This one started a bit slow to me but once it picked up I was super into it just like the rest of the series. I was scared at first that the Akame Network little fetch quests totally replaced the substories but once those got introduced I spent hours going through basically all of them. Substories are my fav part of the series and these didn’t disappoint, there aren’t a ton but there are some high quality ones, especially if you’ve played the whole series cause there are tons of references. The combat is really good too like always, the two styles are quite different and both fun to use. Agent style took me till almost the end to really vibe with but I finally found my uses for it and used it a ton to finish up this 10 hour adventure.

The plot is pretty standard Yakuza for most of it, some drama between shadowy crime organizations with some twists and turns. It’s a really great companion to Like a Dragon, with it tying directly into that game in a major way. I would definitely not play this until you’ve played that game, I feel like you would be a bit confused. Really this game provides a huge benefit to those who played every game, because the final part of the story drops all the crime drama and really hits home the emotions and character of Kiryu. It is full of references to other games and this is the absolute peak of the game. This was a very worthwhile mini adventure in the series, it’s better than quite a few of the main entries which is an impressive feat.