Played each and every one of these games and have to say this one definitely knocked 2 from the top of my list. This is easily the best Yakuza game.
The thing I'm especially happy with is how much the writers restrained themselves on the story. Slowly the series' tendency to throw in unexpected twists and "I-actually-had-this-planned-all-along" moments really got out of hand; Yakuza 5 being the epitome of that stuff with an incomprehensible plot and a final villain that came out of absolutely nowhere.
So I was happy to see they took a step back and decided to restrain themselves. They stick to a relatively low amount of characters and spend the time to flesh each of them out fairly well. Centering the plot around a single McGuffin (The Empty Lot) also allowed them to stay focused; while that slowly revealed itself to actually be the story of Makoto and Tachibana.
Also; the characterization of Majima was done incredibly well and makes his behavior in the subsequent games make so much more sense.
Fighting styles were great; the substories were some of the best in the series and the hostess club side-game should be a standalone downloadable title. Seriously. I would play it all the time.
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