While turning a 3d beat em up into a JRPG while also introducing a new main protagonist after 7 games sounds disastrous, Yakuza: Like a Dragon made it work and came out being what is in my opinion a great RPG. This game feels like Earthbound for a new generation in a sense due to how it subverts the classic JRPG tropes. Despite the genre change this game managed to keep the series' charm of being both hilarious but intriguing and serious at times in this new genre. My hope is that Yakuza: LAD serves as a foundation for a new even better game by RGG.