Lost Judgment Reviews

Good game overall, but overrated. Combat is fantastic but when all the enemies die in two hits on the hardest difficulty it makes it hard to experience properly. Story is just flat out average, if not slightly below. Still if you like RGG games it's still worth playing.

Genuinely one of the best single player games I've ever played. The judgement Duology has some of the best stories in any games I've played with tons of engaging side content, tight mechanics and the sequel blows it out of the water somehow, the combat has felt always consistently rewarding and fun, the visuals are polished to a sheen and the music in both games are beyond awesome, played both titles on PC and Steam Deck and both performed insanely well, perfect game to sit down and experience with a home theatre set up for those big story moments and when your in bed cozy up and tackle one of the many side activities, it takes that established RGG formula and makes the most of it whilst retaining its own identity, If your a RGG fan and havent played this yet you need to change that, and if you enjoy big meaty single player games definitely pick up this duology, they always come down crazy cheap on sale and run on basically anything modern at this point.

As with the first game, the writing is impeccable. This time around the combat is wildly satisfying with almost no jank (though, having not played them, can't say how it compares to other Yakuza games). The story is slightly worse, but still enjoyable. I feel like this one had too few side cases and they were replaced with the so-called "School stories", which while innovative, were an awful slog to play through for the most part. Still, very good, polished and performs well. 10/10

Great gameplay and good story. Highly recommend, my main issue with the game is how often things in the story are recapped/repeated for no reason. Yagami will have a revelation about the case and then spend the next three chapters having the same revelation over and over. Several times in the story (especially in the parts with genda law) the cutscene will cover the same exact thing 3 or 4 times. I also really miss the friendship mechanic from the previous game. Other than that though the game and story are great. The 2 new fighting styles are a lot of fun, snake especially. Game is definitely worth it overall, just keep your phone handy for some of the cutscenes because you will be recapping stuff you already know for 10 min

This is the only traditional beat 'em up style Yakuza game that I haven't finished, I got through chapter 10 and that's enough for me. They went for a complicated topic like bullying and suicide, then made the main cast, especially Yagami, extremely black and white with their views on something that's inherently a grey topic. The more I play, the more I just didn't care for the story or main cast, which are usually a stronger parts of the Yakuza games.

Improves on the first in every way. Better story, better side content, better characters and the best RGG combat, on par, if not better than Gaiden

The first Judgment became my favorite game from RGG and this game somehow lives up to it's greatness and possibly even surpasses the first game. The 3 main fighting styles were well made and all are very different from each other making it impossible for fights to become repetitive like in other rgg games. The plot was very well executed from start to finish and pushes a really powerful message. My favorite part of the game though was the school stories which added so much new content to the franchise with a very enjoyable story and cast of characters. Amasawa was lowkey the best character in this game 😂

RGG, please make another Judgement game. These games are fantastic.

Fantastic RGG game with the best combat in the series. The story is also good but not as good as Judgment. Best combat. In any RGG game. All three styles are perfect. My issues with the Crane style were fixed, and now awesome to jump up into the air with it and land combos. Tiger style is still great, like in the Judgment. The new Snake style is also super fun, with the ability to throw people to the ground. Boxing style was cool, but unfortunately, I didn’t use it too much. The story in this game is also great. I don’t think it’s as good as the first judgment, but I like how, instead of working on a lot of cases, you work on one big one. I also like the topic more than I thought I would, with it doing a really interesting dive on bullying. The antagonist is also great and it was perfect how they developed throughout the story. The music of this game is fantastic. I also liked how they expanded on the detective tools. There wasn't a lot of BS trailing, but the bug tracker was annoying to use. I feel like the side content was lacking. The main mini-games are transferred over from Judgment, which was disappointing. I do like how they fixed the dice game, but still not great. The drone game is also back, and it really not my thing. There are also other main mini-games tied to different school clubs that have their own minigames. I feel like this had potential, but I honestly didn’t do too many of them. They were very hit and miss and feel like a missed opportunity from what I have gathered about them. Overall. This game's combat carries it. Indepth combat style and each style is super fun to use on their own. While I prefer judgement due to its story, Lost Judgment's story is still good, and the combat easily beats any other Yakuza game.

The BEST GAME they have ever made. The substories and school stories are fun, the story is engaging, the best combat system they have ever made. Truly a 10/10