Holy shit. God damn it they fucking did it again. Flawless fucking victory. They somehow managed to top the last game. I never thought I would give a turned based RPG 5 stars but here we are. This is also the longest yakuza game BY FAR. There was SOOOOO much shit they added. For starters, they changed the combat in such an impactful way that improves it in every single way. Allowing you to move and position your attacks so that combo strings can actually connect was like the ONE thing that the last game needed, and thats exactly what they added in this game. Being able to move around adds so much diversity in combat that keeps it from getting stale. They also managed to translate kiryu PERFECTLY into a turned based format. Making him being able to style switch is absolutely genius and makes perfect sense as a mechanic. Also for the first time, WE GO TO AMERICA !!! Hawaii is translated so perfectly into a yakuza game its actually insane. This is easily one of the most batshit insane set pieces we have had in any of the games, not to mention it looks fucking beautiful. Of course we can still go to Yokohama and Kamurocho, each of which still being absolutely jampacked with shit. The little small interactions you could have with your party members from the last game? Theres SOOOO many more of those and I fucking love them so much. I can get to know so much more about all these characters that I love. The animal crossing mode they added is pretty cool, I played with it for a little before I got caught up with other stuff. Theres like a weird pokemon mode that I didn't do SHIT for because i didnt care for it. A doordash mode that is pretty useless after the first 5 chapters. Splitting up the story into two different sections allowed for the 10 different playable characters in this game not getting mixed up or too bundled up. The new characters they added for this game are ALL hits, not one single miss. Even the villains they added were super fucking cool, specifically Danny Treijo as a dude named Dwight. ALSO SHOUTOUT YAMAI, he is easily one of the best new characters they added to the series and is def one of my favorites now. All these characters build such an amazing story. The story in this game is SOOOO good. Nothing spoiler specific but damn did it get me damn emotional. Ichiban is such an amazing character that could not be a better predecessor for Kiryu. They parallel off each other so well. Again no spoilers, but they have an interaction together late game that is easily one of my top 5 cutscenes in this series. In conclusion, I love yakuza, this game is so peak, and I hope the series continues to be peak.