Some great ideas, gameplay wise. Improvements to combat, such as positioning, made for a huge difference over its predecessor Y:LAD. Story however is... not great. Bryce's (I played with Japanese audio) VA's English was terrible and immersion breaking as was the fact everyone in Hawaii just... spoke Japanese? Made no sense and felt very corner-cutting. Bucket List, while having its tearjerker moments, was overall a letdown. A lot of teasing things with no actual payoff especially in the Life Links. I hope that the Daidoji is just done with after this because it wore its welcome now and story-wise it makes little sense to keep them around. The basic plot of the game was also confusing and Bryce's motivations are too much of a 'I evil because I want to be evil, muahahahah' vibe. Also, flanderising Ichi to just be a dumbass (T-shirts with Saeko at the end, really RGG?) was a baffling choice and one I can't get behind.

It does still have great moments, particularly in interactions between characters, but it fels like a lot of missed potential. Gameplay is great, story is... mediocre.

Also, locking New Game + etc. behind special editions / DLC paywalls was a scumbag move. Really disappointing.