It goes without saying that if you enjoyed Lost Judgment, fancy a bit more and like the character Kaito you'll fancy playing this.
Nothing I can or will say about that will make the above false and you will not be disappointed coming from that.
I enjoyed this idea for a DLC, it was nice to give Kaito some spotlight alone, more back story and unique things to slightly change up the formula.
The main mechanical differences are that Kaito has his own 2 fighting styles, I don't want to give too much away but as you can imagine he's a lot more "strength based" but still has his own riposte style mechanics.
The other difference is in his detective work, sadly tailing is still here as is stealth (although a bit better) but his crime scene investigation Kaito uses his "feral instincts" basically you can flick between looking, listening or sniffing out clues and whilst this isn't a huge innovation it's a nice change.
Kaito doesn't directly get sub stories but some of his skill unlocks are behind missions as such, mostly though this is doing moves or searching Kamurocho with feral instincts, mostly listening for stray cats oddly.
This isn't the worst collectathon but that doesn't mean it's fun, where it feels most egregious is the item you need to use_eyes for as there's no map hint, sound indication and they're easy to miss.
Still 100% his skills is only necessary if you're a completionist or a nutter like me. There is one bonus fight (sorry spoilers) but it's not all that exciting really.
You're mostly playing this DLC for the story and that it does deliver.
Overall it's a great, quite personal tale for Kaito which delves into his past, introduces new folk including one of RGG's strongest female characters (not the highest bar sadly) and is a satisfying tale with a satisfying conclusion.
Story wise there are a couple of small issues I have, there's a level of predictability but more so a certain friendly character that although played for laughs seems really off to me (but I don't want to spoil).
TLDR? I liked this, but the price it wants for what you get is a lot and although the differences from Kaito to Yagami are fun I found Tak more fun to be.
Nothing I can or will say about that will make the above false and you will not be disappointed coming from that.
I enjoyed this idea for a DLC, it was nice to give Kaito some spotlight alone, more back story and unique things to slightly change up the formula.
The main mechanical differences are that Kaito has his own 2 fighting styles, I don't want to give too much away but as you can imagine he's a lot more "strength based" but still has his own riposte style mechanics.
The other difference is in his detective work, sadly tailing is still here as is stealth (although a bit better) but his crime scene investigation Kaito uses his "feral instincts" basically you can flick between looking, listening or sniffing out clues and whilst this isn't a huge innovation it's a nice change.
Kaito doesn't directly get sub stories but some of his skill unlocks are behind missions as such, mostly though this is doing moves or searching Kamurocho with feral instincts, mostly listening for stray cats oddly.
This isn't the worst collectathon but that doesn't mean it's fun, where it feels most egregious is the item you need to use_eyes for as there's no map hint, sound indication and they're easy to miss.
Still 100% his skills is only necessary if you're a completionist or a nutter like me. There is one bonus fight (sorry spoilers) but it's not all that exciting really.
You're mostly playing this DLC for the story and that it does deliver.
Overall it's a great, quite personal tale for Kaito which delves into his past, introduces new folk including one of RGG's strongest female characters (not the highest bar sadly) and is a satisfying tale with a satisfying conclusion.
Story wise there are a couple of small issues I have, there's a level of predictability but more so a certain friendly character that although played for laughs seems really off to me (but I don't want to spoil).
TLDR? I liked this, but the price it wants for what you get is a lot and although the differences from Kaito to Yagami are fun I found Tak more fun to be.