Great Story, Great Characters, and an amazing villain. Introduces new locations like Osaka, and an emotionally packed game. Combat is a BIG ISSUE as combat seems sluggish and takes way too long to defeat certain enemies previous games were normal to take out. The game is fun and has great substories and makes Kiryu more a family man, adding depth to his orphanage with the kids and Haruka. But considering this is a direct remaster and not a remake makes sense as to the problems. Minigames are fun yet very much feel like this was the first Yakuza game to implement them into the franchise. Hopefully a Kiwami 3 remake comes out, but we'll have to wait and see.

Like Yakuza 3, Yakuza 4 is a remaster not a remake. And yet takes everything from Yakuza 3 and improves upon it drastically making the game very fun. However what takes a hit this time is the story, which while introducing 3 new characters (one of them being shown in Yakuza 0) in Akiyama, Tanimura, and Saejima. All characters are very likable in their own way. Gameplay is fun using Kiryu, Akiyama, and Saejima, Tanimura takes a hit in the department of gameplay as his "Special move" is a parry that has an issue working. The final boss is very unfair, and you have to stock up on ALL 4 Members. Substories and Minigames still remain fun. The story is good starting off, but then sort of sticks the land, but could've crashed if they did anything else. Great Game though

Like Yakuza 3 and 4, 5 is also a remaster part of the "REMASTER COLLECTION", Brings in an amazing start to the story with an amazing climax, with a sort of halfassed final boss that still is an a amazing fight. The final boss is amazing in terms of boss, gameplay, atmosphere and music, though even the final boss at the start of the cutscene is like, "To be honest I don't know why I'm here." But there is an explanation that does make sense. The real antagonist the person throughout the game, however the reason for why the final boss is another character makes sense both logically in terms of gameplay, and story wise. Fun new gameplay mechanics that make the game feel 4 more games with each of the 5 main characters having their own substories and minigames, and game game.

Kiryu: Taxi Racing
Saejima: Hunting
Haruka: Dancing
Shinada: Baseball
(Sadly Akiyama doesn't get his own fun mode but still has great substories).

Characters are really likable, gameplay is very fun for all 5 characters however they distinctly play differently that makes it very fun. However of 5, only 1 is dance/music only, that being Haruka, Haruka does not have combat she has idol work, dancing, and singing competitions, it's very fun. Has so much it's amazing. Just sort of a halfassed final boss inclusion that is still an amazing fight and leads to an emotionally amazing ending.

An amazing sequel to the spinoff of Yakuza, Judgment, Lost Judgment Improves upon the combat of Judgment by giving us a new style to combine with Crane and Tiger, snake style. Gives us a whole new story that is great, but not as good as Judgment however still good. Includes new school mystery mode where you play detective at Seiryo Highschool with a student named Kyoko Amasawa, and play through different levels of mysteries surrounding the school. Different clubs having different minigames like: Boxing, Poker, Virtua Fighter 5 (yes really :D), Robotics (worst minigame), Motorcycle racing, etc. Really a variety of substories and minigames to play. A great sequel for this Yakuza Spinoff. And a great game for those of you who prefer the Yakuza Beat-em up style compared to Like a Dragon.

Main review:

The Story so far is a great collection of (nearly) all the kingdom hearts game with a nice overall presentation of all the games with a nice main menu that allows you to select between the different games on the 2 disc's provided within this copy (if you have the physical copy, I assume for the digital copy they combine the menus but idk, someone let me know if for the digital version they just have all the games in one menu.)
The games each have their beautiful themes before selecting them, as well as have a nice reward for completing each of them... that being PS4 themes for you PS4, which is really cool.
The caviot is 3 of these entries are not games as they are essentially cutscene movies made to sum up the games that weren't included within this package fully. These being:

1. 358/2 Days
2. RECODED
3. X Union (Movie X BackCover)

Such as shame, as 358/2 days is highly regarded, and not including said above games was a real shame.

The package overall is a great deal as you get a fun ride of games and... boring movies to at the very least have a nice package to go along with kingdom hearts 3.
However if you're looking for a more modern package, get ALL-IN-ONE as it features all kingdom hearts games within this package and includes 3 and Melody of Memory.


Game reviews:
Kingdom Hearts HD- ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐/5- an amazing fun game, with a good story and fun gameplay, and one of the hardest final bosses in my lifetime of playing games.

Chain of Memories HD- ⭐⭐/5- Absolute borefest reusing assets from kingdom hearts 1, awful combat, yet a good story with good new interesting characters. Still what an awful borefest.

358/2 Days - ⭐/5 - I mean the cutscenes are fine, but this is nearly 3 hours long, and the story is very interesting and ties up what happens in Kingdom hearts 2 at the beginning however why not just do what you did for Rechain of Memories and just port the ds version, give it a graphics overhaul, and just include cutscenes, at least I won't get bored watching it. "playing" this is equivalent to watching it on youtube, but feels worse because the text parts you have to interact. Such a waste of time, play the ds version.

Kingdom Hearts 2- ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐/5 - Beautiful game that ties up a lot of loose ends, introducing an expansive new arsenal of abilities and combat that make this such an improvement over the first. And honestly a satisfying conclusion for those who hate what come after. Amazing game and soundtrack.

Kingdom hearts Birth By Sleep: ⭐⭐⭐⭐/5: Great Story and characters in an amazing prequel that ends very somber, but is a great game that introduces you to 3 amazing characters in Tera, Aqua, and Ventus. Great game, only thing is it's repetitive use of locations though it is a psp game so makes sense.

Kingdom Hearts Dream Drop Distance: ⭐⭐⭐⭐- fun gameplay, with a stupid story that is essentially stalling before kingdom hearts 3 happens. Yet still very fun, and awesome to play with Sora and Riku individually. Also introduces characters from the World ends with you.

Kingdom Hearts Recoded: 0/5: Atleast 358/2 days was interesting, this feels like a game you don't even have to play considering how it's barely acknowledged by the games themselves, only really being referenced in Melody of Memory.

Birth By Sleep 0.2 A fragmentary Passage-⭐⭐⭐⭐/5- a beautiful tech demo that honestly looks better than kingdom hearts 3. With a story that ties up a loose end in Kingdom hearts 1. Worth it in the package.

X Back Cover- A movie that takes place during X Union, an app game that essentially explains how the Keyblade war happens, and introduces new characters like Master of Masters, Luxu, and other characters. This will most likely be further expanded upon in Kingdom Hearts 4, even though it just complicates things even more... so yayyyyy.

Uncharted Drakes Fortune: An amazing start to a badass franchise, similar to Tomb Raider however with fun combat, likable characters, though bland stereotypical villians, fun levels. a Great game to start the franchise. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Uncharted 2: Among Thieves- Another hit in with most of the same stuff in terms of gameplay from the previous just a new story, an a new obstacle to overcome in terms of the new enemies you face later on. Bland villain tho. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Uncharted 3- Drakes Deception- A good villian, a great story as well. However most of the same type of gameplay from 1 and 2 just improved upon. Amazing visuals. Also a nice satisfying end. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐