Had a surprisingly good time with this given how hard I bounced off Kiwami. Like sure it's missing karaoke and le funny Majima content, but the vibes are infinitely stronger. Peak PS2 aesthetic.

The game's pretty rough though. There's very little side content worth engaging with and the main content isn't that much better. Combat is a complete slog to trudge through, any enemy you can grab is piss easy and any that you can't is a miserable nightmare. The plot had its own issues. You'll spend an hour getting bombarded by jargon and melodrama and then the next 4 will be spent lounging around waiting for something to happen. Thankfully, the cheesy English voice acting elevates some of this game into camp. Beating up generic yakuza man #753583 is way more fun when he's voiced by Travis Touchdown.