I don't plan on doing the platinum for Y5 anytime soon so I love that there's tons of diverse content and optional stuff to do, although at times the story dragged in some sections. I loved both the down to earth vibe of the first sections with Kiryu and most of Shinada's arc, even though I got confused with all the baseball stuff and his inclusion to the gang was a bit forced. Saejima's story isn't as boring as people make it out to be, I thought his sidekicks were cool and the prison drama interesting, but the city dream sections were unnecessary padding. Also the mandatory parts of the hunting side-story, while cool on its own, would be a pain in the ass in further playthroughs. I loved Haruka's change of pace at first and the rhythm minigame (hate "So Much More" so much tho lmao) but after 30 hours of gameplay (beat Y3 and Y4 in 30 and 25 hours respectively) unfortunately I began to feel a bit of burnout at her section. Her story and Akiyama's are pretty good but the problem is that the game's too long for a Yakuza game.

Not a fan of the lack of development for the last boss and the twist that seemed to come out of nowhere (seems to be quite a common complaint). Also it's completely stupid for Haruka to say Kiryu's name at the end so in my head that never happened.

Half a star alone is for the taxi driving side-story (not the races, which were boring after a couple ones)