The heart of the Like a Dragon games is composed of many things: thrilling crime plots, emotional reunions, multi-faceted minigames, and a startlingly effective approach to the wacky and weird world of substories. The ability of the series to operate so well between its sincerity, seriousness, and comedy is due in large part to its side quest design. No matter its protagonists, from the stoic Kiryu to the charismatic Ichiban, the substories seen across the series are a testament to RGG Studio's tonal range, and as Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth ushers in its future with Ichiban at the mantle, so too does it encourage the use of a party-based system going forward, making a core tenet of FF7 Rebirth's design one to consider.