i went into this after a friend had complained about it pretty much the entire time they played thinking "oh it can't be that bad, i'll like it" but .. bruh. of all the yakuza games i have played so far, this is the weakest entry. the story is wack, but not in a good way, and the FLOW is so bad. i wish i cared about the children but the game forcing them onto me when everything else is happening was so disorienting. just let me go back to punching people.
(don't get me started on that though. by god if i get blocked one more time 🫡)