Lost judgment voice actors4/10/2023 Nary a moment seems to be wasted here, as Kaito’s past starts to tightly weave into the case he reluctantly found himself taking on. The thing that impresses me is not only the tight writing, but the increased pace in comparison to other games in the franchise. Anyone who’s played either game knows damn well how entertaining he can be, so his ability to carry even a small four chapter expansion (with a playtime rivaling some full AAA releases) shouldn’t come as a surprise. It also serves as a way to test the waters to see how he handles himself as a lead character. ![]() But here, he gets a little more room to expand his characterization well past being Yagami’s right hand muscle. In both Judgment games, he’s the lovable himbo that’s more than happy to bust chops when the time calls for it. While we do get the type of layered plot progression you see in many other Yakuza games, I found myself primarily concerned with how the story gives depth to the titular character in question. Thoroughly convinced that his mother is still alive somehow, he cockily (and desperately) wants to confirm that with who he also seems to think is his father. Adding another layer is that their son, Jun, eventually comes into play after Kaito turns Kyoya down. Sadamoto’s wife turns out to be an old flame of Kaito’s, and it’s been widely reported that she committed suicide some time ago. What may seem like a simple missing persons request at first quickly becomes more complicated. With Higashi in tow back at Agency, the “living legend” Kyoya Sadamoto humbly requests for him to track down his missing wife. The bartender, Jo, lets Kaito know that a different CEO is looking to hire him for a hefty sum. When he arrives, there’s a commotion right outside the place involving the death of a CEO. ![]() Upon completion, Yagami informs Kaito via text that he’s tied up with an assignment elsewhere, ultimately leaving our boy to kill a little time at Tender to throw back a few. Months after the events of Lost Judgment, we find Kaito wrapping up an assignment with Hoshino involving a rival detective agency. The PS5 version was played for this review. ![]() Depressing as that sounds, I went in excited to see what they did with our boy Kaito.ĭeveloped by Ryu Ga Gotoku Studios and published by SEGA, Lost Judgment: The Kaito Files released on Maon PS4/PS5 and Xbox One/Xbox Series X | S. It would be great to see more games featuring these characters, but at this point it may just be a better play to enjoy what we’ve already received. But that doesn’t change the fact that fans that latched onto these two games will feel short changed because of something they can’t really control. I doubt the overall Yakuza franchise will be fizzling out anytime soon. What might have started out as a neat little idea to expand the characterization of Yagami’s right hand man now stands as a potential escape hatch to continue the series, if they even decide to move forward with new titles at all. Will they essentially can the series over likeness rights of a publicity company who refuses to understand the concept of porting games to non console platforms, or will they move the franchise forward with another protagonist altogether? This dilemma is frustrating for fans who really took a liking to the happenings at the Yagami Detective Agency, as the already planned DLC is now put in an awkward position. Having this drama in mind sets the stage for what may happen to the Judgment franchise as a whole. Having the likeness rights of Takuya Kimura being held hostage by his publicity company (Johnny and Associates) essentially kneecapped the plans of retaining the beat-’em-up gameplay in this series while the main franchise was to continue in more of a JRPG direction. That reason alone usually deters the addition of new story content with each title, especially with the density of writing within each release.īecause of this, having additional story content brought in as DLC for this franchise is simultaneously surprising and puzzling, especially up against the drama that sprouted from the now nonexistent possibility of either of the games in this spinoff franchise making their way to PC at all. With any game in the Yakuza franchise, it’s almost always packed to the gills with content. I’m pretty sure my review of the base game made that point glaringly obvious. I’ll be honest, I loved damn near everything about Lost Judgment.
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