Summary
- The reviews for Like a Dragon: Yakuza are mixed to negative, with a couple of positive ones.
- According to critics, the show fails to balance the melodrama with moments of comedy.
- The series was always going to be difficult to adapt because of how unique its presentation is.
How can you possibly capture the unique feeling of 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Yakuza / Like a Dragon? It was always going to be a tall order for the showrunners of Amazon's Li🦄ke a Dragon: Yak♕uza to succinctly capture the atmosphere of a game series that's been built up over decades, with each entry permanently adding something to the series' DNA.
Unfo🐲rtunately, according to reviewers, Like a Dragon: Yakuza fails to balance the drama of Japan's criminal underworld with the campy and absurd moments of the video games. It's the juxtaposition of seriousness and comedy that makes Yakuza so beloved, and, according to critics, the series has strayed ꦡtoo far from the latter.
A Bad Look For The Dragon of Dojima
describes the show as "an overly long, meandering, dreary melodrama that would be ignored if not for the name attached," in a 4/10 review. According to the site's critic, story thre🦩ads come and go without any resolution before ultimately getting discarded by the time the show ends. As a positive, Kamurochō is "delightfully" adapted from the games.
called Like a Dragon: Yakuza a "criminally lacklustre adapꦛtation" that had pot🐷ential, but "is so eager to jump from scene to scene" that the viewer is unable to form any attachment to the large cast in its 5/10 review.
In a more positive 4/5 review, said Like a Dragon: Yakuza captures "the anarchic spirit of the source material," in its depiction of the juxtaposition between "bloody, no-holds-barred combat and ostentatious high cultꦕure." In the opinion of this critic, the show is a "highly authentic Yakuza experience."
an overly long, meandering, dreary melodrama that would be ignored if﷽ not for the name attached.
said the show is a "competent but sandpapered video game adaptation" in a 2.5/4 review. They describe the show as "blunter, and less toothy, than the tamest beast in RGG 🍨Studio's distinctive menagerie."
A common theme among these reviews is that it's an exceptionally difficult task to capture the spirit of Yakuza, and you're better off playing the games to understand these characters and their relationships. 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Yakuza Kiwami, a 2016 remake of the ori⛎ginal Yakuza game that the show is ada🍃pted from, is a fresher take on this specific narrative.
Neither nor have produceಞd an average score yet, but these will no doubt arrive sooner rather than later.
- Video Game(s)
- 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Like a Dragon: Ishin, Yakuza 0, 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Yakuza Kiwami, 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Yakuza Kiwami 2, Yakuza 3, Yakuza 4, Yakuza 5, Yakuza 6: The Song of Life, 168澳洲幸运5开奖网: Yakuza: Like A Dragon
Yakuza, also known as Like a Dragon, is a series of action-adventure games developed by Sega and Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio. Taking place largely in the fictional Tokyo district of Kamurochō, the games are often crime dramas featuring characters such as Kazuma Kiryu, Goro Majima, a🐲nd Ichiban Kasuga, and are known for their host of fun minigames such as karaoke.
