Yakuza Kiwami Reviews Summary
Summary: Yakuza Kiwami shows how far the franchise has come by bringing the original into the modern age mostly successfully. It can't break out of the shell of its original design, but the improvements all lead to a pretty great package.
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Publisher: Sega
Genres: Action, RPG
Yakuza Kiwami Critic Reviews
View All (115 total)Suffers in comparison to Yakuza 0, but is still a compelling drama and an important part of the series as a whole.
Yakuza Kiwami makes great strides in updating the classic original Yakuza game to modern standards. But while it adds better combat, bizarrely charming side quests, and a gorgeous graphical revamp, it also ignores some of the original's biggest problems in pacing and storytelling. And because of its relatively short length, Yakuza Kiwami's fun trip through the tangled web of Japan's criminal underground feels like a prelude to something bigger and better to come.
An entertaining but slightly unbalanced remake whose biggest draw is a regular distraction from one of the series' best stories.
The original Yakuza has been remade into a sequel to its own prequel, but although it's perfectly competent it feels outdated compared to the newer entries.
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