Game Difficulty Guide for Like A Dragon: Ishin!
Like A Dragon: Ishin (Ryu Ga Gotoku Ishin/Yakuza: Ishin) features different types of difficulty modes that mostly affect the level of combat against enemies encountered throughout the game’s main story.
You can adjust the difficulty at any time from the game’s Options menu to suit your preferences. Because of this, you can choose any difficulty mode at the start of the game and freely play on higher or lower settings as you go through the various story chapters.
Difficulty-Related Achievements
Below are all trophies and achievements related to the game’s difficulty and how to unlock the during the game’s main story.
| Achievement | Trophy | How to Unlock |
|---|---|---|
| ? | Gold |
Clear the main story on the Hardest difficulty. |
Like A Dragon: Ishin! Trophies and Achievements List
List of All Difficulty Modes
| Difficulty Mode | Details |
|---|---|
| Easy | The game’s lowest difficulty setting featuring enemies that are the least aggressive and have the lowest health and damage output. |
| Normal | The game’s standard difficulty featuring enemies that are fairly aggressive, average reaction, and have the default amounts of health and damage output. |
| Hard | The game’s advanced difficulty featuring enemies that are very aggressive, have fast reaction, and have high amounts of health and damage output. |
| EX Hard | The game’s expert difficulty featuring enemies that are even more aggressive, have faster reaction, and higher amounts of health and damage output that than those on Hard mode. When your health is depleted, you are automatically returned to the last check point (instead of being able to retry the battle). EX Hard is unlocked after you have beaten the game on any other difficulty mode. |
| Ishin (DLC) | The game’s hardest difficulty setting. Only included in the Shinsengumi Complete Pack DLC. |
Which Difficulty Should You Start With?
Choose Normal difficulty when playing for the first time.
For players and those new to the Yakuza series of action games, it is generally recommended to start the game on Normal mode. The default setting serves as a benchmark for how the combat is intended to feel, allowing beginners to gauge how well they fare against standard enemies. From there, you can simply change the difficulty setting if you find battles to be too easy or too hard.
Being able to lower the difficulty is useful if you find yourself stuck on a difficult encounter, especially against bosses fought later in the game.
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