A good entry in the Yakuza franchise
Most notably the story starts off with a really strong hook and for the most part delivers a really engaging narrative. It does however, as Yakuza tradition, pull its punches quite often and makes you question "if they're so scared to kill any of their likeable characters, why do they all get shot repeatedly?"
The gameplay is solid enough, I played on hard and for the most part it was very manageable up until the end where I felt I was going to have an aneurysm when you really start to notice the lack of I-Frames and unreadable attacks that can kill you in one or two combos.
Side content is solid as always. Almost all new gameplay mechanics surrounding the detective portion of the game, suck. Tailing missions will bore you to tears with how uninteresting they are and the ripped off Phoenix Wright search for clues/presenting evidence mechanics are so watered down they are almost negligible.
Overall, a fun time and the highs of the story make this game worth playing, 8/10.
Most notably the story starts off with a really strong hook and for the most part delivers a really engaging narrative. It does however, as Yakuza tradition, pull its punches quite often and makes you question "if they're so scared to kill any of their likeable characters, why do they all get shot repeatedly?"
The gameplay is solid enough, I played on hard and for the most part it was very manageable up until the end where I felt I was going to have an aneurysm when you really start to notice the lack of I-Frames and unreadable attacks that can kill you in one or two combos.
Side content is solid as always. Almost all new gameplay mechanics surrounding the detective portion of the game, suck. Tailing missions will bore you to tears with how uninteresting they are and the ripped off Phoenix Wright search for clues/presenting evidence mechanics are so watered down they are almost negligible.
Overall, a fun time and the highs of the story make this game worth playing, 8/10.