I have Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth's $110 Ultimate Edition, and it's making the game less fun

GamesActionLike a Dragon: Infinite WealthI have Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth’s $110 Ultimate Edition, and it’s making the game less funWhen you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.

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The Ultimate Edition’s problem is one of gluttony. The bundle of bundles comes with a few harmless cosmetics that feel pretty standard for a big game release—more swimsuits, throwback outfits, extra karaoke songs, that sort of thing. But then, in an attempt to justify the $40 markup, Sega also packed in piles of boosters, upgrade materials, and literal level-up canisters that seriously screw with Infinite Wealth’s natural progression.

Here’s the full list of what you get in the Ultimate Edition:

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Those “special boosters” have been a real thorn in my side. Hundreds of these items were automatically added to my inventory sometime in Chapter 1. At first I was confused because I didn’t know what most of them were even for. Before I was aware Like a Dragon had a weapon upgrade system, I had already accrued enough materials to level up Ichiban’s bat dozens of times. I’m over 40 hours into the game now and still discovering currencies I didn’t know I had.

Infinite Wealth will occasionally tell you what level you should be at to tackle a quest, but there’s no such levelgating for weapon upgrades that I’m aware of. As such, nothing is stopping me from using free upgrade materials to be a level 10 Ichiban with a level 40 bat. Infinite Wealth isn’t a super challenging RPG even if you’re not flush with Ultimate Edition bonuses, so I’ve had to be careful about accidentally making myself overpowered. It’s actually led to an opposite problem where I wait too long to upgrade my stuff and get destroyed.

The worst casualties of the Ultimate Edition are theSujimonand Dondoku Island minigames. These are genuinely great riffs on Pokémon and Animal Crossing with Yakuza humor, but they lose a lot of their impact if you have the “Sujimon & Resort Bundle.”

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That’s not to say I’ve completely resisted my embarrassment of riches. I’ve used a good chunk of those free upgrade materials at this point (and lots of ones I earned myself, too) and cashed in a few health items in tough battles. I just wish there was a way to get rid of the stuff I don’t want, like the XP boosters and personality buffs, so I don’t feel like I’m playing a version of the game with cheats pre-installed. It’s weird how much of the “bonus” DLC is just shortcuts to play the game less.

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