They tried to 1-up Yakuza 4 in terms of the stuff it offers. More characters, more minigames, more places, just more more more more more. It is impressive how much content they managed to pack into this game, and while that is definitely a strength of this game, it also comes to the games detriment at times IMO. Mostly in due to the fact that the game is longer than the other yakuza games, and the story kinda lags behind because of it. Each character basically has their own unrelated story that ends in a cliffhanger that is resolved in the final chapter, and I don't really think said cliffhanger was worth all the buildup...? idk man, if you've played the series enough to make it this far you already know what you are getting yourself in for, and if you for some reason want to start with this, there's enough content to warrant it still being interesting i guess. The final boss also sucked, and that always leaves bad aftertastes in my gamer mouth. All in all, I can see what this game was going for, and it wasn't BAD per se, but I didn't like it personally.