Is it wrong to be right?
Almost a total improvement of the first game. Mainly the combat and side-content. Both being so extended from the previous entry is almost unreal.
You can pretty much see an improvement right at the start of the game. Traling missions! They're ok now, it's still not engigaging as a mechanics of it's own and surprisingly it's not even bought again in the main story, some side-missions had it. They added stealth now as a replacement which isn't much better if I'm honest, it's too scripted. The investigation system was improved as well, now you can zoom without the camera slowing down and ask for hints if you're lost.
The combat feels just so perfect. We have 4 different styles now: Tiger, Crane, Snake and Boxer. Both feel totally different from each other with their own weaknesses and strengths. So much fluid and faster compared to the first game. In Judgment, Yagami felt like a more weak take on Kiryu. On Lost Judgment he feels like it's own character, really agile and stylish.
The story can be seen as an improvement or not. You can see the first game was about Yagami, it felt more personal to him. The sequel doesn't do much of that. It doesn't have that level of personal involment in my opinion, besides Yagami wanting to do his job right. Most of the cast was heavly underutilized for the sake of our protagonist. It just didn't felt it was a team resolving a case, Yagami did almost all the work and the rest were like cheerleaders or something. There is also something I can't get off my mind. At a certain point in the story, let's say a character "dissapears" because collateral. That very same dissapereance is used all through the story as a valid argument from Yagami instead of making it's own Judgment of the situation in general and see the logical side on it.
The main villain is great though. Serve as Yagami contrary way of thinking while not totally being a cartoon one dimensional evil character. Maybe the best villain in the whole Yakuza series? It stil has flaws, but that doesn't take the fact is a good overall antagonist.
As any good modern RGG game is, this has a lot side content. School Stories are that, substories centered around the Seiryo High School. If you ever played any modern Persona title this would feel familiar. Join a club and help them as muchas you can as you level up your stats and start unlocking new stuff for you through the game. There minigames and the substories, not to mention there are two whole different towns to explore: Kamurocho and Isezaki Ijincho, Yokohama.
So, in short. Awesome game with a tan weak story compared to the first.
Almost a total improvement of the first game. Mainly the combat and side-content. Both being so extended from the previous entry is almost unreal.
You can pretty much see an improvement right at the start of the game. Traling missions! They're ok now, it's still not engigaging as a mechanics of it's own and surprisingly it's not even bought again in the main story, some side-missions had it. They added stealth now as a replacement which isn't much better if I'm honest, it's too scripted. The investigation system was improved as well, now you can zoom without the camera slowing down and ask for hints if you're lost.
The combat feels just so perfect. We have 4 different styles now: Tiger, Crane, Snake and Boxer. Both feel totally different from each other with their own weaknesses and strengths. So much fluid and faster compared to the first game. In Judgment, Yagami felt like a more weak take on Kiryu. On Lost Judgment he feels like it's own character, really agile and stylish.
The story can be seen as an improvement or not. You can see the first game was about Yagami, it felt more personal to him. The sequel doesn't do much of that. It doesn't have that level of personal involment in my opinion, besides Yagami wanting to do his job right. Most of the cast was heavly underutilized for the sake of our protagonist. It just didn't felt it was a team resolving a case, Yagami did almost all the work and the rest were like cheerleaders or something. There is also something I can't get off my mind. At a certain point in the story, let's say a character "dissapears" because collateral. That very same dissapereance is used all through the story as a valid argument from Yagami instead of making it's own Judgment of the situation in general and see the logical side on it.
The main villain is great though. Serve as Yagami contrary way of thinking while not totally being a cartoon one dimensional evil character. Maybe the best villain in the whole Yakuza series? It stil has flaws, but that doesn't take the fact is a good overall antagonist.
As any good modern RGG game is, this has a lot side content. School Stories are that, substories centered around the Seiryo High School. If you ever played any modern Persona title this would feel familiar. Join a club and help them as muchas you can as you level up your stats and start unlocking new stuff for you through the game. There minigames and the substories, not to mention there are two whole different towns to explore: Kamurocho and Isezaki Ijincho, Yokohama.
So, in short. Awesome game with a tan weak story compared to the first.