Judgment is an action-adventure game played from a third-person perspective. The game is a legal thriller set in the Yakuza world of Kamurocho and follows private detective Takayuki Yagami as he investigates a serial murder case. It stars Japanese actor Takuya Kimura and employs a fighting system similar to that of Yakuza 0 where players can change into different styles, namely crane-style which is more focused on fighting groups and tiger-style which is more focused on fighting individuals. Additionally, the game features an investigation mode where the player must find traces of the criminal.
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Spin off Yakuza vraiment excellent j'ai rien a redire tellement il est bieng (Yagami est gay)
Dr. Unpopular opinion here with a diagnosis. This game was not fun for me. I just can't get into it.
Judgment was technically my first RGG experience where I was able to finish it completely and oh boy, this one was surely an amazing game, I can see now why people loves RGG and I hope I can jump to the same boat with the next games.
✔ Amazing narrative as a whole, goes straight to the point, but at the same time offers a great share of suspense, drama and lots of plot twists, after playing a few hours I was completely hooked to the story and when I reached the ending...man, it was incredibly impactful and at the same time beautiful, I should also add that the characters are also amazing, Kaito my beloved... he COOKS.
✔ Visually is what you can expect from a RGG game, which it's really good but the Soundtrack are pure bangers, there's not a single track that I could say it's bad, not even decent, most of the OST is either excelent or great.
✔ Amazing Boss fights, each one of them with no exceptions, not only the battles and themes are absolute fire but also the overall presentation and the final boss of this game is probably one of the best I ever seen.
✔ Liked some of the side mechanics like the investigation sections that added not only an extra layer of immersion but also offered nice plot points on the best moments of the game, the chases were also great bits of the game, I found them fun and a nice change of air.
✘ The battle system is not balanced at all, you only have 2 fighting styles which it's not really an issue, but you will find out that the Tiger Style is the real deal for the entirety of the game, while the crane style is completely useless making the fights somewhat dull and repetitive.
✘ The game overuses too much the gadgets and some side mechanics to the player such as the lockpick or Drone minigame, to the point it can exhaust a bit.
I knew I would like this game but I'm honestly shocked I would like it this much, this was truly an amazing game, I'm really looking forward to Lost Judgment which seems even better than this one.
✔ Amazing narrative as a whole, goes straight to the point, but at the same time offers a great share of suspense, drama and lots of plot twists, after playing a few hours I was completely hooked to the story and when I reached the ending...man, it was incredibly impactful and at the same time beautiful, I should also add that the characters are also amazing, Kaito my beloved... he COOKS.
✔ Visually is what you can expect from a RGG game, which it's really good but the Soundtrack are pure bangers, there's not a single track that I could say it's bad, not even decent, most of the OST is either excelent or great.
✔ Amazing Boss fights, each one of them with no exceptions, not only the battles and themes are absolute fire but also the overall presentation and the final boss of this game is probably one of the best I ever seen.
✔ Liked some of the side mechanics like the investigation sections that added not only an extra layer of immersion but also offered nice plot points on the best moments of the game, the chases were also great bits of the game, I found them fun and a nice change of air.
✘ The battle system is not balanced at all, you only have 2 fighting styles which it's not really an issue, but you will find out that the Tiger Style is the real deal for the entirety of the game, while the crane style is completely useless making the fights somewhat dull and repetitive.
✘ The game overuses too much the gadgets and some side mechanics to the player such as the lockpick or Drone minigame, to the point it can exhaust a bit.
I knew I would like this game but I'm honestly shocked I would like it this much, this was truly an amazing game, I'm really looking forward to Lost Judgment which seems even better than this one.
me tirou da depressão e me mostrou o poder da amizade... obrigado JUMENTO!
Got to review this game when it came out, Finished it and it was a breath of fresh air from the mainline Yakuza series.
This review contains spoilers
What.a.game.
Really didn't know what to expect from this one so I didn't see how a few yakuza with bullet holes for eyes ends in medical experiments for an alzheimer drug.
Though I think it's impossible to get to the solution because for some reason, Shono didn't need autopsies to find out WHY the Yakuza died after getting injected with AD-9, so how could anyone find this out until the game gave the player the info that it was about the drug?
Sure, there were many illogical things in the game but for them it was easier to be explained away with "it's a game". But this one was kinda meh for me.
I also didn't appreciate that I had to set a woman up to get sexually harassed to gather evidence against the perpetrator. Ew. Just ew.
Poor woman deserved better. D:
Otherwise an immensely packed, tense game with memorable characters, great cutscenes, really good music and an open world that gave me lots to do.
Really didn't know what to expect from this one so I didn't see how a few yakuza with bullet holes for eyes ends in medical experiments for an alzheimer drug.
Though I think it's impossible to get to the solution because for some reason, Shono didn't need autopsies to find out WHY the Yakuza died after getting injected with AD-9, so how could anyone find this out until the game gave the player the info that it was about the drug?
Sure, there were many illogical things in the game but for them it was easier to be explained away with "it's a game". But this one was kinda meh for me.
I also didn't appreciate that I had to set a woman up to get sexually harassed to gather evidence against the perpetrator. Ew. Just ew.
Poor woman deserved better. D:
Otherwise an immensely packed, tense game with memorable characters, great cutscenes, really good music and an open world that gave me lots to do.