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

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 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)

great game really fun amazing stages but painfully short

kiryu turns into an actual mythological monster in this game
hes a real dragon it rules so much

great gameplay great art great music just a great experience
as for the story it seems great but im not sure i understood everything and the way its told is not the best
it also gets minus points for being really cryptic the whole game and then in the end using written words to explain everything that was kinda stupid even if it helped me understand

its ok
grew on me a bit throughout the game but yea still ok
this game is at its worst when you are trying to hit a specific angle on the flippers its miserable

has its problems but also has some great moments
it bites more then it can chew and stuff
also the segmented chapters had pretty bad execution
general execution of the story also not great

saejima's scene with sasai might be the best moment in the series so far ngl

my bad for the vague review lately the more i think about a game the less i want to write it out

really fun and plays amazing but painfully short
some stuff with level design sucks but meh its alright
also the game and the animations look great but sakuyas walking animation looks like sf3 twelve idle animation

music was great in the beginning but got meh later
gameplay was pretty bad
dialogue sucked
game felt unfinished
extremely short
parts of certain fights sucked
makes me sad to say but kinda pretty bad

i heard some bad stuff about this game but i decided to play it thinking it wouldnt be bad and very shortly after i hear "playing or enjoying jazz is punishible by death you need a permit"
this game is bad
no subtlety its really fucking boring the game plays like shit the driving sucks and the voxel artstyle sucks, voxels already are mostly pretty bad but everything in the game being a different resolution is just insane
the story has nothing to say it is painfully uninteresting the game has nothing to say it is cyberpunk slop it sucks
but its not ALL bad
the detective was pretty cool, the protagonist was nice, and her interactions with control and the dog were pretty good, and the story goes to some decent places ocasionally
but ultimately cloudpunk is painfully uninteresting, and the gameplay is awful, the art is bad, and its city is empty
i had more structured criticisms some time earlier but my brain has melted away from clawing my way to the finish line of this game im tired

sorry for the negativity as i said its not all bad but its still bad
this game sucks dont play it

really fun and creative gameplay, and a pretty great story, but suffers from obnoxious "social media pills" and "pikachu using a human on a phone as a horse" messaging and investing really heavily on the worlds most predictable plot twist
still really good just kinda stupid sometimes

sad to say this but unfortunately pretty messy
at least the magic and novelty of pokemon monster hunter does a lot of heavy lifting