Stranger Than Heaven Hands-On: Harder Than Yakuza?

Set across mid-twentieth century Japan, RGG's latest has an entirely new fighting system.

Sega made a splash during this year's Summer Game Fest opening showcase, revealing that a digitally resurrected Tupac will feature in the forthcoming Stranger Than Heaven. Snoop Dogg even took the stage to talk about working with the rapper's estate. While my hands-on with the game wasn't a full dive into the world of Stranger Than Heaven, exploring one of the five cities and eras, it was an extensive demo showcasing the fighting system. It demands that kind of focus, as it's an entirely new system compared to RGG Studio's decades-long Yakuza series.

Attack inputs are categorized into left and right sides, RB and RT control your right hand and leg, LB and LT for your left side. During my time with the demo, the trigger buttons led to slower, harder-hitting blows. Each can be held to...

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