Better than I remember, in some ways yes. However, some stuff in this game is still not all that great. The last act of the game is very weird, with kiryu being thrown into it in the last minute, yeah, I love you kiryu but you should have just not been in this game. If he wasn’t, this game would be a 8 or a 9. And Tanimura only having ONE 1v1 fight when he is primarily made for 1v1 fights is just messed up, why does he have so many group fights?!? Hell, why does every character in this have so many group fights! And fuck that shotgun dude in Kiryu’s last long battle, seriously. Anyways, with that aside, this game is pretty solid. It’s the first yakuza game with pretty good substories, the story is mostly good until kiryu’s part starts, the new additions to Kamurocho such as the rooftops and being able to go underground is amazing, and how they have introduced 3 new likeable main protagonists in one game and made it work is insane. Overall, a 7/10. A fun but very flawed game.