In an interview with IGN, Sega producer Kazuki Hosokawa and Yakuza series creator Toshihiro Nagoshi explained that the Judgment series will continue to focus on action-packed brawling, while future Yakuza games will remain turn-based.

“While we may pursue the turn-based system even outside the Yakuza series,” said Nagoshi during the Q&A, “The conclusion we ended up at was that because [Judgment] is a different series the best approach would be to keep them separate and refine what makes each series great.”.

In a statement given to Kotaku, a Sega rep confirmed the news, saying: “The Yakuza series will live on as a turn-based RPG while the Judgment series keeps the spirit of Ryu ga Gotoku’s fast-paced, brawler action.”.

If you didn’t like that style of gameplay, well, good news, the Yakuza devs are making more Judgment games and keeping the brawler action from Yakuza alive and well in that series.