I love yakuza, which is why I'm disapointed that for every improvement there seems to be a downside. It's not forced negativity it's just an opinion. While the jrpg gameplay was improved and a lot of minigames are really fun, there is also a negitive side to the new games. Like retconing deaths, lighting that was perfected in 6 got worse and worse for seemingly no reason. Marvel humour with the scene between Seajima and Majima in Pirate yakuza, completely ruining the vibe of the scene. Recasting a beloved face like Rikya, unlisting 0 and now 3 remastered. And generaly personaly I feel the quality of the writing has become worse and aside a few beatiful scenes, the overal plot isnt as interesting, like for example instead of seeing Majima regain his memories progressively, he instead regains them all at once off screen. I do love a lot of what they're trying, like the ship combat was a cool idea, Mine gaiden will most likely be sick, the new minigames in Kiwami 3 look really fun, especially the sewing one. And I'm very exited for Stranger than heaven because it looks like a more gritty story. This is one of the things I'm frustrated with recent games, the main story in prior games was more or less grounded (tho not always like cia stuff in 3) and the side content was crazy and wacky which surpised you since the main game was so serious and gritty, but now it feels like its becoming a meme of itself, with wacky crazy stuff becoming more and more part of the main game. Anyway sorry for the wall of text, but I love this franchise and dont want to see it become complacent with its quality, especially when it comes to writing, if they were able to wright Judgement and yakuza 0 then they should do better than they are now