A lot of the same issues as Yakuza 5 imo. To save people a bit of time: I find this game to be similarly bloated with a story that just gets really messy and unsatisfying by the end. The side content is very similarly inconsistent in quality as a result of the massive scope of the game.

Not only that, but it also has the most uninteresting soundtrack and a couple bits of fan service that just feel so.. strange. But what makes this doubly frustrating is that the combat is leagues better than LaD 7. Again, really high highs with some really low lows.

Ubisoft’s best game in years! I had hopes I’d enjoy it a lot given this is by the team that made the exceptional Rayman Legends (a decade ago now oof), but this managed to surpass expectations even and as a Metroidvania it genuinely stands next to Hollow Knight and Ori as my favorites in the genre. Having fantastic combat and boss fights with strong focus on combos/parrying attacks, very fluid platforming controls and traversal powers with razor sharp challenges throughout, and great level design as you explore the large and varied map of Mount Qaf

There’s some minor gripes, had a few crashes and felt like the story it was telling was fine but nothing very noteworthy either aside for the characters just making for cool bosses. Also since backtracking could be frequent, I kinda wish fast travel was a bit less limited and let you move between save trees. But otherwise this was a joy to play and the 25 hours it took me to finish flew by (still have plenty leftover for 100% too)