"Real yakuza use a gamepad"... That always made me smile. But controllers don't work on GOG Galaxy and the only way I've found to play the game was through Steam. This is a crazy, hilarious game. Incredibly sexist, too (well, it's Japan in the 1980s)! It's a game by guys and for guys; even real adult film actresses, like Marina Shiraishi and Ai Uehara, are featured as characters. Took me 124 hours to finish it with 58% completion rate. You can play this forever if you go for 100% or tackle the challenge levels. There are 17 chapters in which you alternate, at every 2 chapters, between protagonists Kyryu Kazuma ("The Dragon of Dojima") and Goro Majima ("The Mad Dog of Shimano"), on 2 main maps with fictional portions of pleasure distritcs in Tokyo and Osaka. The maps are not huge, but there's a lot to do in them. Combat feels a bit like "The Witcher": dodge, block, light attack, strong attack, plus QTEs. Not great but not terrible either. The main story is pretty violent and dramatic, but the 100 smaller side stories are generally funny and even heartwarming. The tone varies greatly and it's all pretty nonsensical, but very entertaining. Arguably, this is the best game in the series and also the best starting point, since, as the title implies, it's the prequel. P.S. Don't watch the introductory video, it's full of spoilers!
