The puzzle and environment designs are really well done, with them not being too challenging. While the voice acting is good I found it to be trying a bit too hard to be portal 2 (with it copying plot and jokes basically outright) and just falling flat for me.

I really do appreciate the effort that has gone into this mod over the years and the core gameplay is generally fantastic (apart from the final fight imo) but the writing leaves a little to be desired personally. It's between a 6/7 out of 10 because even though I wasn't wowed by some of the choices made but the love and passion that's gone into it is obvious and for it to be released for free is a testament to how much dedication the team had to making something to be proud of/

real high highs and real low lows are the running theme for this game.

The different characters are really cool and I like Akiyama and Tanimura's fighting styles, the substories in the game divided between the characters are quite unique and provide a lot of personality and charm, from a pure gameplay perspective it does a lot of good.

I wasn't a fan of the overall story really, it didn't do too much for me and overall felt like a "filler" story. Saejima's fighting style is a cool idea but in execution feels a bit clunky imo, it requires a lot of upgrades to feel worth using and even then I'd rather use any of the other styles. The final final boss also sucks ass lmao

Current Games Rankings:
1. Yakuza 0
2. Yakuza Kiwami 2
3. Yakuza 4
4. Yakuza 3
5. Yakuza Kiwami

the atmosphere, characters, aesthetic and music are all really great, I have issues with just how big some of the levels are with how slow you move (even with quickstep), exploration can be fun but more often than not takes way too long.

Overall the game was a really good time but can be a bit tedious to get through, combat took a while to get used to but was a really in-depth system depending on the characters and arts chosen later in.

Pros
- Characters
- Aesthetic and Atmosphere
- Story
- Music
- Combat (when used to it)

Cons
- Large levels with slow walking speed
- Difficulty curve can be challenging
- Side quests can be boring
- Affinity system means you can't see all the content in one playthrough unless you grind a lot

The game is dated in controls and some of the difficulty but makes up for it in music, aesthetic, character design and level design. When you get used to the levels most of them flow pretty well, especially when they get combined to create the bigger levels

Pros:
-Aesthetic and Map Design
-Music
-Characters

Cons:
-Difficulty with some Levels (Tag levels especially suck)
-Controls can be hard sometimes even with only a few buttons

it's a short fun game, that feels like it betrays the core idea half way through. The gimmick of the game is really fun, parkouring, shooting in slowmo with different weapons and going quick speeding through levels but then in the sewers until the end of the game it grinds to a halt with puzzles which slow the progression, game mechanics such as mines which aren't fun to play with and turning up the difficulty arbitrarily.

I wish it stuck with the core mechanics more and made more of that instead of trying to do something completely different.