Yakuza 5 again opts for the multi-protagonist approach of Yakuza 4, but only changes one character out and lets us play as Kiryu's adopted daughter Haruka too, having us move forward with a deeper connection from the get go.

And my god is the gameplay fire. Combat is great with different styles for different characters and the side stuff actually caught me off guard. I did not expect to spend as much time as i did racing taxis and doing a fucking dance minigame, but i did and that high lasted til the end.

The plot is also not as messy as Y4, but I felt pretty underwhelmed by some of the final pieces. On the whole though, this game felt like such a reward at the end of the Y3, Y4 and Y5 trek