Yakuza 6 the song of life - review

Time for the final episode of the Kiryu saga! but who was baby?

Genre: Brawler/adventure

Developer/publisher: Sega.
Platform: PS4.
Official Site: N/A.

Release date: 17-4-2018.

 

I actually hadn't intended to play this game so soon but because

Cafe Enchante was such a slow game I was itching for some action!

knowing that Y6 wasn't nearly as long as its predecessor also helped.

The game takes place after Yakuza 5 and we're also back to just having Kiryu as the protagonist!

honestly the real reason for going into this within 2 months of finishing Y5 was more or less

me wanting to move on and see Kiryu's tale to its conclusion while I still had investment. 

Pro's

- Decent and well-paced story that doesn't overstay its welcome.

- Great cast of characters lot's of fun interactions during the main story.

- Both main and substories are voiced fully.

Con's

- Combat felt weird, no heat actions for downed enemies? Meh.

- Too many substories are locked behind this or that. Also no substory finder.

- There was not nearly enough Majima.

Story wise it had me hooked from the start, I was surprised by how much directly

followed up on five, the opening scene was a bit random though like who was baby?

but record scratch *Freeze frame* how did we get into this situation happened.

The pacing was pretty good this time, I had an easier time following the plot and

each chapter felt like I learned a new piece of the puzzle which felt really good.

It pretty much felt like a proper crime drama that followed up on Y5's crappy ending.😅

I know RGG studios just sort of keeps writing but they really do manage to build something

from what they already have, they've proven that multiple times through this series.

 

Forgot the jump break so uh I generally enjoyed this game, more rambles after the jump!