The last quarter of this game is peak yakuza (My favourite final boss in the whole series and top 5 in gaming) but some of the stuff near the start-middle is quite disjointed. But when it picks up it does it really well. Surprisingly for a game made in 6 months it has some really great side content (mostly because I have shit attention span and liked the short encounters) with a really fun side story featuring 2 spin-off characters. The combat is a little janky but i still thought it was fun. I really liked the new agent style but I just wish it did more damage and worked better on bosses. I dislike how a lot of the dod style is charge up abilities as i feel they are kinda cheap and make it flow worse. overall a great game with some new interesting characters. Side note: the final villain has a really great motive which makes his boss fight even better.

This game has one of the best yakuza stories in the whole series and Ichiban is such a loveable character. The amount of side content in this game is insane and my only complaint about that side content is that the main story is so amazing i forget to do substories. the combat isnt the greatest but it's still fun. The first 3/4 of the game is really easy but the last 1/4 is really hard even after grinding a certain place. All the new characters are so enjoyable to watch and they couldn't have done a better job of establishing the new era of like a dragon. (would have preferred brawler combat tho)