Yes. Everything Is Rubbish.

I move through these types of games pretty slowly. I'm that person who does side quests early, moseys around, and grinds every now and then, because I don't wanna be forced to have to do everything right before the end, because I'm not strong enough, don't have enough items, and all that shit. Plus, I just like being able to take advantage of moments when I'm not just being thrown through the story. So my progress has been slow as fuck through this new RPG focused Yakuza. Speaking of RPG, I didn't mention the biggest change to this game in my first play journal, so lemme talk about it, now that Ichiban's Angels have been cracking skulls for a good minute. All of the other Yakuza games featured combat, but it was your standard brawler affair that you get in most action / adventures; your Arkham City's, your God of War's, Spider-Man'ses. You hit buttons to attack, some are contextual, environments can be used, you can also do specials and finishers...

So, I decided to buy Yakuza: Like a Dragon. If truth be told if it wasn't for the pandemic and the UK in the midst of Lockdown Part II, which nobody seems to be adhering to, I probably wouldn't have bought this. Not because the game looked bad, but because I would have been able to wait a while. But I'm home all of the damn time and bored for most of that time; so I figured, 'Fuck it'. I could do with a distraction, and I know the Yakuza games are a good time having played through a Yakuza game before and enjoying it. My first Yakuza game was Yakuza 0, which I bought out of sheer desire for a Shenmue sequel. Shenmue III was taking for-fucking-ever, and what I was seeing of it wasn't doing much for me. So I figured I'd give Yakuza a shot, which seemed to be the next best thing that could quite possibly fill the void. Bitch. I was not prepared for it to be anywhere near as good as it ended up being. If you've never played a Yakuza game before, and don'...