Oh my god, this fucking game. I played it back when in Russia there was A GIANT craze about this game series, like everyone were obsessed with it, music was used everywhere and stuff like that, I just played it a bit back then, kinda liked it but I got stuck on that stupid boss fight with a car so I dropped it, until now...
My best friend, Mark, loves these games and he decided to replay them, then my entire friend group got on the hype train and I decided to give it a go. Holy shit. I had a blast. One of the best game experiences I had in a while. And Biker is my man, his levels were interesting and his personality seems cool too, I want more of this guy:(

A bit too easy, but I have such a huge nostalgia regarding with this game that I can't force myself to give it less than a six...
There was this bowling alley where my dad constantly went to play, I wanted to spend more time with him but I couldn't play bowling, and one time he just gave me money and I just went to play arcade. This game was one of them, I was like very close to beating it, but dad decided to go home and I never finished it...
Until today
Time flied and I closed this little gestalt of mine, little Martin would be very proud

So, I finally finished Kenzan. Would've finished it earlier, but I need to study for my exams so whatever.
That was good. The story was amazing, I cried. It's fun to see how many story and gameplay elements actually crossed over from here to the main series. I liked the gameplay too at first, but near the end it became really annoying. Side content sucks too, BUT! They absoluetly nailed the setting and maps. That's the biggest ammount of locations we had in the whole series and that makes the world really interesting to explore. Nature looks especially beatiful here. Janky game which desperatly needs a remake, but I enjoyed it nonetheless

I actually had fun playing this game, to my surprise! The shooting is awkward, but bearable. The story is fun, but underdeveloped at times. Ryuji and Majima are written better than the other cast in this game, and this game's version of Ryuji seems very believable. Akiyama is barely in the game and this whole feeling of "Me and the boys" yakuza 4 and 5 provided is missing, as well as most of the emotional value (But there is that Pops moment, it's sad. Poor Ryuji) The final is very hype anyway and is probably the best written moment in the entire game. Soundtrack is amazing, just as always. Bosses are mostly eh, but there are good bosses too in this game. Side content is just from 4, but you have no access to it most of the time so whatever. Frame drops happen occasionally, but they are not as bad as I expected them to be. This game was also supposed to be the final game in the series, these credits made me pretty emotional even, Kiryu's speech in the end is pretty cliché, but based too. Who knew 9 more games would come out lol (And that's just main series including remakes and ishin, since Kenzan is in the credits too)
This game is among the worst games in the series, but it's not exactly garbage and it deserves to be played in my opinion. A fun piece of this series history and Schrodinger's Canon