If you are a fan of the games, this show isn't for you
simply because there is nothing in the show that made the games special in the first place. For start, they decided to compress 2 whole games that runs for more than 30 hours into 6 episodes which is already a huge red flag. The casting is really odd and none of the characters feel like the characters we grew to love over the years. Majima is well casted but he is sidelined to oblivion. He is just a side background character instead of being a second protagonist like he isn't sharing the same struggle being intertwined in the yakuza business with Kiryu.
And if you are not a fan of the games, this show STILL isnt for you.
The story is all over place and it really fails to engage you into the lore and the politics of the Japanese crime family. Characters are just an empty hollow shell of their former glory alongside new characters that are utterly uninteresting.
Im really proud of the community for not holding a bias and praising the producers for doing less than bare minimum for adapting an already established franchise. I was really excited for this show however I was prepared for the disappointment from a mile away. Its clear there is no passion left in the industry anymore.