This review contains spoilers
Good overall.
The first half of the game feels insanely overlong, and I didn’t realize quite how much I wasn’t really into the Hawaii setting until I got to go back to Japan with Kiryu and the second party.
Every chapter you play as Kiryu feels like the best the game has to offer, and then going back to Kasuga in Hawaii feels like a bit of a mess with unclear stakes until the very final chapter(s).
I do really commend the writing choices for Kiryu. At nearly every turn where they could just make it a conveyor belt of greatest hits and deep cut fan service, they opt for the more interesting choice that feels true to his character.
I enjoyed it a fair bit, but where Yakuza - Like A Dragon became much more focused the further the story went, this felt more scattered.
The first half of the game feels insanely overlong, and I didn’t realize quite how much I wasn’t really into the Hawaii setting until I got to go back to Japan with Kiryu and the second party.
Every chapter you play as Kiryu feels like the best the game has to offer, and then going back to Kasuga in Hawaii feels like a bit of a mess with unclear stakes until the very final chapter(s).
I do really commend the writing choices for Kiryu. At nearly every turn where they could just make it a conveyor belt of greatest hits and deep cut fan service, they opt for the more interesting choice that feels true to his character.
I enjoyed it a fair bit, but where Yakuza - Like A Dragon became much more focused the further the story went, this felt more scattered.