History VideoGame / Judgment

* InterfaceScrew: Drinking alcohol until Yagami reaches his limit affects how he walks. Instead of waking in a straight line, he'll veer off in random directions and start tripping over objects he'd normally walk over.
** If you get grabbed during the fight against [[spoiler:[[{{Superboss}} Shin Amon]]]], he will steal Yagami's phone. At first it seems like some more of his funny antics... [[DiegeticInterface until you try pausing the game]]. Have fun healing or using extracts without a pause menu!

''Judgment'', originally released in Japan as JUDGE EYES: 死神の遺言 (''Shinigami no Yuigon'', lit. ''Wills of Death'') is a "courtroom thriller" ActionAdventure game by Creator/RyuGaGotokuStudio, the same studio behind the critically acclaimed ''VideoGame/LikeADragon'' series. It released on the UsefulNotes/PlayStation4 in Japan and for the Asia-Pacific region in December 13, 2018, with a Western release to follow on June 25th, 2019. While Japanese sales for the game stopped in March 2019 due to Pierre Taki's arrest, Sega announced in May 2019 that a new version of the game will be released on July 18, 2019, with the new character model and Japanese voice actor for Kyohei Hamura.[[note]]The scandal over Taki's arrest would not have an impact on the game's Western release.[[/note]] It is a GaidenGame to the main ''Like a Dragon'' games, ignoring almost all of that series' plot elements in favor of telling its own detective story set in the fictional Tokyo district of Kamurocho.

The sequel, ''VideoGame/LostJudgment'', was released worldwide on September 24th, 2021, a franchise first for a Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio game, across the UsefulNotes/PlayStation4, UsefulNotes/PlayStation5, UsefulNotes/XboxOne, and UsefulNotes/XboxSeriesXAndS. This time around, Yagami travels to Ijincho to solve a brand-new case.

* BodyHorror: [[spoiler:Anyone injected with AD-9 experiences severe pain in the head, tremors, and has their eyes become extremely bloodshot while their irises are stained a haunting purple color. This is why Kuroiwa's victims had their eyes gouged out; Shono was too full of himself to let it slip that AD-9 was a failure. It's only when he injects himself with the drug that he realizes his failure.]]

* TheConspiracy: [[spoiler:The main villains of the game are revealed to be part of one, centered around a drug that is meant to cure Alzheimer's. While a relatively noble goal, issues arise when the drug is discovered to be fatal in humans, which leads to patients and yakuza thugs being kidnapped and fatally experimented on in further attempts to "perfect" it.]]

''Judgment'', originally released in Japan as JUDGE EYES: 死神の遺言 (''Shinigami no Yuigon'', lit. ''Wills of Death'') is a "courtroom thriller" ActionAdventure game by Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio, the same studio behind the critically acclaimed ''VideoGame/LikeADragon'' series. It released on the UsefulNotes/PlayStation4 in Japan and for the Asia-Pacific region in December 13, 2018, with a Western release to follow on June 25th, 2019. While Japanese sales for the game stopped in March 2019 due to Pierre Taki's arrest, Sega announced in May 2019 that a new version of the game will be released on July 18, 2019, with the new character model and Japanese voice actor for Kyohei Hamura.[[note]]The scandal over Taki's arrest would not have an impact on the game's Western release.[[/note]] It is a GaidenGame to the main ''Like a Dragon'' games, ignoring almost all of that series' plot elements in favor of telling its own detective story set in the fictional Tokyo district of Kamurocho.

''Judgment'', originally released in Japan as JUDGE EYES: 死神の遺言 (''Shinigami no Yuigon'', lit. ''Wills of Death'') is a "courtroom thriller" ActionAdventure game by Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio, the same studio behind the critically acclaimed ''VideoGame/LikeADragon'' series. It released on the UsefulNotes/PlayStation4 in Japan and for the Asia-Pacific region in December 13, 2018, with a Western release to follow on June 25th, 2019. While Japanese sales for the game stopped in March 2019 due to Pierre Taki's arrest, Sega announced in May 2019 that a new version of the game will be released on July 18, 2019, with the new character model and Japanese voice actor for Kyohei Hamura.[[note]]The scandal over Taki's arrest would not have an impact on the game's Western release.[[/note]] It is a GaidenGame to the main ''Yakuza'' games, ignoring almost all of that series' plot elements in favor of telling its own detective story set in the fictional Tokyo district of Kamurocho.

* GaidenGame: To the mainline ''Yakuza'' series. While several elements are shared with regards to gameplay and even lore, ''Judgment'' by and large remains independent from it, and can be played without having ever played a single ''Yakuza'' game.

* InkSuitActor: In the same vein as the ''VideoGame/{{Yakuza}}'' games, multiple major characters are modeled after their Japanese voice actors.
* InspiredBy: Interviews with the Ryu Ga Gotoku Studios personnel mention that development of the game was inspired by legal dramas, movies and video games, including the Ace Attorney franchise.

** The dresses Saori can wear during Chapter 7 shout out to several hostesses in ''Yakuza'' history. In particular, you can pick any of the dresses worn by the hostesses in ''[[VideoGame/Yakuza2 Yakuza Kiwami 2]]'', and even a dress based off [[VideoGame/Yakuza0 Yuki's]], with the description saying that it was once worn by a legendary Osaka hostess.

** An optional conversation reveals that the [[VideoGame/LikeADragon mainline series protagonist's]] propensity for finding lost locker keys scattered throughout the various cities used to open coin lockers containing all sorts of contraband was actually the work of a smuggling ring that the city only recently cracked down on.

** The Challenge of getting 777 headshots in Kamuro of the Dead is “[[Film/ArmyOfDarkness This Is My Boomstick]].”
** The second of the Twisted Trio is [[PunnyName Ass]] [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Catchem]].

** When learning about the burglary ring in the main story, Yagami encounters some thieves codenamed [[VideoGame/Persona5 Jester, Fox, and Crow.]] Crow even explicitly compares them to Robin Hood, Crow's own Persona, and [[spoiler:when it's revealed that he's betrayed the group, much like Crow in Persona 5, he mentions that Jester might have a "change of heart," when it comes to his actions.]]

* WhatYouAreInTheDark: When [[spoiler: Morita]] says he is doing what he does for the greater good after being coerced, Yagami fires back he made the decision himself over empty promise of greater good for sacrifices and would likely have done it again.

* WorthlessTreasureTwist: [[spoiler: AD-9, the supposed miracle Alzheimer's cure that was supposed to save ADDC from closure, for which dozens of innocent and not-so-innocent were sacrificed for, and dozens of people willingly gave up their careers and prestige in order to protect, considered more valuable than a hundred billion yen redevelopment project... turns out to be pure poison for humans, and there's no way to remove the toxins.]]

* CombinationAttack: Yagami and Kaito have two Ex Actions depending on whether there is one or two enemies.

** The story and a couple of Ex Actions emphasize Yagami trying his best to not actually kill anyone, but you can still throw people off buildings and stuff them in microwaves all you want as usual. They won't really die.

* MeaningfulRename: With the change of protagonist there are modifications in terminology for some systems. Heat moves are Ex Actions and Substories are Side Cases.

** [[spoiler:Also learning about Sugiura's real ties to Emi Terasawa will make some of the foreshadowing with him, Emi and Okubo have more sense.]]

* TheConspiracy: [[spoiler:The main villains of the game are revealed to be part of one, centered around a drug that is meant to cure Alzheimer's. While a relatively noble goal, issues arise when the drug is discovered to be fatal in humans, which leads to patients and yakuza thugs being kidnapped and fatally experimented on in further attempts to "perfect" it.]]
* ThePowerOfFriendship: Yagami can befriend 50 people in Kamurocho by helping them out in side cases or performing specific tasks. In "The Golden Mouse" side case which involves the Keihin Gang attempting to turn the city against Yagami, all of his friends express concern and can support him by giving items, becoming distractions for him to escape, and fighting alongside him against the Keihin Four.

* WideOpenSandbox: Par for the course with Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio, this game has an urban sandbox to explore, with a variety of side ctivities to engage in.

* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot: There are two spoiler heavy examples.
** [[spoiler:Okubo finding Waku's body that sets the plot in motion. Due to his criminal record he worried nobody would believe that he was innocent and buried the body and never told the cops till they investigated him. This would lead Shono to murder Okubo's girlfriend Emi and frame him for it, resulting in Shono starting TheConspiracy to cause dozens of deaths pointlessly.]]
** [[spoiler:While Shono testing AD-9 on Waku was extremely illegal and unethical, it was his belief that repeat testing of the fatal drug that gets to Yagami, because as he points out, if he really cared about curing Alzheimer's, he should've had no problem letting someone else take over his research before even thinking of murdering dozens of people to keep testing it. Of course, Shono reveals he was a raving narcissist who rejected his own results.]]

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[[caption-width-right:350:The legend of the Yagami Detective Agency unfolds.]]

* SurprisinglyGoodEnglish: The main theme song "Arpeggio" by ALEXANDROS features a mix of English and Japanese vocals, with the English portions of the lyrics being pronounced clearly and correctly.

* {{Kevlard}}: Sakakiba, one of the lieutenants of the Kyorei Gang, has this power in cutscenes. At their first meeting Yagami cannot hurt him and has to wait until Sakakiba gets hungry and quits the fight.

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome:
** The entire Matsugane Family Break-in during Chapter 3 plays with this. [[spoiler:On one hand, as Ayabe points out, it'd be unwise for Kaito to try his luck with someone who's holding a gun to their head. On the other, however, had Higashi not been there to witness Red Nose robbing Kaito at gunpoint, it's likely that Kaito would've just knocked the bum on his ass for his troubles.]]
** In the final chapter, [[spoiler:Yagami cross-examines Ichinose about how he created the Medical Institute and thus the ADDC as a place for senior executives to retire to, even getting the Vice Minister position for his move. However, he points out a glaring flaw: because these men and women are not actually doing anything innovative, most of them are just a waste of taxpayer's money. The Institute was even in the process of being shut down when AD-9 was announced.]]

** [[Anime/GhostInTheShellStandAloneComplex Crispin Freeman has played characters who escort witnesses]] [[WesternAnimation/YoungJustice and protect them from being killed]].

* BaitAndSwitch: Our first glimpse of present day is of Yagami dressed as a bum, making it look like he had a fall from grace like Akiyama's. Only for him to put his hand up to his earpiece and reveal he's simply in disguise for the job instead.

* FunnyBackgroundEvent: After you win a Grand Prix in the Drone League, Yagami's drone will fly around as he's celebrating his victory, at one point even giving an unsuspecting high schooler a MarilynManeuver. Cue a DirtyOldMan trying to look up the girl's skirt only to get [[ArmorPiercingSlap bitch-slapped]] for his troubles, all in the background as Yagami is celebrating his very well-earned victory. Both the minigame and this particular event also carry over into the [[VideoGame/LostJudgment sequel]] as well.

* PressXToNotDie: Most boss fights have input prompts between phases as they perform what amounts to their own Ex Actions on Yagami. Miss and you'll take a sizeable amount of damage.

* AluminumChristmasTrees: Believe it or not, [[https://youtu.be/bZvNLuC12R0 Drone Racing]] is indeed a thing.

''Judgment'', originally released in Japan as JUDGE EYES: 死神の遺言 (''Shinigami no Yuigon'', lit. ''Wills of Death'') is a "courtroom thriller" ActionAdventure game by Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio, the same studio behind the critically acclaimed ''VideoGame/{{Yakuza}}'' series. It released on the UsefulNotes/PlayStation4 in Japan and for the Asia-Pacific region in December 13, 2018, with a Western release to follow on June 25th, 2019. While Japanese sales for the game stopped in March 2019 due to Pierre Taki's arrest, Sega announced in May 2019 that a new version of the game will be released on July 18, 2019, with the new character model and Japanese voice actor for Kyohei Hamura.[[note]]The scandal over Taki's arrest would not have an impact on the game's Western release.[[/note]] It is a GaidenGame to the main ''Yakuza'' games, ignoring almost all of that series' plot elements in favor of telling its own detective story set in the fictional Tokyo district of Kamurocho.