I have now beaten every mainline Yakuza game, finally!
After the writing team came down from whatever the fuck they were smoking when they made 4, they decided to try writing a real story again, and I'm glad to say they succeeded. Shinada's part felt a bit like a standalone expansion, but the way it ties into the finale makes sense enough. Felt like they just wanted a baseball subplot tbh but it wasn't bad or anything lol
That said, I still fucking hate Yakuza bosses. The first 2 in the finale were fine, the 3rd was pretty bad and the 4th is just awful, put a sour taste on the whole finale, but whatever.
Okay seriously brief now: All 4 parts are good in their own right but some chapters exist only to waste your time and the pacing in some early ones is abysmal. Looking at the game as a whole, it is definitely good, I'll remember it fondly I think.
P.S. Haruka's parts are by far the best, no random encounters or shoddy bosses, raises the entire game's score alone.
After the writing team came down from whatever the fuck they were smoking when they made 4, they decided to try writing a real story again, and I'm glad to say they succeeded. Shinada's part felt a bit like a standalone expansion, but the way it ties into the finale makes sense enough. Felt like they just wanted a baseball subplot tbh but it wasn't bad or anything lol
That said, I still fucking hate Yakuza bosses. The first 2 in the finale were fine, the 3rd was pretty bad and the 4th is just awful, put a sour taste on the whole finale, but whatever.
Okay seriously brief now: All 4 parts are good in their own right but some chapters exist only to waste your time and the pacing in some early ones is abysmal. Looking at the game as a whole, it is definitely good, I'll remember it fondly I think.
P.S. Haruka's parts are by far the best, no random encounters or shoddy bosses, raises the entire game's score alone.
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Congrats on the completion! Thinking about Judgment/Lost Judgment? I still have LAD to go...
@Nukillerstar I've done Judgment/Lost Judgment, wasn't huge on the first but the second I adored (for all its faults). LAD is amazing, possibly my favourite of the series being honest. Next up is the Kaito Files Expansion and then I'm done... unless I play Dead Souls or Ishin comes to the west, otherwise it'll be Fist of the North Star for the next closest thing!
Nancyfly
2 years ago