Given the events of Like a Dragon, there are elements that do kind of irk me a little bit. If you’ve played any of the prior Yakuza or Judgment games, you know what you’re getting into here. With Yagami and Kaito taking point in the initial infiltration, it’s there that they begin to peel back the layers of not only what they were charged with completing, but also digging deep into how some people that were seemingly unrelated to the issue suddenly becoming very relevant to the case with quite a bit of weight.
It’s there they convince their older counterparts to take on a case offered by a local private high school to investigate any instances of bullying.
Meanwhile in Kamurocho, Yagami and fellow detective Kaito are wrapping up an unrelated case when it’s revealed that the athletic Sugiura and techy Tsukomo have opened up their own detective agency in Yokohama. It just so happens that the middle-aged ex-cop is a case being handled by Genda Law Firm, specifically Saori Shrirosaki, flanked by fellow lawyer Issei Hoshino. Meanwhile, in a seemingly unrelated incident, a man standing to be charged for a lesser crime of groping on a commuter train reveals the location and name of the corpse in question. Slipping the tarp off reveals a rotting corpse that’s been sitting there for quite a long time. Upon discovering there’s no fire in the building, they stumble upon a large tarp obscuring something that’s supposed to be uncovered. Flares are set off in an abandoned building in the vast Yokohama district, and the fire department is sent to investigate. Return of the Punchy Detectiveĭecember 2021. The PS5 version was played for this review.
#Lost judgment cats series
Depending on how things continue to shake out behind the scenes, I might not want to get to attached to him.ĭeveloped by Ryu Ga Gotoku Studios and published by SEGA, Lost Judgment released on PS4/PS5/Xbox One/Xbox Series X | S worldwide on September 24, 2021. However, it’s been well documented by this point that this plan and the Judgment franchise itself may be in jeopardy thanks to some likeness rights and an agency (Johnny & Associates) used by the model actor for Yagami not seeming to understand modern technology and the fact that some Yakuza fans may actually want to play this on PC.ĭespite all this, we were lucky enough to be able to get our hands on Lost Judgment even with all of this behind the scenes drama. The plan when this gameplay split started was to retain the JRPG gameplay in the main series and have the Judgment games hold onto the beat-’em-up style the main series has been using for years. That gameplay shift suddenly put the spotlight on Takayuki Yagami and his detective exploits. Last year’s Yakuza: Like a Dragon shed the Dragon of Dojima as the protagonist, gave us the Dragon Quest loving Ichiban Kasuga, changed up the gameplay to JRPG style (with great results as far as I’m concerned), and shook up the very foundation of the power structure that Kiryu was fighting in for seven games.
Which is great, because lately the main franchise and now the Judgment side of things were supposed to have split off into two separate playstyles. I think it’s pretty well known by now that SEGA is none too shy about how much they’re leaning into all aspects of the Yakuza franchise.
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