Summary
Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio’s director, Masoyoshi Yokoyama, has debunked various fan theories aboutProject Century, saying no one has gotten anything right about its premise yet.Project Centuryis a brand-new game fromRyu Ga Gotoku Studio. Unlike the studio’sLike a Dragongames, Project Century takes place in Japan, circa 1915, instead of modern-day.
Not much about Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio’s new title is known at this time, asProject Century’s reveal at The Game Awards 2024was fairly brief. The title has naturally led to a lot of speculation from fans, theorizing about how or if the game is connected to the greaterLike a Dragonuniverse. However, RGG Studio head Masayoshi Yokoyama made some new comments that debunk a lot of these popular theories.
The most popular theory ishowProject Centurywould chronicle the origins of the antagonistic Omi Alliance, based on the time period and setting. However, in a recent RGG Studio Broadcast (covered byGamesTalk), Yokoyama outright said that the fan theories that he’s seen are all off the mark. He noted that it would be impossible for fans to make “correct” predictions about the game’s content from the footage shown off at TGA 2024 alone. “We didn’t include any information that would enable people to guess,” said Yokoyama.
Fans Have Been Wrong About Project Century So Far
One other theory Yokoyama cleared up wasthe actor playingProject Century’s lead. Upon its reveal, fans pointed out how the new protagonist looked extremely similar to Kazuki Kitamura, the actor who portrayed Kazuma Kiryu in the 2007Like a Dragonmovie adaptation. This theory led to fans believing he was the facial model or would be playingProject Century’s protagonist. Yokoyama firmly denied this, stating that the character was completely original and was created specifically forProject Century.
As such,a lot ofProject Centuryis still shrouded in mystery.Project Centurymight not even be directly connected to theLike a Dragonseries beyond borrowing the latter’s gameplay mechanics. What is known about the game so far is that it takes place during the Taisho period, the protagonist wears a Happi coat, and the town shown in the gameplay trailer seems to match up with Kobe, a city in Japan’s Kansai region. When asked about when fans will hear more news aboutProject Century, Yokoyama said there will be no follow-up news “anytime soon,” and they will have to wait “quite a while.”
