Just played one of the worst designed video game sequences ever. Multiple times now Yakuza Zero pits me against 8 guys, all with weapons, who just surround and wail over me. It is awful. Sends me into a white hot rage.
Some of the fighting styles attack in arcs, which are good for those situations. The worst part is when they have guns and shoot from a distance, but fortunately I only saw those in one sequence. There is an item you can equip which reduces the number of street fights.