This man has and continues to change my life the more I play through the intense, heart wrenching moments of his life. Joryu's performance shines so bright and has some incredible moments throughout the 5 chapters of this interlude between LAD 7 and 8. Dragon engine makes the beat em' up style and continues to improve with every entry and beautiful visuals especially with the Osaka Castle, some serious neon lit eye candy. Kuroda's voice acting and all the raw emotion he puts into this was some of his best and I can't wait for infinite wealth, especially after playing the demos and his chemistry with Ichiban is great and definitely will lead to some unforgettable moments. Love his attitude which was kind of a throwback to how he was in the original Yakuza as well as the others, he is that man that will do whatever it takes to protect the people important in his life, I can't help but respect it and want to grow up just like him truly!
Akame was a fantastic character throughout the story and I hope this is not the last we have seen of her. The only thing I did not care for was the plethora of side content for such a much shorter story. It's good to have some to get the bang for your buck, but I found myself getting a bit burned out on it at the moment as some things were very repetitive such as the little exclamation point side quests, and how they link the upgrades with an extra currency that you can only get from doing the side content. Gadgets were fantastic, especially the OP Serpent gadget thats a blast to use.
As far as the finale for this game goes in typical Ryu Ga Gotoku fashion it absolutely fucks in everyway. I live for these over the top ending sequences with crazy twists and endgame cinematic showdowns. (That last fight woo doggie!) I had heard everyone talk about the tears and it hit even worse considering how I got into this series and which game I started with and how far Kiryu's story has come all the way up to this point. I get how people say Kiryu's story should of ended in Song of Life, but this and 7 prove otherwise to me and I couldn't be happier they have not closed the curtain on this incredible man's story just yet. Whatever comes next, my body is ready with open arms.
Akame was a fantastic character throughout the story and I hope this is not the last we have seen of her. The only thing I did not care for was the plethora of side content for such a much shorter story. It's good to have some to get the bang for your buck, but I found myself getting a bit burned out on it at the moment as some things were very repetitive such as the little exclamation point side quests, and how they link the upgrades with an extra currency that you can only get from doing the side content. Gadgets were fantastic, especially the OP Serpent gadget thats a blast to use.
As far as the finale for this game goes in typical Ryu Ga Gotoku fashion it absolutely fucks in everyway. I live for these over the top ending sequences with crazy twists and endgame cinematic showdowns. (That last fight woo doggie!) I had heard everyone talk about the tears and it hit even worse considering how I got into this series and which game I started with and how far Kiryu's story has come all the way up to this point. I get how people say Kiryu's story should of ended in Song of Life, but this and 7 prove otherwise to me and I couldn't be happier they have not closed the curtain on this incredible man's story just yet. Whatever comes next, my body is ready with open arms.
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