great game really fun amazing stages but painfully short

i dont think the way i normally score games fits this game
maybe ill rate it some other time
(this is not because my feelings are too complex for a simple rating or it is above a simple rating or i hate it or i love it or something like that)

story is more flawed then judgment but is still spetacular
some thoughts on the flawed part: https://x.com/codhoward666/status/1790053168274911652
if i end up privating someday ill paste what is there in here in a more structured form maybe
rest of the game is amazing of course
anyway fuck kuwana most despicable antagonist in the series (by series i also mean yakuza)

i assumed this game was gonna be just ok since its just a silly spinoff but this game completely shattered my expectations
while this game might have one of the weakest offerings of side content in the series, and some other problems, the actual main content is some of the best in the series, with also what might have been the best plot in the series, and one of the most creative handlings of a story loosely based on real events ever
man this game is so good, combat was pretty fun too
as for some criticisms a lot of the systems in the game are not the best, the side content is meh at best, and there are a lot of problems that come from the new engine that were really annoying, terrible menus and weird overworld movement being some
but fuck man this game is so good i liked the story and the plot so much its so so so good