Its a dead game now, but back then it was almost perfect casual shooter.

Really liked it despite many flaws.
I haven't played OG 2 so enjoyed its very good story, combat kinda fun, but its a BIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIG downgrade to kiwami 1 and 0. Liked the side content and bouncers missions. Majima Saga is whatever.

RGG cooked hard with story, characters, plot, action, only the pacing in first half is too slow.
Playing as Yagami is fun, but Dragon Engine is still flawed in this game, unbalanced styles, lack of weapons, still much better than Y6 and kiwami 2.
Detective missions sucks, tailing = suffering.
Side content is meh, only liked drone racing. Substories meh, friendship is okay, but too many friends to farm, Yagami's girlfriends are whatever.
So yeah, story carries.

Milkman level alone makes this game 11/10, im serious.

I spent 4 hours in a single place with a friend, and enjoyed a lot.

The best indie game out there.

The best combat RGG has made, great side content, cool QOL changes, less tailing missions, overall big upgrade to Judgment.

Only the story is mixed - great villains, good topic of the story, cool to have a lot of returning characters, but writing is sometimes weird and Yagami as a protag is worse in this game.

Only I wish there was more long battles and boss battles missions and coliseum in side content. Also boxer style should be unlockable in boxing minigame.

If it wasn't Harry Potter, it would be a shit game.

Dollar store doom.
It is fun, cool weapons, most mechanics are doom (2016) copy paste, but fits well, cutscenes can be funny, I wish playing on higher difficulty was more enjoyable.
Nice dessert to consume, its on game pass.

2024 and it still the best YAKUZA experience in every way. Maybe not the perfect introduction to series, but there is no better one imo.

Campaign:
Fantastic gameplay with lazy level design. And give me back split screen 343.

I made too many screenshots while playing it.

Use steam workshop for even more fun.

This spin-off is really great, so glad it came out to the west.
Good story with good message, but not very special one.
Combat feels great, but requires too much grind, I HATE CRAFTING, fighting with pistol is funny, only brawler is shit.
Side content is mixed, has really cool minigames, some good substories, great unique karaoke, but friendship stuff sucks.
I guess its a remake, but they barely add needed QOL like faster skipping dialogues or better inventory which frustrates me.
Banger OST.

Too much focus on multi.
Where tf is split screen.