This is a big leap from Yakuza 3 and for the series as a whole, expanding the cast to four playable characters. It mostly works incredibly well, the characters play and feel distinct and the plot takes away the focus from at this point repetitive clan infighting or foreign threats and instead shines light on different, fresh new players in Kamurocho. It ties back to older entries in the series ambitiously but unfortunately drops the ball hard with incredibly stupid twists and fake outs resulting in a mess of betrayals and feuds that I couldn't care to keep up with in the end. Still, this game has some of my favorite music and combat in the series so far and feels so much better to play than Yakuza 3.