- i loved the characters. ichiban is so charismatic! and i loved saeko and adachi, specifically. they all have good reasons for following him. i especially loved seeing the little dialogue that pops up whenever you're walking around town - it really makes them feel like a group that enjoys hanging out with each other!
- also love the fact that pretty much everyone is unemployed. except for saeko, who is probably using up a crazy amount of vacation time for this.
- i liked the story a lot - very compelling! i had some issues w/ a few things but i won't go into it too much. i don't see the need to nitpick.
- the gameplay could be improved a little. hopefully they polish it up for the sequel. i don't like how enemies move around, which means that some of your AOE attacks don't hit them! i didn't like the sudden difficulty spike in the last quarter, either.
- the music was not as good as the other yakuza games i've played - namely yakuza 0 and kiwami. 0 had an AMAZING soundtrack and unfortunately, this just isn't as good. the dungeon crawling music was so, so, so grating.

all in all, i would recommend this game!