It is that of private detective Takayuki Yagami. second adventure; a spin-off of Sega’s popular, pulpy and convoluted Yakuza saga. He lives in the same Kamurocho neighborhood, the same yakuza gangs roam the streets, and there are very occasional crossovers of side characters and, well, weirdos. But instead of punching punks in the face in the name of justice or honor, which was the Yakuza style protagonist Kazuya Kiryu, Yagami fights with the power of his lawyer badge, drone evidence, and… sometimes (read: often) he kicks bad guys in the face.
The sequel is even closer to a kind of television soap opera, punctuated by fights, chases and melodrama. For anyone who has played the series before, it treads familiar territory, but with a more serious (realistic) story centering on issues of bullying and suicide in Japanese high schools, tied into a myriad of storylines encompassing the legal system, politics and organized crime.
Yagami has multiple fighting styles to master, while there are love interests, batting cages, mahjong, skateparks, and other activities to spend even more hours in. On the PS5, Lost judgment it looks great. Combat is fluid, and the recreated areas in Tokyo and Yokohama are generally full of pedestrians, shops, and points of interest. While Yakuza: like a dragon took the franchise in a new direction (turn-based, more ridiculous), Lost judgment retains the brawling style of play of the Yakuza series, with a new hero who ended up charming us.
