Judgment

What. An. Absolute. ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥. ♥♥♥♥. Piece. Of. A. Game. This is the fourth time i'm trying to beat it, but I just can't take it anymore. This is the first game that got me almost crying out of sheer tediousness, extreme padding, and boring filler. The Good: During this run, I managed to get up to half-way in the main story and the story so far is interesting and pretty good. The bad: The side cases and quests are boring, repetitive, and drag on far too much and far too long The items strewn around m,ake you feel like you're playing Mario or Spyro, with no other gameplay function as to pad the game out just a little bit more. The grind for the upgrade list is just rediculous. Take 100 extracts, do 200 wall-jumps, beat 300 guys with an EX superaction, destroy 1000 items during combat (which only registers if you pick the item up and beat the enemy with it), the list goes on and on and on with unfun busywork. This game isnt good for my mental health. Instead of relaxing, it has burnt me out, stressed me and taken me to the point of crying, wishing it to be over ASAP. Avoid.

Very good game, ties in well with the rest of the Yakuza/LaD series. Subtle nods here and there to other games in the series which I've played all of and am finishing with Judgement/Lost Judgement/Ishin. My only small criticisms on the game which bugged me, were I felt like the Keihin gang encounters were too frequent, they really interrupted exploration/side quests. You'd either need to spend 10mins running around the map to deal with the leaders, or ignore them and deal with groups of powered up thugs every 50 steps until they go away. It wouldn't be so bad if you could sell Pyroxene - as I ended the game with a massive stash of all of the colours - but you can't do that, so the benefits from beating the leaders wasn't amazing. I also wish there were additional methods to get rid of mortal wounds - e.g. elixirs. I would commonly take a mortal wound when fighting Koga in particular, and at times in the later game a group of thugs would have someone with a gun you wouldn't see until it was too late and you get shot. At 20k for a medical check-up/40k for a small medkit, and with older Blackjack seeds seemingly patched, and the free VR passes not the easiest to get, I found b…

Judgement is arguably one of RGG's best games and the fact that its a spinoff and not a mainline Yakuza game is insane. I've played Yakuza 0-6 so far and Judgement is 100% in my top 3 so far :) I really enjoyed my time with the game and it hit really hard for me. The story had a really unique and interesting premise, one that I think wouldn't work too well in a Yakuza game yet it works perfectly in Judgement. I really liked the characters, pretty much every character in Judgment was really memorable and or very likeable. They all immediately felt like they had personality and characters. I also played Judgement in the English dub partially to differentiate it a bit from the mainline Yakuza series but also because the performance was genuinely great. Kamurocho looked pretty as ever, I feel like the grimy and grey yet colourful aesthetic fit the detective and mysterious situation quite well. I feel like they've somehow improved on Yakuza 6's Kamurocho even more. The music helped added a lot to the environment as well. I liked how there was relatively quite a lot of side quests to do, from the reintroduction of the casino to multiple Mahjong parlours to new mini games like par…

Judgment is Ryu Ga Gotoku's best game up till its original release of 2018. A compelling mystery story, great characters, a more refined and fun iteration of the Dragon Engine gameplay and excellent presentation.

Loved everything about it the story the side cases minigames and especially the OSTs were phenomenal

It's like Yakuza just with a new protagonist. The fights, cutscenes, minigames, substories are all there, in a nicer looking Kamurocho too.