beaten 11/15/2023 approximately at 2 am
i was going to write a full essay on this game, but the ending has left me so genuinely starstruck that i want to keep this brief.
i started the yakuza series when i was a high school freshman, around age 14. yakuza 0 was the first game to ever make me cry, and have such extreme attachment to its story and characters. i am currently a college freshman trying to figure out what the fuck i'm doing and this game took me straight back to that little big-eyed pip that was just as clueless as i am, funnily enough. additionally, i believe this is the only game to make me tear up since then
i have such an otherworldly attachment to the yakuza series and kazuma kiryu's journey, and this game knows how to perfectly fucking twist the guts of anybody who's in my exact shoes. i love this series with my entire being, and the devs knew what they were doing with every story beat and soyworthy fanservice bit
regarding the game itself and not my series experience, it's great. i had little to no expectations for it because of the fact it was supposedly only slightly longer than the series' only story DLC, and was made in about 6 months; but hoo did this game blow me out the fucking water. easily clocked in around 15-20 hours and woulda done more if i had done more side content
combat was fuckin' fantastic, and is a combination of EVERY kiryu meshed into one monster that feels fantastic to use, definitely the highest point of DE combat besides LJ
story was good; like JE it picked up really heavily towards the later half and only became super interesting then. i really dig the ties into Y7, was fun to see unfold
as someone who's been following the story of kazuma kiryu for years, especially through such a developmental stage of my life; this game's story kicked some serious ass and the good gameplay helped a ton. this shit is deadass just what yakuza 6 should've been
thank you for another banger RGG, looking forward to 8
[8.4/10]
i was going to write a full essay on this game, but the ending has left me so genuinely starstruck that i want to keep this brief.
i started the yakuza series when i was a high school freshman, around age 14. yakuza 0 was the first game to ever make me cry, and have such extreme attachment to its story and characters. i am currently a college freshman trying to figure out what the fuck i'm doing and this game took me straight back to that little big-eyed pip that was just as clueless as i am, funnily enough. additionally, i believe this is the only game to make me tear up since then
i have such an otherworldly attachment to the yakuza series and kazuma kiryu's journey, and this game knows how to perfectly fucking twist the guts of anybody who's in my exact shoes. i love this series with my entire being, and the devs knew what they were doing with every story beat and soyworthy fanservice bit
regarding the game itself and not my series experience, it's great. i had little to no expectations for it because of the fact it was supposedly only slightly longer than the series' only story DLC, and was made in about 6 months; but hoo did this game blow me out the fucking water. easily clocked in around 15-20 hours and woulda done more if i had done more side content
combat was fuckin' fantastic, and is a combination of EVERY kiryu meshed into one monster that feels fantastic to use, definitely the highest point of DE combat besides LJ
story was good; like JE it picked up really heavily towards the later half and only became super interesting then. i really dig the ties into Y7, was fun to see unfold
as someone who's been following the story of kazuma kiryu for years, especially through such a developmental stage of my life; this game's story kicked some serious ass and the good gameplay helped a ton. this shit is deadass just what yakuza 6 should've been
thank you for another banger RGG, looking forward to 8
[8.4/10]