I have platinumed Yakuza Kiwami 3 a few days ago and despite the controversies I had a lot fun with this game, but there are some things I found weird after finishing this game so here are some things I liked and some things I didn’t like that much.
Liked:
•I really the Morning Glory minigame or storyline I’m not sure what to call it, but I loved Kiryu spending time with all the kids and stuff.
•The Bad Boy Dragon minigame was kinda fun and seeing some characters in the minigame was kinda funny.
•I really liked Mine’s fighting style it felt really smooth and his moveset is really sick imo.
•I know the ost in this game isn’t really amazing but songs like Receive and Stab You, Pure Malice, Ryukyu Style, RYUKYU ~ MJZK, Fly, Alone in the Darkness, and Dark Alley are ones that I really like.
•The phone customization was nice and I love that certain accessories like the straps, lockscreens, and antennas give certain stat buffs, it kinda reminds me of the ring system in Pirate Yakuza.
Disliked:
•Dragon style feels a bit off sometimes like how the quickstep attacks are changed.
•Komaki, Mack, and some other training masters aren’t in the game for some reason.
•In the original I think there were 100 or something substories in the original Yakuza 3, and now there are only 31 substories.
•There is no heat action list so it’s hard to tell how many heat actions are in the game.
•Bosses always have two health bars, also I think substory bosses and reapers have two health bars too.
•I kinda found the ending to YK3 a little bit weird but I won’t spoiled it or at least I don’t think I am.
Overall I had a fun time with this game, but this game kinda is the weakest remake in the series imo, so I think my rating would be a 8.5/10. Also sorry if this post offends anyone that really like this game, this is just my personal opinion.