Thinker_J
2018
2020
2020
2015
2015
The Good: The 80s Japan vibe is so incredible to take in. Goro Majima's arc is one of my favorite in recent memory.
The Bad: Each character has one fighting style that is easily their strongest and makes experimentation kind of pointless. A bit heavy in fetch quests.
The Ugly: These elderly Yakuza sure have insanely shredded bodies.
The Bad: Each character has one fighting style that is easily their strongest and makes experimentation kind of pointless. A bit heavy in fetch quests.
The Ugly: These elderly Yakuza sure have insanely shredded bodies.
2018
2019
The Good: Massive gameplay improvements from Yakuza 3. New protagonists are great additions, especially Shun Akiyama.
The Bad: Story has way too many unnecessary plot twists, a Yakuza tradition at this point. Annoying traversal issues for one of the characters.
The Ugly: Did they seriously write Sayama out of the series?
The Bad: Story has way too many unnecessary plot twists, a Yakuza tradition at this point. Annoying traversal issues for one of the characters.
The Ugly: Did they seriously write Sayama out of the series?
2023
The Good: The most fun gameplay loop... ever? Definitely the best combat system since MGS5; there's always half a dozen ways to approach any encounter, and the game will always reward you if you have a random idea and try to make it work.
The Bad: I literally don't have any problems with this game, it was perfect for me. DLSS support would be nice, if I had to really nitpick.
The Ugly: Is there any world where Capcom can create a gem from remaking the much more flawed RE5 and RE6? Are they even going to try? RE4 feels like the most reasonable stopping point for the remakes, but Capcom is on such a role lately who knows.
The Bad: I literally don't have any problems with this game, it was perfect for me. DLSS support would be nice, if I had to really nitpick.
The Ugly: Is there any world where Capcom can create a gem from remaking the much more flawed RE5 and RE6? Are they even going to try? RE4 feels like the most reasonable stopping point for the remakes, but Capcom is on such a role lately who knows.
2020
2016
The Good: Kazama Kiryu is a great character, and is really carried by his voice actor. The final boss fight is a blast. The Majima Everywhere system is pretty fun.
The Bad: Way too many annoying fights heavy with guns near the end of the game. Combat has been nerfed from 0, which makes it less fun to slog through. The overall story is not great, and is mostly carried by the threads from Yakuza 0.
The Ugly: A couple of deaths in this game feel unearned and border on tasteless.
The Bad: Way too many annoying fights heavy with guns near the end of the game. Combat has been nerfed from 0, which makes it less fun to slog through. The overall story is not great, and is mostly carried by the threads from Yakuza 0.
The Ugly: A couple of deaths in this game feel unearned and border on tasteless.
2020
2017
The Good: The best looking Yakuza game and best combat system so far. Great collection of mini-games in this one. Ryuji Goda is a very fun villain. The few Yakuza 0 connections are great.
The Bad: The story has about 50 plot twists too many. The game is also way too easy, you'll walk through it, even on hard.
The Ugly: Something tells me it's going to be rough to do Yakuza 3 after this one.
The Bad: The story has about 50 plot twists too many. The game is also way too easy, you'll walk through it, even on hard.
The Ugly: Something tells me it's going to be rough to do Yakuza 3 after this one.