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2020-11-30 20:42

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I Love all the Dragon Quest references in like a dragon.

Hagure Homeless, the rare type of homeless enemies that are worth a lot of experience, are clear references to Hagure Metals from Dragon Quest (which are a type of Metal Slime worth a bunch of experience). Just like Hagure Metals, Hagure Homeless only take 1 damage from attacks (though they have low max health) and are very prone to running away.

During the substory you unlock after maxing your friendship with Eri, Master at Survivor (Kashiwagi) says "ゆうべはお楽しみでしたね" - "Sounds like you had fun last night". This is an exact quote from DQ1, which can be triggered if you go to an inn while carrying Princess Laura.

There's a drunk homeless guy in Ijincho who says "もしわしの味方になれば所得税を半分にしてやろう" (If you become my ally, I'll give you half off your income taxes) - this is a direct reference to a line the final boss from the original DQ has "もしわしのみかたになればせかいのはんぶんを[Character name]にやろう" ("If you become my ally, I'll give you half the world").

Whenever you gain a new party member, the jingle that plays is a pretty obvious homage to the new party member jingle from DQ II onwards.

The Job System is based on Dragon Quest's job system, introduced in Dragon Quest III (the First JRPG!) and revisited several times in subsequent games (DQ6, DQ7, DQ9, DQ10). Dragon Quest's job system differed from contemporary (class) systems in that it allowed players to freely switch back-and-forth between different jobs at any time.

Like most Dragon Quest heroes, Ichiban's parentage is unknown and he was raised by a foster family.

The "Honk-Honk" is based on a Dragon Quest's "Puff-Puff"

Like A Dragon's four-person party limit is based on the Dragon Quest party, which similar limits the player to only having four characters participate in battle at any one time.

The MIDI combat music is based on Dragon Quest's (infamous) insistence on using midi for all of its (initial) music tracks. MIDI formats were common in the 8bit and 16bit eras, but had largely been abandoned (by everyone else) around the time Dragon Quest VII released. Note that some Dragon Quest games received orchestral tracks on subsequent releases.

The hammer attack (failure) where the enemy loses balance and falls over backwards is based on a similar animation from Hammerhood enemies, introduced in Dragon Quest VIII.

The red eyes enemies have are based on the monsters in Dragon Quest XI. where red eyes indicate monsters that are under the influence of a malignant evil... in DQ11, normal monsters posses normal eyes, and are sometimes friendly.

Ichiban's "perm" haircut bears a strong resemblance to the hairstyle of Dragon Quest IV's female hero (moreso the sprite than the character illustration).
Ichiban's first weapon is a bat, which he wields like a sword; in Dragon Quest games, the hero always starts out wielding a sword--the first of which is the "Cypress Stick" -- a shaft of wood not dissimilar to a baseball bat.

When Ichiban acquires the bat and raises it above his head, light shoots out, "piercing the heavens." This is an homage to Dragon Quest's omnislash skill, the ultimate sword skill of the hero in most games.

Ichiban's social stats are possibly based on the "personality types" in Dragon Quest III, which determined the hero's base stats and growth rates.

The "Sujimon" are obviously based on Pokémon... but did you know that Pokémon, itself, was based on Dragon Quest V? So, yeah: I'm gonna count this as a reference.

Lastly and perhaps most obviously, like Dragon Quest, most of the enemy names in Like A Dragon are puns!

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2020-11-30 22:34

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Riktigt bra spel. Men Yakuza 0 och Yakuza Kiwami var ännu bättre.

Välförtjänt. Sjukt bra spelserie.

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