When I launched the game for the first time after finishing 0 and Kiwami 1 I was worried about the frame rate on the menu screen. Then I realized it was an entirely new game engine. Man when I seamlessly walked in a building I absolutely lost my shit
Exact same for me. Soon as the intro custcene in Stardust happened I could already tell the game was massively laggier than Y0 and YK1. I had to bump the graphic settings down, but suprisingly no matter how low I put the settings down, the game still looked beautiful. After playing the first two games, being able to seemlessly walk in and out of buildings/fights was so refreshing.
lol same, i thought the game was shit when i can only walk or sprint and bob is not in the game, but then i found out there is a pissing minigame and you can enter the store seamlessly
Sameee. I have been running through the games in chronological order and I played both the OG Yakuza 2 and Kiwami 2, fuckin night and day, man. Then I went through 3, 4, and 5 and now I’m on 6. It’s so surreal being back in the dragon engine.
As someone who never played Yakuza 1 and 2 either I definitely preferred Kiwami 2 over Kiwami 1. I was surprised hearing he liked the story of 1 way more.
Yeah that was a really weird thing to hear from me, Kiwami's plot was pretty laughable especially their antagonists outside of Nishiki. I think Kiwami 2 only got really weird at the end
PheezusTV lol I legit cried at the end of kiwami 2. I have no clue why. I was super invested and the presentation got me off guard and got me emotional
I played 1 2 3 4 6 0 and kiwami 1 (also judgment) and so far the first game either original or kiwami 1 will remain my favourite. Also loved 6 0 and 4 almost as much. 3 and 2 are good but not that good. And 5 i play right now but i have a long way till i finished. (so far its outstanding). I only miss kiwami 2 but i will play it soon and i cant wait for 7 as well. Loved that the entire yakuza series are on ps4. Apreciate that also pc and x1 fans can enjoy some of the games.
Come on! I personally found the cabaret club management one of the best things to be included in the 2 remakes. They were easy to pick up and play and anticipation to get to the dates of each of the cabaret club girls was interesting
7:30 I think it's long and boring because it's basically a guest appearance. The voice actors behind these characters are not all professional voice actors. If you watch Japanese TV programs often you will know. To me, I was actually really surprised to see Masahiro Chono (a quite famous professional wrestler and actor in Japan) when I first played this. (Same for the soft-porn-themed stuff. These characters are all JAV actors) (And also same for Yakuza 0 and 6 and Judgement - Some characters are modeled based on Japanese actors in real life) 10:45 Actually the original Yakuza 2's TV news screen is really faithful to what Japan's TV news footage was like in 1990s (news title in "Yakuza" font on right-bottom corner) You can compare with a real one, for example: ruclips.net/video/SIELzcBe0Bk/видео.html (Paul McCartney 's 1990 Japan Tour) Kiwami 2 still keeps this, but its rendering is a little bit off. Also, in Japan, pachinko and slot machine appearances need to get licensed, if I remember correctly, because of the themes (not 100% sure though).
Weird thing about the "300 grand" bit, in Kiwami 2 on normal I had plenty enough to pay and the game didn't imply anything about running off to get that dealt with, so I guess Kiwami 2 also gives you an absurd amount of money. I also made the expenditures back not even 20 minutes later.
As someone who started with Yakuza 0 and has played through to partway into 4 now, I can certainly say that the physics for the bodies in Kiwami 2 are amazing and it's my favourite physics engine because of it, I just love how I can literally punch and kick people about 12 feet away. It just makes Kiryu seem even more like a badass!
Feels more comical to me, tbh. Because kiryu himself suffers the same ragdolization and, at least for me, it happens pretty often, not just to characters like ryuji.
I typically like ragdoll physics in video games, but not in Yakuza. Yes it's funny and amusing the first few times, but it also takes away from that satisfying feeling of knocking a guy to the ground, when he's floating 12 feet in the air and bouncing around like an inflatable doll. Yakuza has so much humor through its clever writing, that the ragdoll shenanigans don't seem funny by comparison. In other, more "serious" games like Skyrim or Dark Souls, the ragdoll bodies are funnier because there's no other humor in those games, or at least not very much. But in Yakuza the ragdoll physics aren't as funny as the writing, so they just feel like badly placed fart jokes forced into otherwise well-written and thoughtful comedy.
@@snugglebuns6193 Idk Kiwami 2 makes me feel like a badass when I pick up people and throw them around like it’s nothing, and the punches feel like they have some force behind them and makes the gameplay feel a lot more natural, whereas in the other games if you punch someone, it feels like your fist just goes through them and then they do the same dying animation I’ve seen about 1000 times, which gets pretty lame.
I probably could have googled it, but thanks to you the dragon engine switch explained why I felt such a difference from kiwami 1 to 2. Great video, I just started in the yakuza series starting at 0 and working my way up slowly. Very informative video. Exactly what I was looking for.
I will say IMO in terms of combat, Kiwami 2 > Kiwami 1 overall, though I think 0 is the strongest. Kiwami IMO relied on some techniques I didn't like in bossfights. The Kiwami regeneration system felt really awkward because you HAD to make sure you had Heat when it activated and weren't mid-animation, but more importantly the heat action resistance enemies gained made fights drag on much longer than they needed to IMO. It's reasonable to have Heat Action resistances so you don't spam the same move over and over, but in Kiwami you use 1 heat action and that enemy takes what feels like 2/3rds less damage from ALL future Heat Actions, it's absurd. This is even more pressing in a game with the Majima Everywhere system where you can dynamically get into bossfights in the open world. Plus a lot of boss fights had massive amount of s and past a certain point seem to be essentially totally immune to grabs. Majima is solid but many of the other story fights are nasty in this respect. On the other hand Kiwami 2 did let me become WAY too overpowered IMO, Extreme Heat Mode let me tear through Ryuji like he was made of toilet paper, but I prefer feeling like a boss and being able to tone the difficulty up than the fights feeling sluggish.
Ive played through 0, 1 and 2 and so far 2 is my favorite in the series. It doesn’t have the best story but the cabaret club, clan creator, minigames and combat are all spectacular.
Thank you for pointing out the Majima Construction cutscene. I wanted to skip it but because I would have had to skip the whole thing as it was a voiced cutscene, I refrained, and instead went on my phone for 10 minutes. So damn boring.
@jirro alberto When it's just of old dudes that you don't care about, talking about fuck all, that gets boring in about a minute. That scene went on for much longer.
Quick update worth mentioning to anyone who stops by: Yakuza 2's Shinseicho location (the one with all the shogi quests) has been completely removed in Kiwami 2. All the events that take place there now take place in Sotenbori. Pretty bold to leave a whole city on the cutting room floor!! Bums me out, for sure.
Meh, still just a small portion of a map, a corridor; it's not a big deal and not a big loss The bad would be the removal of champions district in yk 6
Fun fact: me and my parents live pretty far from our family (about a days worth of driving) and because we didn’t have anyone to take care of our cats while we were gone my mom decided to let me stay home. On top of that, she bought me kiwami and kiwami 2 so I wouldn’t be bored while they were gone. There was a sale at the time for the ps4, so I ended getting both of them for around 5-9 dollars (each)
Being a hardcore Yakuza fan and support the series Day 1 from 2006.....I must say I really dislike the Dragon engine. Kiwami 1 was way better in my opinion and they should of just used the same engine. Also, I find they should of just Remastered Yakuza 1 & 2 HD from PS3 since it would of helped when playing through 1-6. The progression would of made more sense and you'd appreciate the improvements unlike now. So this is how you should play the games in my opinion. Yakuza 1 PS2 or PS3 HD Remaster (Highly suggest HD remaster) Yakuza 2 PS2 or PS3 HD Remaster Yakuza 3 PS4 Remaster Yakuza 4 PS4 Remaster Yakuza 5 PS4 Remaster Yakuza 0 PS4 Yakuza 6 PS4 Than after all those, you can play; Kiwami 1 Kiwami 2 So you treat Kiwami just as a bonus to see a new way of Yakuza 1 & 2. Anyways this is the best and most enjoyable way to play the series and appreciate it more! Happy gaming!
It's sad that not too many gamers in my town play this series. Or at the very least, the few I've seen pick up one of the games don't really know the true experience each game offers.
My problem with both kiwami games is that they just take other games in the series and do paint job. •Kiwami 1 is Yakuza 0 •Kiwami 2 is Yakuza 6 down with the combat, engine and graphics i wouldn't call them proper remakes but more if a expansions for other games as call back, i was more hopefull they will take the mechanics of yakuza 2 and expand on it and add more crazy moves to the combat and heat finishers, *like but more originality* but thats not the case don't get me wrong they're still fun games but personally i rather play with originals even if yakuza 1 didn't age well
Yeah, I can agree with that. I think Kiwami 2 is guiltier than Kiwami 1 of just being a repainted expansion, though, considering how much it removed from Yakuza 2 to make room for things that were in Yakuza 6, as well as the price point being that of a full game. It's easier to forgive Kiwami 1 for it's failings when its release price was $30, not $60.
If you both can get your hands on the PS3 versions of 1/2 HD, that is by far the best way to play 1 and 2 in HD with a cleaner visual experience. Only downside is it’s in Japanese only.
It's a remake. End of discussion. You want them to go back in time and make the gameplay PS2 outdated shit? You wanted K1 to only have one style instead of 4? I'm sorry the point of a remake is meant to REMAKE the original story with MUCH better gameplay. You don't completely copy the original game and make it shitty outdated gameplay. Wanna go play the ps2 version? Be my guest. But this is a remake. Not a debate.
What are you talking about? This game is better than 6 gameplay wise (has same gameplay with more heat actions!) The additional majima content was fun especially seeing him interact with Makoto again! Cabaret club mini game is awesome! I'll be honest I haven't played y2 before but I watched the story on RUclips. My only complain was the areana for ryuji's first fight which had that awesome reflection and the sorwd intro in his second fight which was more badass! The final fight with ryuji blow any fight from 6 out of the park. Only somoya final fight comes close to it!
I disagree completely about the plots of Yakuza 1 and 2. I got into the series with 0 and found it absolutely infuriating how Nishiki gets sidelined as an antagonist for 95% of the game. 2 had a better plot simply because Ryuji actually got the screen time that a main antagonist needs.
Gawara looks different more than older, it's because now they are using the face of his voice actor, still it's a weird change if you knew him from original Yakuza 2.
One thing I really didn't like about Kiwami 1 that they definitely fixed in Kiwami 2 was that they were a bit *too* faithful in some regions. For example, many of the cinematic cutscenes in Kiwami 1 retain that sort of trademark PS2 era pacing, where characters rarely pause between sentences to consider what was just said or make some kind of expression. You just get a constant barrage of dialogue that sounds almost a bit robotic rather than the result of a natural conversation. I didn't notice this at all in Kiwami 2, and I think that's what helped me get far more invested in the story than I did with Kiwami 1. I do agree that I'm not a huge fan of this new combat engine, as it tends to get very repetitive with what you're able to do and I personally don't really enjoy the weapon combat, but at least you still get Tiger Drop.
I got the game on Xbox game pass so it’s already paid itself, but I can see myself paying 60 bucks on the game. You can easily sink 50+ hours on this game so if you ask me the playtime-price ratio beats most games on the market.
Just to add something, sotenbori is also seen in Yakuza 5 when you play the Akiyama/Haruka arc, and they took that map to make the one In kiwami 2 and 0
@@matthewlumibao7057 no, you can port the map and work with it from a different engine. and since they're remaking their own game, the studio probably knows their tool very well so it isn't as hard as building it from a flat plane. just like how skyrim and it's special edition work, different engine but same exact models and maps.
I watched two whole videos from this channel one after the another only to realize that it has only 1k subscribers. I thought you had like 600k or 1million
To be honest i like yakuza kiwami 2 than yakuza 6... Yakuza 2 kiwami is best played on ps4 pro , better anti aliasing better texture ,and better ambian occlusion....
Kiwami 2 was a big jump to go to if you started at Kiwami 1, then went to Kiwami 2 then to the 3-5 remasters, 6 and then onto 0 which is the last one I haven't beaten in the Kiryu saga and one im playing through now. I liked it overall and thought it had a lot of great stuff but the order they released it in felt weird because of the engine changes. I liked the engine in 3-5 on PC the most though 6 was still great, it was just out of place to have the releases in the order they were.
Still playing the two original games to this day on my ps2. Just finished yakuza 2 for the millionth time (classic exaggerate number) couple days ago. (Not 100% completion ofc, i can if i want to but if i want to fight amon again i would just load my old save)
Honestly I much prefer the original yakuza 2, the music is better, sound effect is more crunchy, the fighting style is actually Kiryu’s fighting style instead of the dragon engine’s style. Hell even small details like the reflective floor at the Omi HQ and there are people around during that fight, all that is missing in kiwami 2
@@_ExtremeHispasat_ it genuinely is, they removed and replaced a bunch of good songs, and the only remix that is really good is that of Outlaw Lullaby, the rest are just ok
Did you know? Yakuza Kiwami engine was from the first Yakuza on PS3, Yakuza 3 or Kenzan. Also, yeah, I agree with you, the way they force its players to play the tower defence is so unforgivable.
I feel like the Clan Creator cutscenes come across better to those who actually know who the main villain characters are. I'm a big pro wrestling fan, so I knew the big-bads of that mode were Japanese pro wrestling legends, and thus they scanned better for me than someone who knows nothing about Japanese pro wresting.
I gotta say, I agree with your assessment that Kiwami was better. The new physics in combat can be fun, but over time it gets very repetitive and too easy. The story was just flat out bad and uninteresting. Most of the new characters and the entirety of the Jingweon mafia plot fell completely flat for me. At least Kiwami had characters like Kazama, Shimano, Haruka, Date, Majima, and the Florist as the only supporting characters and they were all very interesting. Not to mention, all the new cutscenes they added for Nishiki were downright inspired.
Y2 is just a straight up golden classic. However I think YK2 is a great remaster, and i like how it's toned down just a little bit while still be at maximum volume. My only gripe is YK2 has no Jack Daniels.
'Cause it wasn't in the original? They made this exclusively for kiwami 2, like they did with Nishiki cutscenes in Kiwami. This was just made to cut loose ends with Makoto.
I played both the kiwami 1 and kiwami 2 fighting style. I really can't say which one is better. 1 and 0 switching your fighting style according to enemy type was fun. But kiwami 2 also the grab enemy and spin also other things like us fun. If I had to pick which is better. I doubt I will be able to pick one. Both are extremely good. When you played 0,1,2 in series in 2 you will be overwhelmed by seeing all those places and thinking what kiryu and majima will be thinking.
I prefer the simpler combat of Kiwami 2 vs the one from 0 and Kiwami. In the previous ones every combat unlock in the skill tree had a description like "While unarmed, Press X when an enemy shoots at you and you have 3 full Heat bars and also 7 enemies are behind you and one is lying down in front of you, and also you are wearing green shorts". I almost never pulled off many of the combos or used many of the skills.
While the "Press button when certain situation happens" can be overwhelming at the start, it really helped to prevent one issue I had with Kiwami 2. When you get some heat action that involves with dealing two enemies at once, you keep getting that same heat action every time, even tho you're trying to make a different one. You can't control what heat actions you wanna use, since they are generalized and don't have specific requirements, and it prioritizes that 2 enemies heat action. Not stylish. I wanna believe that's the reason why list of Yakuza Kiwami 2 heat actions is nerfed, along with new engine.
After waiting so long for a ps5 version or a patch for kiwami 2, I finally decided to play it and finish it. I expected a lot from this game. But it turned out to be the worst yakuza game I've played so far. Not because of framerate, but overall lack of offering something new. It's like they copied 0, and introduced some mechanics I didn't care for at all. I played a lot of side quests, and most of them were boring. And the missions as well were like fighting tournament's. That are for some reason become very grindy at one point. The only thing new in kiwami 2 is the construction mission. But I didn't care for it one bit. Even though it featured Majima. And the storyline also didn't make much sense. It was for me by far the worst storyline. Having multiple antagonists but not really having a single true antagonist. The blond guy was too easy. Terada was easy as well. But neither are truly antagonistic. And the 3rd guy you don't even fight but he dies in the cutscene. Also the game is like soap opera for the most part. Which I wasn't a fan off.
The only sad part on Kiwami 2 is that they lost the pocket circuit racing mini game. I love that mini game in yakuza 0 and kiwami 1. I still wanted to know how takuma did as the Fighters successor in kiwami substory and we didn't get to know if hideki confessed his feelings to mika. I know Fighter`s in yakuza 6 but its more like closing out party on how he and his wife are working full time in the tofu business and they got to meet again after 10 years in the kiwami substory.
i went 0, kiwami 1 and 2, 3, 4 and i just started 5 today i'm really looking forward to 6 because i REALLY wanna punch people 340 meters away. might nab the judgement games too for that reason tbh.
Found this video when looking into whether I should play Yakuza 2 or Kiwami 2; a lot of the discussions seem to be split, and most folk say to play 2 because of a few missing music tracks and the removed area, but your video convinced me that Kiwami 2 is worth playing. I really liked how concise but informative and funny this review was; I know you haven't made any videos in quite a while but I subscribed anyway. Whether or not you plan to make more, I hope you're proud of the work you've done and I hope you're doing well these days.
@@ccpowerhour7607 Thank you for such a kind comment, and I'm glad my review helped you make a decision, since that's, like, what I make them for!! Super cool to hear that I accomplished that. :) I definitely plan to post videos again, life's just hard. I'm super proud of the work I've done, and I've got bigger, grander videos planned out for the future that I hope to be even prouder of, so when I do manage to finish one (lmao), I hope you like it. o7 (dont hold me to this but im hoping to have one ready for january.)
I finished kiwami 1 in August and after 93 in game hours I beat 0 with only a 41% completion rate yesterday. I got to chapter 4 of yakuza kiwami 2 and I think it looks great but I would much rather go back to the three styles.
I way prefer the combat of Kiwami 2, I found 0/Kiwami's unfair and frustrating "as fun as it is frustrating" is how I usually put it. Kiwami 2's is super clean and nearly every hit I take feels like I actually deserved to get it
I was really disappointed that they didn't use the yakuza 0 engine here. The fighting styles in that game where different from the originals but somewhat familiar to them. Some of the attacks where in the older games but they made it to feel different too and added newer styles. That's why I love Yakuza 0 and Kiwami over Kiwami 2
I know I'm tardy to the party here. But i liked the review, watched the kiwami review as well. Here's some take aways, you need to work on your pronunciation in Japanese. It almost made unbearable. Ive lived in Ine, Kyoto since 2008. You had issues saying names that are said repeatedly in game. Next you don't need to weeb out and mix Japanese and English. Just deliver the review, and if you wanna add a sign off go for it.
Takashima went from Keanu Reeves to being a literal cut and paste of a guy I know. It creeped me out every time he was on screen how much he looks like him.
This was a really interesting review, especially after watching your review on Kiwami 1! I’m really new to the franchise, having hopped on after Kiwami 1 was the game of the month on PSN. It was love at first sight (or more accurately, love at first Majima asskicking after a very heart wrenching 10 year timeskip). Kiwami 2 was the third game I played after finishing Kiwami 1 and rushing off to play Zero. Personally, that progression through the three felt VERY smooth gameplay wise. Storywise, Kiwami 1 is definitely the stronger of the remakes. My core complaint with Kiwami 2 would really have to be the animations - the character models are GORGEOUS (even if Kiryu has kind of a potato face), but the syncing is just off enough to feel bad and the movement feels a little clunky. I think it was most glaring in some of the scenes with Majima, in part because he’s a very bouncy, expressive character. I won’t speak to the quality of his side story, though, because I realize it was just a cherry on top that did a lot to expand his characterization and history in the earlier/older games. Either way: I’m happy to report Kiwami 2 definitely didn’t scare me off from the rest of the series, and you were right in saying it works fantastically for filling in Yakuza 2 needs for newcomers. :) Great video, definitely subscribing!
Just finished Kiwami 2 and MAAAAN is this extremely better than 1. I hated the Story of Yakuza 1 so much in large chunks. Yakuza 0 was great, but sometimes leaned a bit too much into an anime, while having a fantastic overall story. Playing Kiwami 1 after that: To me the whole Finale was the dumbest and most infuriating shit i have played in a long time Story wise. Kiwami 2 had so much more things that i liked - For me it was weaker than 0, but way better than Kiwami 1. I legitimately cannot understate how much i hated the ending of Kiwami 1. I was really tempted to skip all the cutscenes during the finale and I looked up whether i could refund Kiwami 2, after i managed to get through it.
loved this and your one comparing kiwami to the original. was wanting to see a video just like these since i never played the originals and was curious what changes were made.
God bless the Dragon Ragdoll Engine, but Zero is definitely the best. I miss the Kuze fight theme. (So far I've only played Zero, Kiwami and Kiwami 2 and Platinum'd them so I might change my opinion)
IMO the best part in Yakuza 0 is Clube sunshine Mini Game, idk how many hrs I spent and enjoyed it 😁 how is the club business game in comparison in kawami2?
Hold up, you aren't supposed to have that kind of money for the 300,000? I was sitting on a cool 1.5 mil when I got there, perhaps I've been too thorough.
Oh man, this is such a good comment to get. Most of the comments my Yakuza videos get are on my pisspoor pronuncation lmao, so I was hype as hell to see this one instead; thank you for taking the time to let me know you liked it.
Played Y2 before, it wasn't supposed to look like this. Upscaling fucks up with the visuals since old engines usually rely their lighting, filtering and a lot of visual stuff from resolution(since it was locked in PS2, and physics and animations also rely on framerate). But native resolution looks soo blocky so that's why he upscaled this game, which in turn make it looks like somebody smeared their oily face all over it.
I agree with the YK1 Kiryu > YK2 Kiryu statement. They just raw dumped this tired unhealthy depressed looking Kiryu of Yakuza 6 into Yakuza Kiwami 2 and it was really rude. Y6 Kiryu don't really need to smile. YK2 Kiryu cannot smile, because it's his model.
I’m loving this whole series i just started kiwami 2 this morning I beat kiwami 1 and last night and 0 last week I even love like a dragon like a dragon is the game thy got me into the series in total
Story is a key aspect in the yakuza franchise,if youre a diehard fan of the series you would know that cutscenes are going to be long and "boring" but youve signed up for it knowing the full extend of what is too come.
This is such a confusing comment. I like Yakuza 2's story, and its cutscenes! The cutscenes I criticized are attached to the two new minigames (the cabaret and construction sidestories), and, honestly, they ARE boring, probably as a side-effect of being tacked on as independent entities. I LOVE Yakuza, but there's still room to think some things could've been done better.
I hate the Dragon of Dojima at 0 and Kiwami is annoying, but took good at put a "remake" mechanics at Kiwami 2 which is great. But, the technique change styles is very good and it's like you play with Dante pretty good in Dmc5 and decides to play Dmc3, 2 or 1 again, and it puts to Majima too.
My gripes with Kiwami 2 are fairly minor, mainly that the stabbing scene was ruined, game being easy even on Legend difficulty (you can pause whenever you want and use your entire inventory of healing items (10 of each) to save yourself, also buffs) and the slippery, janky ragdolls. But overall, I liked this game's gameplay the most - weapons feel strong for once and Dragon style is all you have.
How was the stabbing scene ruined? It looked awesome in Kiwami 2. But I do agree that Kiwami 2 was quite easy but in reality, every Yakuza game is fairly easy since the healing system holds your hand since you can just pause and heal.
When I launched the game for the first time after finishing 0 and Kiwami 1 I was worried about the frame rate on the menu screen. Then I realized it was an entirely new game engine. Man when I seamlessly walked in a building I absolutely lost my shit
DUDE SAME Walking into poppo tenkachi made me loose my goddamn mind.
Exact same for me. Soon as the intro custcene in Stardust happened I could already tell the game was massively laggier than Y0 and YK1. I had to bump the graphic settings down, but suprisingly no matter how low I put the settings down, the game still looked beautiful. After playing the first two games, being able to seemlessly walk in and out of buildings/fights was so refreshing.
lol same, i thought the game was shit when i can only walk or sprint and bob is not in the game, but then i found out there is a pissing minigame and you can enter the store seamlessly
Bro same. Once I could just walk around that’s all I did. Just exploring and being completely blown away
Sameee. I have been running through the games in chronological order and I played both the OG Yakuza 2 and Kiwami 2, fuckin night and day, man. Then I went through 3, 4, and 5 and now I’m on 6. It’s so surreal being back in the dragon engine.
ngl I'm playing kiwami 2 for the first time rn and I can't even imagine thinking this game is worse than kiwami 1.
Personal differences I guess.
No I feel the same, I played Yakuza kiwami 2 and Yakuza 6 just to finish the story, I'm not really enjoy them like another "Ryu ga gotoku" games.
As someone who never played Yakuza 1 and 2 either I definitely preferred Kiwami 2 over Kiwami 1. I was surprised hearing he liked the story of 1 way more.
Yeah that was a really weird thing to hear from me, Kiwami's plot was pretty laughable especially their antagonists outside of Nishiki. I think Kiwami 2 only got really weird at the end
PheezusTV lol I legit cried at the end of kiwami 2. I have no clue why. I was super invested and the presentation got me off guard and got me emotional
@@pheezus kiwami 2 is too easy it's definetely my shortest yakuza playthrough with 50 hours
So far I've played 2, Zero, Kiwami and Kiwami 2 and I'd say Zero is hands down the best !
Well yeah obviously. Kiwami are just remakes of games made over a decade ago. Zero was made by people with tonnes more skill and experience
@@ffffdsd the date of release has nothing to do with how good the story is lol
I played 1 2 3 4 6 0 and kiwami 1 (also judgment) and so far the first game either original or kiwami 1 will remain my favourite. Also loved 6 0 and 4 almost as much. 3 and 2 are good but not that good. And 5 i play right now but i have a long way till i finished. (so far its outstanding). I only miss kiwami 2 but i will play it soon and i cant wait for 7 as well. Loved that the entire yakuza series are on ps4. Apreciate that also pc and x1 fans can enjoy some of the games.
As for the Judgment game i also love it. I considered a little better than yakuza 0 but not as better than yakuza 6
I really like 4 however not a big fan 9f taigas fighting styke
Damn bro I thought this had more views... I’ll toss you a sub (good video, don’t quit)
Dude this is gonna sound cheesy as hell but thanks for this, it's just what I needed to hear rn.
Come on! I personally found the cabaret club management one of the best things to be included in the 2 remakes. They were easy to pick up and play and anticipation to get to the dates of each of the cabaret club girls was interesting
Oh shoot, did I come across sounding like I didn't love them? No way, I think most of my Kiwami 2 playtime at this point is in the cabaret club.
@@Tiritiribobiri Haha yeah I thought you really disliked the new cabaret club. Also, great video. Had to subscribe immediately.
It was a breeze after spending hours grinding it on Yakuza 0
7:30 I think it's long and boring because it's basically a guest appearance. The voice actors behind these characters are not all professional voice actors.
If you watch Japanese TV programs often you will know. To me, I was actually really surprised to see Masahiro Chono (a quite famous professional wrestler and actor in Japan) when I first played this.
(Same for the soft-porn-themed stuff. These characters are all JAV actors)
(And also same for Yakuza 0 and 6 and Judgement - Some characters are modeled based on Japanese actors in real life)
10:45 Actually the original Yakuza 2's TV news screen is really faithful to what Japan's TV news footage was like in 1990s (news title in "Yakuza" font on right-bottom corner)
You can compare with a real one, for example: ruclips.net/video/SIELzcBe0Bk/видео.html (Paul McCartney 's 1990 Japan Tour)
Kiwami 2 still keeps this, but its rendering is a little bit off.
Also, in Japan, pachinko and slot machine appearances need to get licensed, if I remember correctly, because of the themes (not 100% sure though).
I knew about the actor bit, but that's all actually interesting to know.
Fun fact: Chono played Kiryu in the mini-movie Ryu Ga Gotoku prologue.
@@Ticketman99 that's not Chono, that's Funaki
I lose my shit when I saw Fujinami and Chosu lmao
Weird thing about the "300 grand" bit, in Kiwami 2 on normal I had plenty enough to pay and the game didn't imply anything about running off to get that dealt with, so I guess Kiwami 2 also gives you an absurd amount of money. I also made the expenditures back not even 20 minutes later.
As someone who started with Yakuza 0 and has played through to partway into 4 now, I can certainly say that the physics for the bodies in Kiwami 2 are amazing and it's my favourite physics engine because of it, I just love how I can literally punch and kick people about 12 feet away. It just makes Kiryu seem even more like a badass!
Feels more comical to me, tbh. Because kiryu himself suffers the same ragdolization and, at least for me, it happens pretty often, not just to characters like ryuji.
I typically like ragdoll physics in video games, but not in Yakuza. Yes it's funny and amusing the first few times, but it also takes away from that satisfying feeling of knocking a guy to the ground, when he's floating 12 feet in the air and bouncing around like an inflatable doll.
Yakuza has so much humor through its clever writing, that the ragdoll shenanigans don't seem funny by comparison. In other, more "serious" games like Skyrim or Dark Souls, the ragdoll bodies are funnier because there's no other humor in those games, or at least not very much. But in Yakuza the ragdoll physics aren't as funny as the writing, so they just feel like badly placed fart jokes forced into otherwise well-written and thoughtful comedy.
@@snugglebuns6193 Idk Kiwami 2 makes me feel like a badass when I pick up people and throw them around like it’s nothing, and the punches feel like they have some force behind them and makes the gameplay feel a lot more natural, whereas in the other games if you punch someone, it feels like your fist just goes through them and then they do the same dying animation I’ve seen about 1000 times, which gets pretty lame.
@@snugglebuns6193 tbh if u caught a punch or kick to the face by kiryu you’d fly like a rag doll too
I probably could have googled it, but thanks to you the dragon engine switch explained why I felt such a difference from kiwami 1 to 2. Great video, I just started in the yakuza series starting at 0 and working my way up slowly. Very informative video. Exactly what I was looking for.
yakuza 2 cutscenes look like some one covered a camera in a plastic bag
I think this is the first review I've seen of the game that didn't mention the music differences or Shinseicho missing.
the reason why it looks so blurry is because of upscaling, Y2 behaves very weirdly upscaled. if you use native res it looks fine.
I will say IMO in terms of combat, Kiwami 2 > Kiwami 1 overall, though I think 0 is the strongest.
Kiwami IMO relied on some techniques I didn't like in bossfights. The Kiwami regeneration system felt really awkward because you HAD to make sure you had Heat when it activated and weren't mid-animation, but more importantly the heat action resistance enemies gained made fights drag on much longer than they needed to IMO. It's reasonable to have Heat Action resistances so you don't spam the same move over and over, but in Kiwami you use 1 heat action and that enemy takes what feels like 2/3rds less damage from ALL future Heat Actions, it's absurd. This is even more pressing in a game with the Majima Everywhere system where you can dynamically get into bossfights in the open world.
Plus a lot of boss fights had massive amount of s and past a certain point seem to be essentially totally immune to grabs. Majima is solid but many of the other story fights are nasty in this respect.
On the other hand Kiwami 2 did let me become WAY too overpowered IMO, Extreme Heat Mode let me tear through Ryuji like he was made of toilet paper, but I prefer feeling like a boss and being able to tone the difficulty up than the fights feeling sluggish.
Boss fights in Kiwami 2 are very easy once you're ranked up. Way too easy. Made them less enjoyable than in Kiwami 1.
Ive played through 0, 1 and 2 and so far 2 is my favorite in the series. It doesn’t have the best story but the cabaret club, clan creator, minigames and combat are all spectacular.
I enjoy Kiwami 2's combat just as much as 0's.
Thank you for pointing out the Majima Construction cutscene. I wanted to skip it but because I would have had to skip the whole thing as it was a voiced cutscene, I refrained, and instead went on my phone for 10 minutes. So damn boring.
@jirro alberto When it's just of old dudes that you don't care about, talking about fuck all, that gets boring in about a minute. That scene went on for much longer.
Kiwami and 0 use the engine from 5
Quick update worth mentioning to anyone who stops by: Yakuza 2's Shinseicho location (the one with all the shogi quests) has been completely removed in Kiwami 2. All the events that take place there now take place in Sotenbori. Pretty bold to leave a whole city on the cutting room floor!! Bums me out, for sure.
Meh, still just a small portion of a map, a corridor; it's not a big deal and not a big loss
The bad would be the removal of champions district in yk 6
Fun fact: me and my parents live pretty far from our family (about a days worth of driving) and because we didn’t have anyone to take care of our cats while we were gone my mom decided to let me stay home. On top of that, she bought me kiwami and kiwami 2 so I wouldn’t be bored while they were gone. There was a sale at the time for the ps4, so I ended getting both of them for around 5-9 dollars (each)
Being a hardcore Yakuza fan and support the series Day 1 from 2006.....I must say I really dislike the Dragon engine. Kiwami 1 was way better in my opinion and they should of just used the same engine. Also, I find they should of just Remastered Yakuza 1 & 2 HD from PS3 since it would of helped when playing through 1-6. The progression would of made more sense and you'd appreciate the improvements unlike now. So this is how you should play the games in my opinion.
Yakuza 1 PS2 or PS3 HD Remaster (Highly suggest HD remaster)
Yakuza 2 PS2 or PS3 HD Remaster
Yakuza 3 PS4 Remaster
Yakuza 4 PS4 Remaster
Yakuza 5 PS4 Remaster
Yakuza 0 PS4
Yakuza 6 PS4
Than after all those, you can play;
Kiwami 1
Kiwami 2
So you treat Kiwami just as a bonus to see a new way of Yakuza 1 & 2. Anyways this is the best and most enjoyable way to play the series and appreciate it more!
Happy gaming!
It's sad that not too many gamers in my town play this series. Or at the very least, the few I've seen pick up one of the games don't really know the true experience each game offers.
My problem with both kiwami games is that they just take other games in the series and do paint job.
•Kiwami 1 is Yakuza 0
•Kiwami 2 is Yakuza 6 down with the combat, engine and graphics
i wouldn't call them proper remakes but more if a expansions for other games as call back, i was more hopefull they will take the mechanics of yakuza 2 and expand on it and add more crazy moves to the combat and heat finishers, *like but more originality* but thats not the case
don't get me wrong they're still fun games but personally i rather play with originals even if yakuza 1 didn't age well
Yeah, I can agree with that. I think Kiwami 2 is guiltier than Kiwami 1 of just being a repainted expansion, though, considering how much it removed from Yakuza 2 to make room for things that were in Yakuza 6, as well as the price point being that of a full game.
It's easier to forgive Kiwami 1 for it's failings when its release price was $30, not $60.
If you both can get your hands on the PS3 versions of 1/2 HD, that is by far the best way to play 1 and 2 in HD with a cleaner visual experience. Only downside is it’s in Japanese only.
It's a remake. End of discussion. You want them to go back in time and make the gameplay PS2 outdated shit? You wanted K1 to only have one style instead of 4? I'm sorry the point of a remake is meant to REMAKE the original story with MUCH better gameplay. You don't completely copy the original game and make it shitty outdated gameplay. Wanna go play the ps2 version? Be my guest. But this is a remake. Not a debate.
The whole yakuza series being released on Xbox is a godsend, I can’t believe I’ve been missing out on this game all this year.
What are you talking about? This game is better than 6 gameplay wise (has same gameplay with more heat actions!)
The additional majima content was fun especially seeing him interact with Makoto again!
Cabaret club mini game is awesome!
I'll be honest I haven't played y2 before but I watched the story on RUclips.
My only complain was the areana for ryuji's first fight which had that awesome reflection and the sorwd intro in his second fight which was more badass!
The final fight with ryuji blow any fight from 6 out of the park. Only somoya final fight comes close to it!
I disagree completely about the plots of Yakuza 1 and 2. I got into the series with 0 and found it absolutely infuriating how Nishiki gets sidelined as an antagonist for 95% of the game. 2 had a better plot simply because Ryuji actually got the screen time that a main antagonist needs.
"I got into the series with 0"
That's all you needed to end the comment with.
I never played the original so I came into this without any outside influence. Turned into one of my top 3 favorite games of all time.
Gawara looks different more than older, it's because now they are using the face of his voice actor, still it's a weird change if you knew him from original Yakuza 2.
I'll be honest, the way they turned the smooth face of Yakuza 2 Kiryu into the handsome god that he is is fucking astonishing
10:52 that guy kinda looks like Cillian Murphy lo
Yeah 🤣
One thing I really didn't like about Kiwami 1 that they definitely fixed in Kiwami 2 was that they were a bit *too* faithful in some regions. For example, many of the cinematic cutscenes in Kiwami 1 retain that sort of trademark PS2 era pacing, where characters rarely pause between sentences to consider what was just said or make some kind of expression. You just get a constant barrage of dialogue that sounds almost a bit robotic rather than the result of a natural conversation. I didn't notice this at all in Kiwami 2, and I think that's what helped me get far more invested in the story than I did with Kiwami 1. I do agree that I'm not a huge fan of this new combat engine, as it tends to get very repetitive with what you're able to do and I personally don't really enjoy the weapon combat, but at least you still get Tiger Drop.
I got the game on Xbox game pass so it’s already paid itself, but I can see myself paying 60 bucks on the game. You can easily sink 50+ hours on this game so if you ask me the playtime-price ratio beats most games on the market.
KAMURUROCHO IS FUCKING GREEN AAAAAAAAAAAA
Just to add something, sotenbori is also seen in Yakuza 5 when you play the Akiyama/Haruka arc, and they took that map to make the one In kiwami 2 and 0
In 0, yes, it's a perfect 1:1 ratio. But in Kiwami 2, no. Kiwami 2 is made on the Dragon Engine, they had to remake Sotenbori from the ground up
@@matthewlumibao7057 no, you can port the map and work with it from a different engine. and since they're remaking their own game, the studio probably knows their tool very well so it isn't as hard as building it from a flat plane. just like how skyrim and it's special edition work, different engine but same exact models and maps.
I watched two whole videos from this channel one after the another only to realize that it has only 1k subscribers.
I thought you had like 600k or 1million
Great video. Really liked kiwami 1, and zero as well . The yakuza games seems really different from everything else available (in a good way)
To be honest i like yakuza kiwami 2 than yakuza 6... Yakuza 2 kiwami is best played on ps4 pro , better anti aliasing better texture ,and better ambian occlusion....
well pc is actually the best but console wise yes the pro is the best option
Great review, thank you!
Kiwami 2 was a big jump to go to if you started at Kiwami 1, then went to Kiwami 2 then to the 3-5 remasters, 6 and then onto 0 which is the last one I haven't beaten in the Kiryu saga and one im playing through now. I liked it overall and thought it had a lot of great stuff but the order they released it in felt weird because of the engine changes. I liked the engine in 3-5 on PC the most though 6 was still great, it was just out of place to have the releases in the order they were.
I'm really disappointed when I found out they removed Tsutenkaku tower part. That's part is so charming even in PS2
Still playing the two original games to this day on my ps2. Just finished yakuza 2 for the millionth time (classic exaggerate number) couple days ago.
(Not 100% completion ofc, i can if i want to but if i want to fight amon again i would just load my old save)
Honestly I much prefer the original yakuza 2, the music is better, sound effect is more crunchy, the fighting style is actually Kiryu’s fighting style instead of the dragon engine’s style. Hell even small details like the reflective floor at the Omi HQ and there are people around during that fight, all that is missing in kiwami 2
@@-TheDragon- idk man the og yakuza 2 is just way more fun aside from the button mashing qtes
@@_ExtremeHispasat_ it genuinely is, they removed and replaced a bunch of good songs, and the only remix that is really good is that of Outlaw Lullaby, the rest are just ok
Did you know?
Yakuza Kiwami engine was from the first Yakuza on PS3, Yakuza 3 or Kenzan.
Also, yeah, I agree with you, the way they force its players to play the tower defence is so unforgivable.
Kiwami 2 is my personal favorite, I like the mini games a lot and while I agree that the story is a bit odd, it’s enjoyable.
I loved so much the International Superstar Soccer reference that I subscribed immediately
Both of your Kiwami comparison videos are very important for getting a look at how a great a remake should be. Thanks for your work!
As well thought out and put together this video was, i found myself disagreeing with alot of your points. Very interesting
I feel like the Clan Creator cutscenes come across better to those who actually know who the main villain characters are. I'm a big pro wrestling fan, so I knew the big-bads of that mode were Japanese pro wrestling legends, and thus they scanned better for me than someone who knows nothing about Japanese pro wresting.
I was hoping you'd bring up the fact the team left out manual lip animations.
Btw i like your review better than ign and gamespot... You know the game so well..
When this came out, the value of yakuza 2 on ps2 fell from £60 to £20, I sold mine for £40 and bought Mario and Rabbids Kingdom battle 😂
I gotta say, I agree with your assessment that Kiwami was better. The new physics in combat can be fun, but over time it gets very repetitive and too easy. The story was just flat out bad and uninteresting. Most of the new characters and the entirety of the Jingweon mafia plot fell completely flat for me. At least Kiwami had characters like Kazama, Shimano, Haruka, Date, Majima, and the Florist as the only supporting characters and they were all very interesting. Not to mention, all the new cutscenes they added for Nishiki were downright inspired.
Y2 is just a straight up golden classic. However I think YK2 is a great remaster, and i like how it's toned down just a little bit while still be at maximum volume. My only gripe is YK2 has no Jack Daniels.
You've got a plesant voice to listen to, gotta admit that.
You didn’t even bring up the majima saga
'Cause it wasn't in the original? They made this exclusively for kiwami 2, like they did with Nishiki cutscenes in Kiwami. This was just made to cut loose ends with Makoto.
@@aldinhzek4082 Ik but it says kiwami 2 vs yakuza 2. He talked about the added cutscenes in kiwami so why not majima saga.
I played both the kiwami 1 and kiwami 2 fighting style. I really can't say which one is better. 1 and 0 switching your fighting style according to enemy type was fun. But kiwami 2 also the grab enemy and spin also other things like us fun.
If I had to pick which is better. I doubt I will be able to pick one. Both are extremely good. When you played 0,1,2 in series in 2 you will be overwhelmed by seeing all those places and thinking what kiryu and majima will be thinking.
I like this game more than zero...
I prefer the simpler combat of Kiwami 2 vs the one from 0 and Kiwami. In the previous ones every combat unlock in the skill tree had a description like "While unarmed, Press X when an enemy shoots at you and you have 3 full Heat bars and also 7 enemies are behind you and one is lying down in front of you, and also you are wearing green shorts". I almost never pulled off many of the combos or used many of the skills.
While the "Press button when certain situation happens" can be overwhelming at the start, it really helped to prevent one issue I had with Kiwami 2.
When you get some heat action that involves with dealing two enemies at once, you keep getting that same heat action every time, even tho you're trying to make a different one. You can't control what heat actions you wanna use, since they are generalized and don't have specific requirements, and it prioritizes that 2 enemies heat action. Not stylish.
I wanna believe that's the reason why list of Yakuza Kiwami 2 heat actions is nerfed, along with new engine.
After waiting so long for a ps5 version or a patch for kiwami 2, I finally decided to play it and finish it.
I expected a lot from this game.
But it turned out to be the worst yakuza game I've played so far. Not because of framerate, but overall lack of offering something new.
It's like they copied 0, and introduced some mechanics I didn't care for at all.
I played a lot of side quests, and most of them were boring.
And the missions as well were like fighting tournament's. That are for some reason become very grindy at one point.
The only thing new in kiwami 2 is the construction mission. But I didn't care for it one bit. Even though it featured Majima.
And the storyline also didn't make much sense. It was for me by far the worst storyline.
Having multiple antagonists but not really having a single true antagonist.
The blond guy was too easy. Terada was easy as well. But neither are truly antagonistic. And the 3rd guy you don't even fight but he dies in the cutscene.
Also the game is like soap opera for the most part. Which I wasn't a fan off.
The only sad part on Kiwami 2 is that they lost the pocket circuit racing mini game. I love that mini game in yakuza 0 and kiwami 1. I still wanted to know how takuma did as the Fighters successor in kiwami substory and we didn't get to know if hideki confessed his feelings to mika. I know Fighter`s in yakuza 6 but its more like closing out party on how he and his wife are working full time in the tofu business and they got to meet again after 10 years in the kiwami substory.
i went 0, kiwami 1 and 2, 3, 4 and i just started 5 today
i'm really looking forward to 6 because i REALLY wanna punch people 340 meters away. might nab the judgement games too for that reason tbh.
Found this video when looking into whether I should play Yakuza 2 or Kiwami 2; a lot of the discussions seem to be split, and most folk say to play 2 because of a few missing music tracks and the removed area, but your video convinced me that Kiwami 2 is worth playing. I really liked how concise but informative and funny this review was; I know you haven't made any videos in quite a while but I subscribed anyway. Whether or not you plan to make more, I hope you're proud of the work you've done and I hope you're doing well these days.
@@ccpowerhour7607 Thank you for such a kind comment, and I'm glad my review helped you make a decision, since that's, like, what I make them for!! Super cool to hear that I accomplished that. :)
I definitely plan to post videos again, life's just hard. I'm super proud of the work I've done, and I've got bigger, grander videos planned out for the future that I hope to be even prouder of, so when I do manage to finish one (lmao), I hope you like it. o7
(dont hold me to this but im hoping to have one ready for january.)
I finished kiwami 1 in August and after 93 in game hours I beat 0 with only a 41% completion rate yesterday. I got to chapter 4 of yakuza kiwami 2 and I think it looks great but I would much rather go back to the three styles.
Yakuza 5 used the original yakuza 2 sotenbori which then got upgraded for yakuza 0 and then reused in kiwami 2. Atleast i think that is what happened.
7:39 aren't you forced to play the pissing minigame once in the story actually?
I won't forgive that kinda of rick roll they did at the end
I way prefer the combat of Kiwami 2, I found 0/Kiwami's unfair and frustrating "as fun as it is frustrating" is how I usually put it. Kiwami 2's is super clean and nearly every hit I take feels like I actually deserved to get it
0 sometimes is unfair but still not too hard to get pass. Kiwami 1 Shimano is a nightmare.
I really like how you show the transition with the visual comparison between Kiwami 2 and the original!
I mean, I did play yakuza 2. But it was so damn long time ago. Id like to see what they did with this remaster
I was really disappointed that they didn't use the yakuza 0 engine here. The fighting styles in that game where different from the originals but somewhat familiar to them. Some of the attacks where in the older games but they made it to feel different too and added newer styles. That's why I love Yakuza 0 and Kiwami over Kiwami 2
I know I'm tardy to the party here.
But i liked the review, watched the kiwami review as well.
Here's some take aways, you need to work on your pronunciation in Japanese. It almost made unbearable. Ive lived in Ine, Kyoto since 2008. You had issues saying names that are said repeatedly in game. Next you don't need to weeb out and mix Japanese and English. Just deliver the review, and if you wanna add a sign off go for it.
Takashima went from Keanu Reeves to being a literal cut and paste of a guy I know. It creeped me out every time he was on screen how much he looks like him.
Kiwami 2 > kiwami 1
This was a really interesting review, especially after watching your review on Kiwami 1! I’m really new to the franchise, having hopped on after Kiwami 1 was the game of the month on PSN. It was love at first sight (or more accurately, love at first Majima asskicking after a very heart wrenching 10 year timeskip). Kiwami 2 was the third game I played after finishing Kiwami 1 and rushing off to play Zero. Personally, that progression through the three felt VERY smooth gameplay wise. Storywise, Kiwami 1 is definitely the stronger of the remakes. My core complaint with Kiwami 2 would really have to be the animations - the character models are GORGEOUS (even if Kiryu has kind of a potato face), but the syncing is just off enough to feel bad and the movement feels a little clunky. I think it was most glaring in some of the scenes with Majima, in part because he’s a very bouncy, expressive character. I won’t speak to the quality of his side story, though, because I realize it was just a cherry on top that did a lot to expand his characterization and history in the earlier/older games. Either way: I’m happy to report Kiwami 2 definitely didn’t scare me off from the rest of the series, and you were right in saying it works fantastically for filling in Yakuza 2 needs for newcomers. :) Great video, definitely subscribing!
Just finished Kiwami 2 and MAAAAN is this extremely better than 1. I hated the Story of Yakuza 1 so much in large chunks. Yakuza 0 was great, but sometimes leaned a bit too much into an anime, while having a fantastic overall story. Playing Kiwami 1 after that: To me the whole Finale was the dumbest and most infuriating shit i have played in a long time Story wise. Kiwami 2 had so much more things that i liked - For me it was weaker than 0, but way better than Kiwami 1.
I legitimately cannot understate how much i hated the ending of Kiwami 1. I was really tempted to skip all the cutscenes during the finale and I looked up whether i could refund Kiwami 2, after i managed to get through it.
Another great video. I hope you do more Yakuza videos.
loved this and your one comparing kiwami to the original. was wanting to see a video just like these since i never played the originals and was curious what changes were made.
Played Kiwami 2 after 0 after PS2 Yakuza 1
Just when I looked back at the PS2 Yakuza I got a strange feeling "was I really playing this? wow"
I’m sorry to this but I was very disappointed with kiwami 2
i got this and Zero for just a few dollars bc they were both on sale
not my favorite Yakuza game, but it was still worth it
God bless the Dragon Ragdoll Engine, but Zero is definitely the best. I miss the Kuze fight theme.
(So far I've only played Zero, Kiwami and Kiwami 2 and Platinum'd them so I might change my opinion)
IMO the best part in Yakuza 0 is Clube sunshine Mini Game, idk how many hrs I spent and enjoyed it 😁 how is the club business game in comparison in kawami2?
I paid the majhong info guy the 300k. I wasn’t aware that I didn’t need to.
Hold up, you aren't supposed to have that kind of money for the 300,000? I was sitting on a cool 1.5 mil when I got there, perhaps I've been too thorough.
I thought Kiwami 1 was a better game as well.
Love this video. It's well written and well edited and just what I needed after playing these Kiwami games for the first time.
Oh man, this is such a good comment to get. Most of the comments my Yakuza videos get are on my pisspoor pronuncation lmao, so I was hype as hell to see this one instead; thank you for taking the time to let me know you liked it.
Yakuza 2 looks like it has vaseline all over it
Great! I like Sayama with vaseline all over xD
Played Y2 before, it wasn't supposed to look like this. Upscaling fucks up with the visuals since old engines usually rely their lighting, filtering and a lot of visual stuff from resolution(since it was locked in PS2, and physics and animations also rely on framerate). But native resolution looks soo blocky so that's why he upscaled this game, which in turn make it looks like somebody smeared their oily face all over it.
I agree with the YK1 Kiryu > YK2 Kiryu statement. They just raw dumped this tired unhealthy depressed looking Kiryu of Yakuza 6 into Yakuza Kiwami 2 and it was really rude. Y6 Kiryu don't really need to smile. YK2 Kiryu cannot smile, because it's his model.
Okay. Sure.
Just played kiwami 1 and 2 and the jump to 3 is. Wow
K2 on steam in my country is only 20 bucks when it's released, talking about a steal.
I bought yakuza kiwami 2 for PC yesterday and can't wait to try it
I’m loving this whole series i just started kiwami 2 this morning I beat kiwami 1 and last night and 0 last week I even love like a dragon like a dragon is the game thy got me into the series in total
Story is a key aspect in the yakuza franchise,if youre a diehard fan of the series you would know that cutscenes are going to be long and "boring" but youve signed up for it knowing the full extend of what is too come.
This is such a confusing comment. I like Yakuza 2's story, and its cutscenes! The cutscenes I criticized are attached to the two new minigames (the cabaret and construction sidestories), and, honestly, they ARE boring, probably as a side-effect of being tacked on as independent entities. I LOVE Yakuza, but there's still room to think some things could've been done better.
best story yakuza 3 !
My time playing Yakuza Kiwami 2:
History: idk
Destroying bikes and scooters: 30 hours
Love the series but the reused assets are a bit much
the awful anti aliasing ruins this game for me and its a big shame. yakuza 6 also suffers from aliasing, although its much more mild
I hate the Dragon of Dojima at 0 and Kiwami is annoying, but took good at put a "remake" mechanics at Kiwami 2 which is great. But, the technique change styles is very good and it's like you play with Dante pretty good in Dmc5 and decides to play Dmc3, 2 or 1 again, and it puts to Majima too.
Want to try this again in English?
On Xbox right now kiwami is $10 and kiwami 2 is $15 so im just gonna get both
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My gripes with Kiwami 2 are fairly minor, mainly that the stabbing scene was ruined, game being easy even on Legend difficulty (you can pause whenever you want and use your entire inventory of healing items (10 of each) to save yourself, also buffs) and the slippery, janky ragdolls.
But overall, I liked this game's gameplay the most - weapons feel strong for once and Dragon style is all you have.
How was the stabbing scene ruined? It looked awesome in Kiwami 2. But I do agree that Kiwami 2 was quite easy but in reality, every Yakuza game is fairly easy since the healing system holds your hand since you can just pause and heal.
this is the best review of the game on youtube i just watched all of em while installing