more like Yakuza PEAK Souls
it really is basically just a Yakuza game but with shooting instead of punching, changing the controls the Japanese default of shoot on square really nailed it home for me. The normal "aim" is really more of a strafe button. Heat actions that aren't the tandem grenade throw feel pretty underpowered and companion AI is pretty stupid, but the core gameplay loop here is solid. In some ways this feels like the last hurrah of classic Yakuza, bringing back classic characters from 1 and 2 and being the last game the 3 iteration of the engine before it was overhauled for 5 to prepare for the next gen. It even ends on a little slideshow of moments from every game leading up to it.
it really is basically just a Yakuza game but with shooting instead of punching, changing the controls the Japanese default of shoot on square really nailed it home for me. The normal "aim" is really more of a strafe button. Heat actions that aren't the tandem grenade throw feel pretty underpowered and companion AI is pretty stupid, but the core gameplay loop here is solid. In some ways this feels like the last hurrah of classic Yakuza, bringing back classic characters from 1 and 2 and being the last game the 3 iteration of the engine before it was overhauled for 5 to prepare for the next gen. It even ends on a little slideshow of moments from every game leading up to it.