what a disapointment, combat improvement over seven is the only thing going for it

story is a complete let down, they were positioned to make the best yakuza game ever with the passing of the torch of kiryu to ichi but they just fumble it completely

the first 9 chapters of the game can be considered typical rgg-yakuza buildup but all of it is thrown out of the window when an unvoiced generic npc comes up to you and just tells you the location of Akama, just like that.

hanawa being completely hyped up with interesting plot points and considerations to be randomly killed off unceremoniously and confusingly when five generic npcs break into a room, overpowered the entire party and kill two people in the space of a single in-game cutscene.

ichi being borderline obnoxious with his complete unwillingness to show genuine emotion besides 'hey guys look at me im so silly and always happy'

rgg have kinda spoiled yakuza on my after playing it for so many years

i hope they dont fuck judgement too