I’m in the neighborhood of 37 hours with plenty of side content still on the table. Adding in the side cases, the Persona-like school club missions, and the various maximalist minigames like Drone Racing and the legit Motorcycle Gang mean this can be an extremely long experience. Like the game before it, Lost Judgment is a huge narrative with a long fuse. Yagami might not be the next Kosuke Kindaichi, but he’s a charming sleuth you’ll want to guide along through this latest mystery. Did you like the narrative in Judgment? Odds are you’ll love this one too. From a simple phone call, an open-and-shut investigation into school bullying that scrambles into an ex-cop turned subway groper announces mid-sentencing knowledge of a recent and yet unannounced murder. The sequel to Judgment, Lost Judgment once again proves a master of the slow burn of mystery that spirals out in a torturously circuitous gyre. ![]() And Ryu Ga Gotoku weaves all this in with some compelling gameplay that spans two thriving cities. But if you can stack the deck with fully-realized supporting characters and a clever and often brutal rogues gallery? Then you’ve got magic on tap. Honestly, all you need is a good enough hook, an endearing main character, and a solid sense of aesthetics and I’ll give you a chance. And he just can’t turn down a job, at least it’s steady work. Yagami is a private investigator in a world where corruption spreads like mycelium. And what should be simple cases can’t stop from threatening to explode. He just has that one problem: People in his orbit keep dying. He keeps fit, knows kung fu, and is tireless in his principled idealism. Yagami even has a good relationship with his previous employer/foster father Ryuzo Genda. Just now 35, and still running his own seemingly successful enough detective agency with his good friend and ex-yakuza lieutenant Masaharu Kaito. He’s still a handsome, lean, and vigorous lad. ![]() In another life he’d have stayed a lawyer, and his face wouldn’t be so drawn and creased. He can’t go five minutes without stumbling into a sprawling network of crime and intrigue. ![]() Like all great literary detectives, Takayuki Yagami has a problem.
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