it is a great game that has a bit of everything for every kind of player; best to be played with a team of 4 friends; whether online once you access the Hub (Anomaly sphere) or with your own friends on another game instance.
I own this game in Steam, PS4 (full), and in GOG for the DRM free concept; and let me tell you between the Procedural Generation of every level, the customization possibilities between abilities, crisis events, level types, and others; you'll never get bored whether on your own, or with up to 4 players: There's LOCAL CO-OP (yes ultra rare animal); with each player being able to take separate paths, which cuts the main screen into sections, like the N64 / PS2 PS3 / Xbox days... Also online Co-Op and weekly Challenges with custom rulesets (mutators). There's quite a few unlockable characters and custom mutators and gear to unlock with them. There's a plethora of ways to solve sidequest missions; stealth, non-lethal/lethal, set chaos by others, etc. And there's a few secret gameplay elements: like did you know if you use a Lighter + BBQ grill , you can use those FUD food items, and instead of getting 5HP you get 15HP with the generated Hot FUD? even years after i get surprised.
This is as much fun, if not even more fun that what i used to play on PS3 with YAKUZA 3 's Fishing minigame! This one's got a superb storyline like the previous games; Kamurocho is back, but also OSAKA's entertainment area; and some voiceactors from Kitano movies too! It's got the same humour you'd find in the previous games, lots of activities and its silly fun really.
it's a game that wants to be tactical, yet fun, it has been paced and balanced with care, it is best to play with 2 players in coop, although i haven't found many people to play with online... You can also play in Offline Co-op which is great. There's enough variety of levels per category to keep you entertained, and a levelling system for each character type to experiment and be busy with. Similarly to Huntdown, Streets of Rogue or Beat Cop, the Synthwave Music is where it shines too, except this one is much more focused on 80s Action tunes which is perfect for this. Reminded me of action cues from SWAT 3.
Not as great as Gwent 3 lines, especially the Beta version, but still fun. Lots of Cheaters but also Cheesy elaborate meme decks with hidden rules within the game's algorythm.
