For starters, the story for this game is fantastic, some of the best in gaming. Sayama is a wonderful addition and Ryuji is a great villain. The graphics are beautiful (shame my PC can't run it, but that's what YouTube is for). The combat system is fine if a bit rough. While I prefer having multiple styles like the previous two games, what they were aiming for with this is alright. That being said, Kiryu tends to start punching in the opposite direction at random. The soundtrack was also a slam dunk. In this remake, they added a new story for Majima called the "Majima Saga." It's short but sweet. A nice addition overall. However, some things prevent me from giving it a full five stars. The camera is completely wonky. Kiryu has two set speeds this time around: walking and running. There is no jog, which is unfortunate as it was a decent enough speed to travel across the map. Walking is too slow. While running is faster, it feels like Kiryu is wearing ice skates as he's very slippery to control (especially in tight corridors). But worst of all is when the game gets stuck doing an action. There would be times when it spazzes out and act like I'm pressing and holding a button when I'm not. It mainly did this in menus, but there were times I would miss whole dialogue sections because the game thought I kept pressing a button. It's worth noting that the game didn't run the best on my computer, so some of this may be a performance issue on my end. This game is great, but some gameplay features prevent it from being amazing.

Reviewed on Jul 28, 2022


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