I beat it two nights ago and finished off the last two (achievable, for me) trophies, last night.
This is far and away the grindiest game in the series and it WILL take you over 150 hours to platinum it, not to mention there are a couple of early missable things to watch out over.
Thankfully, you will need to beat the game twice to collect everything, so anything missed can be done again the second time 'round.
Music is great, voice acting is incredible and the story is damn good as well,
. One thing that some people may find odd, is that there aren't ANY weapons in the game (just the "Hidebu," which don't count lol), which lacks a bit of variety, however that leads me to say...
... the fighting is the best thing about this game, as they've really captured the spirit and essence of HNK
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But yeah, the sheer amount of things to do + difficulty, this is the toughest Ryu ga Gotoku/Yakuza game thus far and you need to spend a ton of time grinding for things and repeating things.
A few more spoilers, for those that want to know:
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- Amon returns and he's the toughest he's ever been, by far, ESPECIALLY since you can't use weapons.
- This is a completely new story, with returning characters. So this won't be a callback to the HNK you know and love, as they change things up a bit, story-wise.
- Komaki is in this game as well!
Its a great game, I'd give it a 9/10 and place it after Kiwami 2, as best in the series. It runs on the old engine, so its still in the style of Kiwami, 0 and before.