Objectively the worst Yakuza game. The English dub of Yakuza on the PS2 is better than this crock-pot of fucking shit. It's well polished, it has a cast of characters that are both loveable and memorable, it has a banger soundtrack like most Yakuza games, but man, the actual gameplay is just...

I can't with this JRPG bullshit. ALSO THERE'S NO DIFFILCULTY SELECTOR LIKE IN PAST YAKUZA GAMES SO THAT'S FUN. And the worst part is that people constantly praise Like a Dragon and it's sequel for it's new direction with it's combat. It's horrible. I don't play Yakuza games to emulate the feeling of turn-based-JRPG combat.

This is like if they were to announce the next mainline Call of Duty game was going to be a anime visual-novel. IT'S NOT WHAT THE SERIES IS KNOWN FOR.

I have so much hatred for this game, I really do. It's where I completely dropped the Yakuza franchise in it's entirety, and it's a damn shame because I really did like what the folks at SEGA we're cooking up until... THIS. And with the sequel Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth following suit in terms of gameplay, I think it's over for us 3D Beat-em-up chads.

I know that CU29 hasn't ended yet (Which was originally supposed to be Season 6: Spirit of Fire, but they had to scrap it) and it's weird really. We don't even know when CU30 is going to come out.

But back on topic, CU29 is honestly one of the worst responses to Halo Infinite's content issue since Season 2. CU29 genuinely gives me "The Season 2 content drought" war flashbacks.

But at least there's far more maps and playlists now than their was back in 2022. The other big thing to note about CU29 is that they did away with the battlepass that gave you back the credits that you'd use to buy them, and opted for smaller, shitter 10-20 tier "operation" passes that don't have some credits that you can get back, but sure as shit have double XP boosts- like as if you weren't sitting on 200 of those already.

The only good thing about CU29 is that they added the Mk IV core, which I personally don't care for but I know a lot of people do, and they expanded on cross-core with cross-core shoulders and they made more pre-season 3 coatings cross-core.

Also the majority of the content that WOULD'VE been in the battlepass is currently in the shop. That's nice. Thank you 343. Thank you for giving me the privilege of licking your filthy boots one last time before you cast all of us who supported this game since the beginning to the side to work on your next Halo game that LET'S BE FUCKING HONEST- is going to be just as shit as Halo 4, Halo MCC at launch (and rn), Halo 5, and Halo Infinite. Thanks 343. Maybe your army of rabid zoomer Halo fans who were born in 2010 will support your future endeavors, but I sure as hell wont.