It's about what you expect from RGG's first outing in its new janky engine gameplay-wise and you do feel the content cut compared to previous entries, but the story's heavy-lifting really brings the game out and some great storybeats and surprisingly memorable characters that stick with you alongside the writing and parallels.

It is a little funny that this was suppose to be Kiryu's "final" outing in the series in retrospect, but it definitely was a good ending for its time for such a legendary character.