There is still the typical issues that arise from an action game being on the PS2. But i don't really care! This comes out just a year after the previous instalment, and somehow improves almost every element there was carried over. Gives us an even more engrossing tale, that expands on the returning cast, and creates new favorites. Lock-on 'almost' works! Substorys are still generally mediocre, with few bangers. (You know the ones!) I sadly feel the soundtrack took a slight dip in quality comparatively to yakuza 1, in its connected-ness, to find a word. Which wouldn't surprise me if the reason behind that being the obviously strict deadline they were forced on by Sega. Well whatever, ramble over. This game is GREAT!