This game is such a fantastic JRPG and it's even more impressive considering it's the first game like it that the company made. The combat system is fantastic, feels almost like the mario rpgs with how you can block moves and do certain button prompts at the right time to get better damage, but more complex with positioning and weaknesses having a huge part in the game. Only issue is the xp gain is really low on normal battles (but you barely need to grind so it's fine) and if Iciban dies, the game is over which I kind of hate systems like that. The story is fantastic as well, Yakuza games constantly have great stories and this is probably my favorite of all of them, it can be incredibly goofy and weird when it wants too but serious and emotional too. I could ramble about how fantastic this game was even more but this will just become an essay so...

Reviewed on Dec 13, 2021


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