![]() It's a clinical exchange that breaks the immersion of interactivity a video game can provide - and of course panders predominantly to the male gaze. I select options a pre-recorded video of a woman plays back. Indeed, using live-action footage only makes the dates themselves feel more disjointed and robotic. But this is a video game, and the switch to live-action here feels slightly disturbing and unecessary. The Like A Dragon series thrives on its in-game representation of Japanese culture, of which hostess clubs are a part. I head over to the colosseum and let off steam battling bad guys with my agent gadgets: spinning enemies with an impossibly thin wire, or calling in an AI support drone. Didn't I please her? Were the earrings not good enough? "I'll be waiting for you," she says and I'm thrown out, back to the blinding lights of the boat city, presumably to try again another time. I failed to meet the requisite heart gauge level to see what would happen. I wonder what her karaoke song of choice might be.īut our time together is cut short. We have so much in common! We bond over how singing allows you to convey emotions through song. She tells me she used to be a maid but now works as a hostess instead. Later I hand her some expensive diamond earrings as a gift, met with just a smile and a thank you - perhaps not the response you might expect considering their real-world cost. Hearts in the top corner flutter upwards and an interaction gauge fills. Naturally, I go for the most expensive option on the game's menu: a magnum of champagne. I buy myself a drink, which she pours and hands to me. It's all presented in first-person view for ultimate immersion. I follow up with: "You have a nice figure". I'm given little option but to flirt as Kaname swoons at me in a skimpy outfit. For me, the sudden change from in-game graphics to live-action here is jarring to say the least. This isn't the first time the series has included live-action mini-games, although it is the first time for this kind of experience. I can choose from three women for this "date", but the Gamescom demo build I'm playing has only one available. Her name is Kaname and she's a real woman - indeed, that's the actress' real name, I later discover. Manage cookie settings Like a Dragon Gaiden overview trailer and developer update. To see this content please enable targeting cookies.
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