And just like that this series bounces right the fuck back. I'm so glad this game doesn't play like absolute dogshit. It's actually fun to play! Well. Let's back up a second. Yakuza 4 means there are 4 playable characters for some reason. Akiyama is an incredibly fun start to this game with his fighting style being fun to control. Then it goes to saejima who is just sort of okay to play as. Who leads into Tanimura who is also just okay to play as. Which ends as kiryu who is always fun to play as. 2/4 characters are fun to play as while the others are just okay. So it loses me in the middle gameplay wise. But all my issues from 3 are gone. Enemies don't block as often, it actually feels like im powerful this time, and heat actions actually feel like they do damage. The story as always in these games is just spectacular. You would think having 4 characters would make it all over the place but no they actually managed to make it all intertwine very well. This games story is just twist after twist so thats pretty fun. This music this time around has a lot of jazz for no reason but it fucking rocks. Overall, a very good bounceback after 3 but still lacks a little in the gameplay.