Kiwami knows it has a lot to do and rewards you for taking part in side content thanks to the completion list. Even if it’s done tongue-in-cheek, it’s a bit much at times. The most absurd one you’ll find is Mesuking: a rock-paper-scissors game that mixes card collecting with the skimpy catfights from 0. A lot of them have been used in the previous game (such as Pocket Circuit, bowling, and darts), but there are some new ones to add to the table. It’s very easy to get distracted by Kamurocho’s variety of attractions. On the adventure side, the amount of content is wonderful if you’re a completionist and terrible if you’re a reviewer with a deadline. Both pretty straightforward, Adventure has you explore the world of Kamurocho to continue the story and its plentiful side content while Battle has you duking it out with the type of people you’d expect from a game named Yakuza. Gameplay splits between two main mechanics: Adventure and Battle. Even if you get distracted by the abundance of side content, you’ll feel compelled to return to the story either to see what they changed if you played Yakuza 1 or what will happen next if you didn’t. Kiryu is such a warm protagonist that you empathize with his plight far more than most player-controlled characters. “Violent Father Figure who Protects Child” might be welltread ground for games (Bioshock Infinite, The Last of Us, God of War, etc.), but Kiwami reminds us that the one way to make that trope work is compassion. There is also a surprising amount of heart throughout the story thanks to our protagonist. It’s not often developers remake a story like this, let alone with such confidence. The narrative might not surprise you as a retelling of a game made in 2005, but it still packs a punch. Betrayal and brutality are all par for the course. Kiwami comes with the twists and turns you would expect from the genre. They’re only small cutscenes at the end of chapters, but the perspective they give for his fall from grace is heartbreaking. The most notable additions story-wise if you played the original are additional flashbacks starring Kiryu’s sworn brother Nishikiyama. Add a mysterious child named Haruka that the Tojo Clan wants to capture (whilst Kiryu becomes her surrogate dad), and it’s going to get worse before it gets better. With a civil war brewing in the clan after their Chairman is assassinated, Kiryu is forced to find out what happened to friends and enemies alike during his sentence. Still dramatically silly, the question that emerges is simple: can lightning strike twice?Īfter ten years in prison to protect his sworn brother, ex-yakuza Kazama Kiryu returns to the town of Kamurocho after ten billion yen is stolen from the Tojo Clan. Last year saw the release of Yakuza 0 to PC, and now comes Yakuza Kiwami: the first game in the franchise rebooted for the current generation. Only in a series like it can you brutally slam a gangster’s head into a wall before playing with slot cars. Known for its brooding crime dramas and wacky sitcom antics, Yakuza toes a fine line between drama and comedy. But what’s most relevant to us is Sega bringing the critically acclaimed Yakuza series to PC. We’ve seen ports of cult titles like Killer7, a push for more mature storytelling like The Missing, and visual novels that aren’t just porn. If you’re someone interested in the more offbeat titles that come from Japan, it’s a damn good time to get into PC gaming.
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