Posted on: November 14, 2023
wilkan
Verified ownerGames: 509 Reviews: 157
Wasted Potential, Barely Yakuza content
CONDITIONALLY RECOMMENDED. If a) you are a RGG fanatic or b) do not care about plots or characters and want something to waste time on. Tl;dr - the plot is worthless, never develops from the premise and nothing new or exciting happens. It is about someone trying to take down Tojo and Omi and fake-killing people. No changes to it ever. The main antagonist turns out to be an old guy's cancer and the final boss is a side character. Old characters acting like pansies (Majima) and new ones deleted from the canon after this game. The script is almost as bad as the rubber-bulleting in Y4. The best content is SIDE STORIES. Everything else: lacking or deja vu. In fact every single side story plot beats the main story plot. Shinada's baseball content lasts about 2 hours. The game runs well. It has the adaptive detail adjusting feature based on available resources. Only the concert battles optimization issues. There are random crash bugs involving the scenes with Mack (a brief character). This game has a lot of similarities with Yakuza 0 and Kiwami 1. Short notes: 1. Everyone talking about dreams gets repetitive and meaningless fast. 2. The victory road qualifier thing for coliseum is tedius. 3. The gameplay templates Y4. 4. The idol thing is non-interesting besides the street dance battles. They have decent sound tracks, especially the hip hop one. 5. The best karaoke set, incl. the 1st appearances of Baka Mitai and Rouge of Love. 6. There is almost no yakuza content in the game. This game is about "Fulfiller of Dreams" (the JP subtitle) and yakuza have no dreams. If you want a yakuza game, play 0, 1 or 2 instead. 7. The game feels rushed. For example, Akiyama has no side story. 8. The five cities: different layouts, the exact same content. POINTLESS. 9. Shinada's story is clearly a J-Drama parody. Haruka is an idol, Saejima hunts and Kiryu taxi-drives. The theme is TV series. 10. The game'd been better with more play-testing and better plots and developed characters.
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