This game was absolutely unhinged and insane in the best ways possible. They built upon the bare bones turn based combat of the previous game and turned it into something more engaging with the ability to move and combo off of your teammates more. The new classes are all a blast to use as well. Oh and the side content. There is an INSANE amount of stuff to get sidetracked and do; you can be a Door Dash Demon, a trainer who captures other humans and puts them against battle with other trainers, or you can literally just play Animal Crossing. That’s only the major side content that’s offered. It’s just such a massive upgrade in terms of gameplay.

My main criticisms lie in the writing for this game. It feels as if RGG Studio has wrote themselves in a weird limbo where they can’t quite seem to move on from Kiryu, but still want Ichiban as the MC moving forward. Also who would’ve seen the plot twist coming? (That was a sarcastic question)

Overall it’s a great game and it is definitely worth playing as a Yakuza fan, just don’t expect the story to be on par with the previous games.