Yakuza 6: The Song of Life

love Onomichi, but i also love Obayashi's films so it comes with the territory

Not as good in terms of side content as my favourites in the series (0 and 5) but it might actually be my favourite story wise. Really enjoyed the more introspective feeling of it. Switching the focus back to just Kiryu's story and the heavy emphasis on the theme of chosen family make it work really well as closure to the "Kiryu saga"

for those playing on PC, the licensed music restoration patch is a must
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2435843107

"y0 is an acquired taste" gotta be the craziest thing i've ever read

Even for Yakuza standards this is melodramatic as hell [2]

Even for Yakuza standards this is melodramatic as hell [3]. Still, for some reason, I think this might be my favorite story in the franchise? I didn't really mind that it was heavily melodramatic for the most part. I really loved this game, probably the first time that I felt like, just walking around, not even doing distractions or the main story. Is it my favorite game in the franchise? No, but i had fun with it.

Very clearly rushed game with half cooked combat and missing features/supporting characters but the parallels to Yakuza 1 were amazing