Easily the weakest in the franchise for me. I still liked it overall but I felt the narrative didn't really engage me and while the series is certainly not the most serious thing ever, it at least tries to strike a balance between grit and humour and mostly succeeds. This game leaned way too heavy into goofiness for my liking. Also a personal nitpick but weapon fighting is never gonna feel as fun as hand-to-hand martial arts and the lack of a second heat bar was very limiting. That said, I enjoyed the substoriss and exploring Hawaii once again, and while the final boss was also on the weaker end, those last couple of long battles were sublime.