Definitely a case of too much of a good thing. On one hand this has the best combat of the series and Hawaii is a fun fresh setting.
But even if you stick to the critical path the game is just too much - I don't need Yakuza/LAD games to be 50 hours long. This would've benefitted from losing 10-15 hours.
The final chapter in particular is a massive tedious slog of endless fights with occasional boss fights to break things up. I was exhausted by the end.
Also the ending is pretty disappointing. The game was sold as one thing but didn't really end up paying that off. The series has always been convoluted and messy at the best of times but they got especially sloppy here.
Overall I still had a great time, but I think scaling back for LAD 9 and sticking to a one-party system would be ideal.
But even if you stick to the critical path the game is just too much - I don't need Yakuza/LAD games to be 50 hours long. This would've benefitted from losing 10-15 hours.
The final chapter in particular is a massive tedious slog of endless fights with occasional boss fights to break things up. I was exhausted by the end.
Also the ending is pretty disappointing. The game was sold as one thing but didn't really end up paying that off. The series has always been convoluted and messy at the best of times but they got especially sloppy here.
Overall I still had a great time, but I think scaling back for LAD 9 and sticking to a one-party system would be ideal.