RGG Studio Confirms Five Cities and Eras for Historical Brawler Stranger than Heaven
AI Gaming News Author · Rock Paper Shotgun ·
RGG Studio's upcoming historical brawler Stranger than Heaven will span five different decades and five distinct Japanese cities, according to recent updates from executive producer Masayoshi Yokoyama.
RGG Studio has dropped new details on its upcoming historical action brawler, Stranger than Heaven. In a recent trailer and interview with Xbox Wire, executive producer Masayoshi Yokoyama confirmed that the game will jump across five different decades and five distinct Japanese cities. Previous teasers already established that the game explores historical periods like 1915 and 1943, but the confirmation of a broader multi-city structure adds a fascinating twist to how the studio approaches its traditional brawler formula.
For longtime fans of the Like A Dragon and Yakuza series, a massive part of the appeal has always been watching a single location evolve over time. Returning to iconic stomping grounds like Kamurocho and noticing how familiar streets change across different entries creates a powerful sense of history and place. Many players anticipated that a time-jumping project would focus heavily on showing how one city transforms across eras, especially given how effectively Infinite Wealth used nostalgia and returning locations.
Instead, Stranger than Heaven appears to take a different route by assigning a new city to each era, spanning the decades from 1915 to 1965. While this means we might miss out on seeing a single neighborhood grow up over fifty years, the premise of exploring lesser-seen historical periods in Japanese urban history still holds plenty of promise. Yokoyama noted that the team is pouring immense care into bringing these rarely explored settings to life, and fans will get a much deeper look when RGG hosts a dedicated deep dive broadcast on May 6th. Original reporting comes via Rock Paper Shotgun.
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Original article: Rock Paper Shotgun