How did they manage to fuck up literally everything except the combat
>>731113061>except the combatIt's still turn based
the series doesn't work without the yakuza
>>731113061The story was all over the place.Kiryu should have left wayyyyyyy back in Yakuza 4 and had a happy ending.
>>731113061Nagoshi was the one who kept Yokoyama's worst impulses in check. Without him the franchise immediately went full retard and became a parody of itself
>>731113314They should've just made Akiyama the new protagonist if they wanted a more light hearted main character instead of going with a total inversion of Kiryu ie an obnoxious annoying literal retard manchild
>>731113101RGG's skills at making action combat have deteriorated. Infinite Wealth has better combat than Gaiden
>>731113217Turns out the Yakuza are a better backdrop for the franchise than goofy spy agencies, cults and fat black American street gangs
>>731113624The Barracudas were fucking embarassing. Everything about the Hawaii setting was cringe.
>>731113061Yakuza 9 will be set in Brazil
>>731113061the combat in this and 7 are awfulway too fucking easy for turn-based
>>731113061RGG studio was never consistent even with Nagoshi at the helm, games like 0 and 7 are the exception rather than the norm
>>731113061I think you're just retarded OP, the game is good. Very good actually. The story was lacking, but other than that you're stupid. Ironically you dont complain about the combat, but the change to being able to move you're character messes with aoe attacks and debuffs/buffs. I dont remember if you can move your character in the first game.
>>731114253Yeah I said the combat was good. It was everything else that was atrocious
>>731113492But Akiyama is neither a Yakuza nor Like A Dragon, so he's sadly out.
>>731113061ost is goodthe kiryu stuff in isolation is mostly good
>>731113061They also use the English dub script for Jap audio subtitles for the first time. So you get lines like "she's a strong independent woman" when playing with Japanese audio. They made every wrong decision with this one
>>731116124>game is good when it's about Kiryu, Japan and the YakuzaShocking that the best parts of the game are when it's doing the stuff that made the franchise popular
