LOST JUDGMENT DANCE CLUB TRIAL
Meanwhile, Takayuki Yagami, the series’ lead and a detective based in Kamurocho, is investigating a bullying epidemic in Ijincho that has ties to both the police officer on trial and the dead man. As the verdict comes down, he declares that a body will be discovered. At the very same moment, a former police officer is being sentenced for sexual assault. In the first scene, a corpse is discovered that has decayed almost beyond recognition. The story does open compellingly, though. The worst part is that Lost Judgment thinks it has something interesting to say about bullying and justice. Unfortunately, this time RGG Studio ditches the thoughtfulness. Lost Judgment tries to do something similar with bullying in Japan, specifically in their schools.
While the game was imperfect on that front, luckily it was thoughtful and, dare I say, subtle enough to say some serious and important things about its topic. So, when I heard that Yakuza: Like a Dragon dealt with more serious issues, notably the plight of underprivileged and homeless people, I was trepidatious. Honestly, that’s the charm of the series: every time I pick up a game from RGG Studio, I know I’m in for the ridiculous and the wild. In fact, you’d be foolish to do so-the combat involves beating the snot out of hundreds of people on the street, the stories are so operatic they have little basis in reality, and the side quests range from the hilariously over the top to the corny and heartwarming. No one comes to the Like a Dragon (or Yakuza, or whatever you want to call it now) series looking for subtlety.
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