Yakuza 7 Announced, Ditches Action Combat For JRPG Battles kotaku.com

The first true post-Kiryu Yakuza game has just been shown off in Tokyo, and Yakuza 7 is changing up more than just its location.
It’s absolutely wild—this is a long-running and successful game series completely changing its core gameplay—but it makes sense.
While Yakuza somehow made it work, marrying lengthy cinematics with frantic action sequences was never the most elegant fit.
It’ll be fascinating to see how it all works and feels now at a much slower pace.
The game is out in January on PS4 in Japan, China and Korea, while the West will get it later in 2020.