I’m not even gonna lie, I was so hyped for this game, but I really think overall this was such a mid experience. It literally took me like 45 hours (chapter 10) to realize that this game wasn’t fun.

There were some really awesome moments and it was so sweet seeing old faces like Mine and Nishiki again but that alone isn’t enough to make up for how annoying the combat was and how boring the story was…

Also man oh man changing some important character models to people from Yakuza 0 and 7 was such a lame move. This game made me feel sour towards the series for some reason… which is awful because I LOVE this franchise. I think it’s just because I went in with high expectations… but I hope my love will explode (in the good way) again once I play Lost Judgment, and hopefully whenever Yakuza Gaiden and Yakuza 8 come out.

Also hearing “For Whose Sake” in the game made me cry real bad

Reviewed on Aug 23, 2023


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8 months ago

I really enjoyed Lost Judgment, but I still think I liked the first Judgment more, it was pretty close! From the new trailer, I would say Gaiden looks amazing, and can't wait for infinite wealth. I get what you mean with this one I also went in with high expectations and it really took too long for the story to kickoff the adding of old character models was kind of cool,but it took me out of the immersion and any bit of interest I truly had in the main story.