Judgment

So far, I've played 7 Yakuzas, that was my 8th installment, and I'm glad I did play this game, because it lives up to the standard of the entire series. In terms of story and characters, it's on par with high standard established by other games, but there are many things that prevent it from being a truly exceptional experience. Negatives 1. Combat is enjoyable, especially after developing Tak, but there's one thing that makes the entire system mediocre: mortal wounds, which are "permanent" wounds that dcrease your max HP and that you get from being shot or being dcomboed by mini-bosses, and that need to be healed with first aid kits. If you could heal them with Poppo's items, I wouldn't mind, but the fact that you have to run to the sewers to buy first aid kits to heal them makes this system idiotic. 2. Lockpicking/opening doors with a wire is so stupid and requires such precision that when I had to do it, I'd put down the gamepad, grab the mouse, and play through the game at 30 FPS because it's supposedly easier that way. 3. Tailing missions - tailing is so stupid, the entire system and the missions requiring it are so frequent and bad, nothing saves this system. 4. Drone missions. What's required in these missions is so f*cking vague that you never know where to fly this stupid drone. To save myself the pain, I looked it all up on YouTube. The drone control is so clunky that I haven't done a single race. 5. Active search - this first-person search dominates sidequests and makes them not worth doing. Active search requires exploring a very detailed area, so I also used guides to save myself the trouble. Honestly, I hope Lost Judgment is much better than Judgment and fixes all these stupid things. I've heard it's like that, but I need to see it for myself.