“Like Dragon” is the story of gangs with both pulse and the beating heart
I have a lot of respect for Martin Scorsese, the movie Emperor and Tiktok Sensation, as such, I am ready to go to war with anyone who puts the man in the “Gang Stories only” box. ((Condonand I heard about it ???) But I must admit: I really love the stories of Scorsese gangs. Frankly, all gang stories govern, not only for their strong delusions and amazing contacts (that I also enjoy) but for reasons closer to what the writer and You are wrong PodCaster Sarah Marshall Once described Since their sub -exploration of the inability of straight men to form intimate relationships under capitalism. In other words, it is difficult for men a rock when men work constantly under Omanrtà blog or seeking to become “made”.
the Like a dragon A series of video games puts a strong counter argument: What if not?
Like a dragonOriginally known as the name YakuzaThe legendary exploits of Kazuma Kirio and Co., which almost reveals in the actual time from 2005 to the present on nine major games, as well as dozens of rotation. It seems that the latest input of the series, outside this week, at first glance has lost the plot. For anyone, it is called Like Dragon: Pirates Yakosa in HawaiiThe title that is very bold and literal. In the game, it plays as a former memory member in Yakuza, which becomes piracy in the modern era in Hawaii, with ships and Jack Sparrow. What next He was Do you call it?
Pirates Yakuza in Hawaii It is ridiculous on his face, but also in the context. It is, after all, the latest batch in a 20 -year -old series for gangsters available on narrow slices of Japan, and it is one before so far Not once He suggested that there are men who pretended to be Blackbird in the Hawaiian Islands. In most other long -term series, this will be Shark A moment, the type that provides a very strange idea that work as usual seems impossible. This is not the case with Like a dragonNevertheless, the reason for this is amazingly simple. At the end of the day, even the last game, like its least piracy ancestors, the story of the gangs with an indelible condemnation is still in a single guidance principle: nothing can come between a man and his symbol.
in Pirates yakuzaThis man is Guru Magima, who is washing on the rich fictional island shore without any memories of his past life. This makes the game a good entry point in the chain like anything – although the fans have long know that its previous life is a floors game, where it returns to the first Yakuza The game, which was introduced to Majima in the position of Joker to the Batman series, Kiryu. Through many games, majima grew deeply and in observance of fans, becoming one of the most pivotal and popular characters in this series. But here, he is just a man who wakes up, sees a group of other players who operate the hackers’ life, and decides, yes, it will be fun.
He also learns that he hates infiltrators.
“Regardless of my identity or where did I come from, if I am standing and only watching,” says Magima when he sees pirates, wishing to hit a child, “How can I call myself a man?”
This is a heart and spirit Like a dragonDistribute in one moment. In the major traditions in the imagination of crime, Westerners, and adventure stories, Like a dragon It focuses heavily on the moral cost of not doing anything when others are in danger and have the ability to help. Usually, violently.
This is one of the most always imaginative principles, and it is a motivational fuel that runs everything from Spider-Man to Jack Reacher’s novels (and shows!) Bouvay is a fatal vampire. charm Like a dragon It lies in how this ethical nucleus occurs, and it must with the strict social norms of the criminal lower world, then give the players the opportunity to interact with people who are not from this world. This is where the humor of these games begin: Watch Like a dragonRadical heroes, who often think about their right and duties, suddenly have to form opinions about the things they have not thought about before.
They often face this fill in the so -called versions, which aim to break from the gang soap opera in the main plot, in general, which are riots. Play any game in the series, and you will likely find a substitute worth talking about. I am partial for many 2015 Yakuza 0And it is a group of the eighties of the last century, in which you should choose time, you can find a collection of films where everyone confuses you for a product simply because of your clothes, and asks about your opinion on everything, and the wool. You even if your responses are stupid. There is also one in 2017 Yakuza Kyodi 2 Where a member of the Yakuza colleague is rewarded by preparing you in a house for the second in which your personality does not revolve, which leads to a post -school post -school lesson about the failure to impose your association on other people.
Fans like me for these alternatives because they are funny, for anyone, but also because they are initially, after fashion. while Like a dragon The heroes can change, all of whom tend to adopt a kind of commission pluralism, and they are largely committed to heterogeneous standards, but they strongly believe in a living philosophy. There is nothing more offensive to Like a dragon The protagonist of a person imposes his will on others. Who calls for kicking the donkey.
Thus, not so Which – which A big leap for one of Like a dragon“Most of the beloved characters that she wash on the beach, and discovered that some of the disintegrators in the open ocean pretend to be pirates, and decided to wear his clothes on his way to overcome it is a good idea. Pirates yakuza The protagonist of the novel may be Guru Magima, the dressing square and clothes are different, but the principle is the same: the bad guys who put themselves on the appearance of others should be linked. And if you can replace it at the top, then why not give it a shot?
For beginners, Pirates Yakuza in Hawaii Not the sum Like a dragon eviction. It is more than a sample of Zanier series, and it is less interested in her love for Melodrama and Personal Development. It is also very short, the player calls for playing time by indulging in many conversionsThe second wrestler– Colosseum battles, Treis-The beating cages, and a distance from the new idiots. After that, you will find an exciting but shallow story for men who are not rooted after their families resolved in crime and retrieving in a new form of fanatic.
This is the defect of the series of this sprawling schedule and the schedule of the annual version, where the huge “main” games (such as last year Like a dragon: an infinite wealth) An alternative with more additional transfers such as Pirates Yakuza in Hawaii. In many respects, this is a good thing – these games have a tremendous attractiveness that goes beyond the main story they tell, which now extends to many TV seasons. (Ironically, the series is not very good like actual TV.)
However, while Pirates Yakuza in Hawaii It is clear Like a dragonAmazing flexibility, you may not weaken at home what makes people return to this abundant production series: the only small way you wander is constantly wandering as other gang stories will work. If the story of the gangs, such as Scorsese and many of its contemporaries and their imitators work in the tragic situation, where ambition and confidence eroded each other that the real bonds are impossible, then Like a dragon Games that are mocked on the contrary. They owe them equally, but they are extracted from a different well: Japanese classics like Battles without honor and humanity Series, or Oeuvre crime from the legendary actor Takishi Kitano. In most unforgettable, they are wonderful and violent conflicts, as men wander against their adaptation to slowly reach the bloody perception that they mean something to each other, and then fight in the hope that it has not been too late to do anything about it.
Joshua Rivera
Joshua Rivera, a Cultural writer based in Philadelphia, her work appeared in GQ, New York, Vanity Fair, Maleht, and others. You can follow it on @jmrivera02.
