#Lost judgment review professional#

I am nit-picking of course and being hyper critical of an entire language dub where the vast majority has been done away from an actual professional recording booth due to the pandemic. But on the whole, there is just something about the English dub in general that doesn’t feel quite right.

Shirosaki for example has had her English VA changed from Aimee Castle to Stephanie Sheh and it takes some getting used to. Many of the English cast return, though there are some changes. Good job Lost Judgment allows you to freely switch between the two cities, whereas previous games have locked you to one for lengthy periods at a time.Īs is now customary for the series, Lost Judgment once again features dual audio: Japanese and English. And if there are differences between the Japanese and English version, you can even choose which version you prefer.īeing the bulky console it is though, Yagami doesn’t take it over to Ijincho with him.

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You can find Fantasy Zone, Enduro Racer, Secret Command (released as Rambo in the US), plus many, many more fully emulated. One is available from the very beginning, the deceptively brutal Alex Kidd in Miracle World but more can be obtained through shopping and various other means. In his Kamurocho office, he now has a SEGA Master System, with eight games emulated within. Or old, depending on which way you look at it. Darts, casino, drone racing, VR missions and the SEGA arcade all make a return but Yagami now has a new toy. 42 substories may be one of the lowest totals across the franchise (though more will be added in the franchise’s first Season Pass including girlfriends and a playable Kaito story), but it more than makes up for it elsewhere. And let’s face it, if you’re roleplaying Yagami, you probably should.Īs well as the lengthy distraction, Lost Judgment is once again filled with dozens of side activities to keep you occupied. And after the initial introduction to Dance Club, all this becomes optional if you just want to focus more on the main story. Many of these activities have been dabbled with before in the franchise but to see them all tie into an overarching narrative is a neat touch. These clubs will have Yagami dancing, boxing, racing, competing in Robot Wars-esque battle and much more. A girl named Amasawa brings to your attention the Professor and asks you to delve into the other after school clubs to find out what they know about this enigmatic fellow. In this one, you become the counsellor for the Mystery Research Club, an extra-curricular activity for wannabe detectives.

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The Yakuza franchise is known for these long “game within a game” activities, and now the Judgment series is no different. Soon after you become the latest peripatetic teacher at Seiryo High, you can start this mammoth side activity. Though, to call this a side quest is a bit of a disservice, as it is a lot larger than that. This acts like another mini city in the game: you can eat at the cafeteria, purchase items and continue with the School Stories side quest. The original Judgment may have trodden familiar ground in some respects to the franchise, but I didn’t find myself questioning Yagami’s motives half as much as I did in Lost Judgment.Īs well as Ijincho, Lost Judgment introduces another large new area in the form of Seiryo High School.

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The overall story in Lost Judgment isn’t a patch on the first game’s tale of police corruption and human experimentation. But that suddenly doesn’t make everything okay, and I was left with conflicting thoughts throughout. So he decides to stay on and gets a part-time job working at the school. In true Yakuza fashion, it isn’t long before things link up to another case being looked at back at Yagami’s old law firm. I jest, but there are some questionable goings on in Lost Judgment. In turn, Yagami, trespasses into a high school, puts up some video recording equipment, beats some kids up and harasses a teacher, all in the name of ‘justice’. They have just secured their first big case and would like Yagami to help assist them. He is called to Isezaki Ijincho – the city map first introduced in Yakuza: Like a Dragon – by his friends Fumiya Suguira and Makoto Tsukomo who have just opened up their own detective agency, Yokohama 99. Lost Judgment once again centres around Takayuki Yagami and his Yagami Detective Agency. Even after my time with Lost Judgment, I am still very much conflicted as to how I feel about it.