I really did not like the battle system, it lacks a proper lock-on, you end up often striking the air which is extremely annoying. Your character does not turn around well. It is one of the most frustrating battle system actually.
Theres is lock-on.....
But yeah, combat is actually one of my least favorite aspects on Yakuza games and I'm a massive fan of the series.
Never managed to properly balance movement/difficulty/reward/quanitity/healing into a coherent fighting system.
The special move cutscenes get old after 10hours of gameplay.
Fighting gets especially tiring during the endgame sequences when you fight waves of enemies or bosses.
Zero actually had one of the better combat systems of the series, believe it or not.
Judgement tried to implement some interesting things... but it was also kinda "meh".
the good news:
The devs seem to agree with that sentiment. Yakuza 7 will have a new turn based combat system.
If they nail that..... oh boy