Yakuza 3 was the first Kiryu game released on the PS3 and it had mixed reviews. And I can see why. To be honest it feels like the groundhog day, having to come back to Kamurocho to take care of the Tojo Clan problems once again... It's almost tiring. Especially after having to deal with the orphans in a fresh environment. I just want Kiryu to have peace in Okinawa and be happy with the children. Maybe it's just me but those were my favourite parts and thanks to those parts, I feel like I understand Kiryu much better now.

I'll be defending Yakuza 3 anytime, but not for the reasons I could defend any other Yakuza game but for these reasons. It delivers so much about Kiryu in so little time that it's wild to think about it. The problem is that... that's not a big chunk of the story. At all. The majority of the game lies in Kamurocho where you deal with yakuza problems, with too many side content and a very bad combat.
All of it is ultimately related to the orphanage, yes, but the fact they showed us the other side of Kiryu at the start of the game made that I grew so tired of the yakuza problems I didn't really want to know much. It was like a deja vu from Kiwami and Kiwami 2. It's just tiresome.

I didn't like much the game but I appreciate Yakuza 3 for what tells about Kiryu.

Didn't expect it to be this good, to be honest, after the massacre that was Yakuza 3. Probably one of the best stories of the series, taking into account only from Zero to this one, combined with very likeable characters and a quite comfortable combat this time. The latter parts are a little bit annoying but Yakuza 4 takes the time to develop their characters and it's nice and clean. You can tell it's a PS3 game but at the same time it's almost unreal this was released just a year after the third entry.

Yakuza 5 is the franchise magnum opus for some and it really is an amazing game. Absolutely improves everything since its predecesor except maybe the main plot, which can be a little bit undeveloped connecting dots sometimes. That aside, the game is almost like four games in one, that's the level of side content this one has. It makes me want a full game about being a local Idol doing jobs here and there while progressing in my career because this have that and it's so well done it got me hooked during more than 10 hours till the point I almost forgot what I was really playing. And that is just a very little part of it. Yakuza 5 really is one of a kind and I can get the frustration of feeling that it has too much content but it's worth the time, especially when it's supposed you've already played the previous ones to get the story right.

Okayish story behind an amazing combat system with great bosses overall, a lot of characters to master, all of them different to use, an outstanding music and a very long endgame full of content that the devs are going to keep updating in the future or so they say. I was definitely not expecting it to be this good after the somehow controversial development. I'm quite happy with the results. I was not a Granblue Fantasy fan before this one and probably not going to play anymore for the moment but, yeah, very good. Cagliostro and Zeta main btw.

To be honest it's solid enough for an early access that's just released. It has content for many many hours, tho the endgame is kind of lacking. It's very fun to play and kind of addictive despite many bugs and some things completely broken especially playing with other people. Design wise it does some interesting things and I expect it to get better with time. I also hope Nintendo looks at this more than just to try to sue Pocketpair. I want another Legends game, y'know, liked the first one a lot.