Since Yakuza was never a Turned Based game, what they did was absolutely ridiculous. An abomination if you will. It flat out sucks. Maybe the system would have been awesome for Person or Final Fantasy but not for Yakuza. They changed the genre when it wasn't needed. But JRPG fans will JRPG shit and it seems they made Yakuza sell well enough that it made Sega shift gears.

Here's hoping Judgment sticks around for the long haul and doesn't get debased as well.

I'm not into turn based gameplay but I cannot argue this point. I love the Yakuza games for the story, but the combat is unnecessarily clunky and challenging. So maybe the turn based makes things feel more fair.

What are you talking about? Who the hell wanted the series to be sullied like this? Yakuza was one of the greatest, hard hitting drama/brawlers of all time and that system is what brought it to the dance. Can't wait until it is tuned into a card battle game or a visual novel so you ppl can start squealing with excitement.

Like I said, hope Judgement keeps going and doesn't get neutered like the Yakuza series did.

SimpleSlave
“hell wanted the series to be sullied like this?” Like a Dragon is the best selling entry so a lot of people wanted the JRPG like gameplay