Gonna be real with you guys, the first half of this game is kinda ass.

Not just because of the lack of Ryu (though that is a big part of it, his screentime is less minutes and more like seconds). The opening in general was pretty weak and the whole Seori flashback were Yakumo just agrees to team up with the target he was assigned to kill for no reason was so stupid it was kind of hilarious. it also has the DMC problem where it locks away a lot of essential mechanics at first and you're getting bombarded with tutorials. That fucking mountain section also lasted way too goddamn long.

Thankfully, the game REALLY picks up in the second half. Which if a game is gonna have a weaker part I'd probably end on a high note instead.