying to recapture the natural lighting of historical Japan led the team toward Unreal Engine
- UE’s Material Editor offered artists “high freedom” to reimagine the original game
- RGG Studio leveraged Sequencer to enhance its “cinematic drama-like cutscenes”
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