genuinely wild that rgg studio was truly considering making kiryu's final game a glorified tech demo for the first outing of the dragon engine.
first time i have not enjoyed my time playing a yakuza/like a dragon game. great that everything is voiced until it feels like everything is being strung out to justify that. it just feels so slow and poorly placed, and i realized it was over when i actively avoided trying to activate substories, which should never happen. at least my dislike of yakuza 2/yakuza kiwami 2 was because the backhalf of it tanked my opinion. here i was fighting uphill from chapter 1.
i don't even have thoughts on controversial plot points other than 'that happened, sure' because i was just wanting to finish the game because i was bored. i shouldn't be bored playing these, i haven't been bored playing these until this one! again, it feels like a showcase for the new engine than prioritizing the usual aspects of the franchise (y4+5 pending, i'm moving onto gaiden and infinite wealth after this).
first time i have not enjoyed my time playing a yakuza/like a dragon game. great that everything is voiced until it feels like everything is being strung out to justify that. it just feels so slow and poorly placed, and i realized it was over when i actively avoided trying to activate substories, which should never happen. at least my dislike of yakuza 2/yakuza kiwami 2 was because the backhalf of it tanked my opinion. here i was fighting uphill from chapter 1.
i don't even have thoughts on controversial plot points other than 'that happened, sure' because i was just wanting to finish the game because i was bored. i shouldn't be bored playing these, i haven't been bored playing these until this one! again, it feels like a showcase for the new engine than prioritizing the usual aspects of the franchise (y4+5 pending, i'm moving onto gaiden and infinite wealth after this).