![]() Just this past week, Sega officially announced Yakuza Kiwami 2, a full-blown remake of Yakuza 2, considered by many to be the best entry of the series. If you want to play Yakuza 2 though, there may be a better way coming. These games take place directly after one another, and don’t worry about skipping Yakuza 2 or even right to 4 if you want, each game contains a story summary of all the previous titles on the main menu. All three games are on the PS2 in English, with Yakuza 3 and 4 getting physical copies and Yakuza 5 being download only. Until then, however, you can keep yourself busy by catching up with the series and playing Yakuza 3, 4, and 5. There’s still a Yakuza game on the way for the west, with Yakuza 6: The Song of Life releasing in March, 2018. At this point it’s not easy to get your hands on a PS2 copy of Yakuza 2, let alone how the game hasn’t aged that well. However, you can also move forward with the series. Starting with Kiwami, you can go back to Yakuza Zero and see the prequel of how everything played out, with some fun ties to certain characters. With Yakuza Kiwami being the first game in the series, there’s plenty of other titles to move on to, but it can be a bit intimidating to figure out how you should approach things. However, if you want to just hop in with Kiwami and see where the series started, that’s perfectly fine as well. In all honesty, Yakuza Zero is the best place to start, and a pretty great game on its own. Combat has also been changed to match the style of Zero, meaning you’ll instantly be familiar with how to play the game. At the same time you’ll see references and familiar faces pop up here and there, like Majima and Kiryu talking about events from Zero, or the Pocket Circuit Racer kids being all grown up. The new scenes and events added into the game have direct ties to Zero, and the story add-ons for Nishiki are sure to pull at the heartstrings for anyone that played the prequel. ![]() ![]() This makes Kiwami another great point for anyone new to the series, and even better for anyone coming hot off of Yakuza Zero. Yakuza Zero takes place in 1988, years before the original game and Yakuza Kiwami take place. That’s perfectly fine, however, as Zero is probably the best place to start out of all the games, functioning like a prequel to the entire series. There’s certainly enough new content to Kiwami to warrant anyone jumping in, whether you played the original or not.įor many players, Yakuza Zero was their first introduction to the series, as well as Kazuma Kiryu. It’s a zany, but fun system perfectly fitting of the Yakuza series. He might pop out of a trashcan, or disguise himself as a police officer. Majima Everywhere directly ties into leveling one of your combat styles, and you never know where you might run into him. This system repeatedly pits you against the crazed Goro Majima, as he keeps tabs on Kiryu, trying to get him back to his proper strength level. The most notable addition, however, comes with a system known as Majima Everywhere. The game plays more like recent Yakuza titles as well, adapting a new combat system and letting you have full control of the camera. However, there are a handful of new scenes and events that have been added in, fleshing out the characters of Kazuma Kiryu’s sworn brother, Nishikiyama.Īt the same time, there are a number of other additions like new minigames including new hostesses to talk to, Pocket Circuit Racer, and a strange rock-paper-scissors game called MesuKing: Battle Bug Beauties. The story remains the same as the original game, with cutscenes staying the same as well. This results in a huge graphical overhaul to the look and feel of the game, although Sega has gone taken some pains to ensure it remains true to the original. First and foremost, the graphics of Kiwami have been updated, running on the engine used for Yakuza Zero. ![]() ![]() Yakuza Kiwami is a total remake of the very first Yakuza on PS2, albeit with quite a few updates. ![]()
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