4/5 ★ – Empyrean's review of Ryū ga Gotoku Kenzan!.

Kenzan took me double the time a normal Yakuza takes to finish because, as far as I’m aware, there’s no English fan patch like the first two PS2 titles, so after every cutscene I had to pause the game and go and watch a translated playthrough. Nightmare! Even though Kenzan shares a lot of the same issues as the PS2 Yakuzas, namely poor story pacing and too many characters, it’s largely an improvement in basically every way and it’s a shame it’s the least accessible game in the series. It’s also very impressive for an early PS3 title and still looks good now!