It sounds like a nitpick, but it's that kind of attention to detail and seamlessness that makes a game immersive. Seamlessness is such an underrated feature that several open worlds still don't have. If I'm sitting there WAITING for the game to load, that's not gameplay. It's lameplay.
This game still has a buttload of cutscenes, because that's a staple of Yakuza, so that's a demerit.