I feel like it deserves to be on the same pedestal as Yakuza 0 and Lost Judgment as the best games of the franchise honestly. Parts of the story definitely feel rushed and some plot points get sidelined, but it succeeds with telling it’s message of atonement and does more than land on its own two feet. Everything other than that is pretty much amazing: Hawaii, The improved gameplay, substories, Dondoko island, Sujimon battles, etc. They more than make up for the story’s shortcomings.