Judgment

As expected from RGG. Another banger story. And also the closest you can get to play Jackie Chan in modern games.

The graphics is your usual RGG type of game graphics which was great for 2016 but for now, it seems a bit lacking. Kamurochō never gets old with all the wacky stuff happening in each game.

The soundtrack was acceptable. Nothing groundbreaking. But also not bad at all.

The gameplay just doesn't scratch my itch personality anymore. I loved Yakuza 0 gameplay, and got through Kiwami 1 & 2 but even after years getting back to the Yakuza world with Judgment, I got a little bored. I'm glad they changed the gameplay in 7 and can't wait to get to it. Also the detective style gameplay was a fresh breeze but it was a little clunky and felt too experimental (which I'm glad they took the risk and I can't wait to see the improvements in the sequel)

Now for the best part... As always... RGG is a master in creating stories with many characters and twists. I got attached to every single character, because they had life in them and every single of them were important parts of the story. The Protagonist and his cast of characters had many small but heartwarming details, like everyone close to the Main Character calling him Tak, or the way Saori interacted with everyone. Kaito and Sugiora also very fun teammates to have and etc. The Villains were not as good as Kiwami 1 and definitely not as good as 0. But nonetheless it was a roller-coaster fighting against them both in court and street.

I have yet to encounter a game with mediocre ot average story in the Yakuza world! For now, all of them are amazing.

A torture to finish.
The story was ok with some good twists but it sure doesn’t make up for this garbage gameplay,the only good thing that they did were the 2 main characters.
The missions were all the same dumb bullshit of pointing and clicking on something to investigate,thats a feature of a ps1 game! Couldn’t they innovate?fights are as bad as any other yakuza game,chasing missions made me wanna die and the city was as dead as i wish to be on any given weekend.

But i have to admit thefailed cop turned detective vibe and his office were 👌.

Nice game with a nice story but longer than it should be

A solid entry into the Yakuza franchise. This spin-off is really solid fun and has a gripping story. Not quite on the level of Yakuza 0. But not many games are!

its a really good Yakuza game - but thats it. I was hoping for a more radical change from the normal Yakuza formula and was kind of disappointed that it was only with some hints of an actual mystery/ detective game.
still, it has a interesting story and the game is overall quite good 🙆

A worthy successor to the Yakuza franchise. The story was a wild ride and the cast of characters here were written better than the average Yakuza character. The story is kinda slow for the first half of the game but it does really pay off during the second half.

Combat is very fluid and fast paced compared to Yakuza's combat but it is also kind of janky. Could do with a bit more ironing out.

The side stories are always a fun break in these games, there are plenty to get yourself lost in.

Having played Yakuza 0-6 though, I already was burnt out on everything the Yakuza series has to offer, and this game doesn't have much new to offer in terms of gameplay. But as someone who is playing this for the first time, you'd definitely have a blast with the open hub Kamurocho.

If you're thinking of playing this without having played the Yakuza games, I absolutely say go for it. There is actually no overlap between this and the Yakuza games besides the shared universe.
I'm looking forward to playing the sequel as the Judgement franchise has the potential to be even bigger than Yakuza.