Perfect sequel. Improved on everything that the first game fell short on.
The music, the story, the characters and - oh lord - the flashy and satisfying combat. Not to mention the amount of side content and side stories which are almost the size of the main game itself
There's so much to love about this game, it's easily my favorite series by this studio, and I say that as someone who has played the entirety of Yakuza/Like A Dragon, before I played Judgment and Lost Judgment

Deeply mysterious, punishing, thrilling.
Very original, even if it has pretty obvious influences here and there, and deeply fucked up.
I love love love the characters, story, world, combat system, RPG elements, random loot and just the atmosphere. It's a game like no other. And as someone who I thought was so jaded by horror that it has no effect on me, I'm glad to have been proven wrong. This game and its predecessor are in a class of their own in terms of sheer atmosphere
There's a lot I can say about the game, but part of the reason why I loved and love it so much is that I knew nothing about it. Don't let me spoil you on that

Pretty good fighting game, AMAZING starting place for newbies. But grew tired overtime. Some of the cut depth serves its newbie-friendliness, but starts showing if you play a LOT like I did
But if you're interested in fighting games, then please play it. It was my first fighting game and it's the first that got me to actually care to get good at, which I didn't expect

I'm glad that there's a videogame that's just a 1:1 representation of what I get if I just step outside

Hands down my favorite fighting game

Amazing, my favorite visual novel