This game has my favorite narrative out of any RGG game to date. It had an amazingly crafted mystery that was unraveled well and didn't really have the typical car ride explanations that Yakuza games had. I really liked the cast of characters despite calling them their Yakuza names because those names are just engraved into my psyche. The combat was fun for the majority of the game but certain enemies started to get on my nerves. The music in this game was top-notch and I absolutely loved the remixed themes for bosses.
Now onto the reasons this game isn't a 5 star for me. This game is extremely buggy. I've experienced multiple cutscenes where a camera angle blocked a characters face, the screen would flash black and white, and the game would even lose frames. This game honestly should've been delayed a month or two before releasing so they could iron out bugs. The lighting in this game is bad. I've had this problem with all RGG games on Dragon Engine where it looked like they cranked up the contrast waaaaay too much. During Chapter 12 as well, the lighting got so bad that everybody looked like they had white hair.
On another note, I feel like the story forgot that Akiyama and Ryuji existed after a certain point in the story. They build them up to be 2 central figures in the plot of the story but you barely see them after around Chapter 7. To add to this, Haruka feels like she was shoehorned in for practically no reason other than for the sake of being a random plot point and then thrown aside in her little world and forgotten until the second to last chapter where you're required to visit her.
While it may seem like I have more negatives than positives, I truly did enjoy this game and highly recommend it. Just wait until the bugs get fixed lol.
Now onto the reasons this game isn't a 5 star for me. This game is extremely buggy. I've experienced multiple cutscenes where a camera angle blocked a characters face, the screen would flash black and white, and the game would even lose frames. This game honestly should've been delayed a month or two before releasing so they could iron out bugs. The lighting in this game is bad. I've had this problem with all RGG games on Dragon Engine where it looked like they cranked up the contrast waaaaay too much. During Chapter 12 as well, the lighting got so bad that everybody looked like they had white hair.
On another note, I feel like the story forgot that Akiyama and Ryuji existed after a certain point in the story. They build them up to be 2 central figures in the plot of the story but you barely see them after around Chapter 7. To add to this, Haruka feels like she was shoehorned in for practically no reason other than for the sake of being a random plot point and then thrown aside in her little world and forgotten until the second to last chapter where you're required to visit her.
While it may seem like I have more negatives than positives, I truly did enjoy this game and highly recommend it. Just wait until the bugs get fixed lol.