Best Yakuza game ever?

[Hardtarget01]

Story, fighting system, pure beauty not even Y0 was this good! And thank God they finally made finding sub stories much simpler.

[SvensPron]

I honestly think the Yakuza 0 story is waaaay better than this one.

I do prefer the new combat system however. I never really felt like the various combat styles added any significant mechanical depth.

And I might be a big weirdo for this, but I actually prefer not knowing where the substories are. I liked just randomly stumbling across them, as opposed to being able and encouraged to actively seek them out. Just made them feel more organic and natural.

[Rekta]

You know it’s always going to be one of those things where the rest of Yakuza gets compared to 0 and none of them are as good as 0 I hear 5 was pretty good but I have not played it

[Gyoza]

The story in 0 was better, but I do find everything else better in Kiwami 2.

[PunishedSparda]

Kiwami 2 is great but 0 is still the best game in the series ive played so far. Not only is it my favorite Yakuza but one of my favorite games.

[堂島の龍]

Ok guys, we all know that yakuza 5 best game in the series, let`s be real.

[Kamamura]

For me, Kiwami 2 was the weakest entry so far. Pretty meh antagonist Ryu Goda, or what was the name of the muscled guy, not very well constructed romantic affair for Kiryu, tons of stuff removed, but most importantly - bugs wherever you look.

0 was the best I played so far, 5 was pretty amazing too.

[Рафнсвартр]

Man, i want to play that already! Fighting system looks so sick! But i have to finish Yakuza Kiwami first xD I love the game tho, Nishiki's character development is so good, i love how he breaks into a villain. It actually might be the one of my favorite Yakuza games.

[uddipan1000]

Yakuza 0 has better music
Nothing beats the feeling of beating thugs in brawler or dragon theme.
The animations are smoother in Kiwami 2 though

[CalicoJack]

fighting, movement and interacting with enviroment (running down bycicles, tables, chairs,...) is sooo refreshing and looks nice.
kiryu can also climb over knee height obstacles, just great!
the new engine runs really well, i love the fact that i can enter buildings without a loading screen and then have a look through the windows or on a balcony down to the streets.

the gameplay and story is also very nice, only thing im missing is getting driven around the city with a taxi whitout a loading screen.
id like to sit in the cab and watch the enviroment while getting chauffeured.

[Hardtarget01]

Originally posted by Kamamura:

For me, Kiwami 2 was the weakest entry so far. Pretty meh antagonist Ryu Goda, or what was the name of the muscled guy, not very well constructed romantic affair for Kiryu, tons of stuff removed, but most importantly - books wherever you look.

0 was the best I played so far, 5 was pretty amazing too.

Hello! Say what? Stuff was removed from Kiwami 2 ? Could you or someone else elaborate a little bit on what was removed ?

[Tamerlane]

Yakuza0 story was better. Had better layers to it, suspense and characters. This one's good but the ending was a bit silly with backstabs everywhere. Prefer this engine overall but really needs the different fighting style and more heat actions.

[tadzio]

Originally posted by Hardtarget01:

Originally posted by Kamamura:

For me, Kiwami 2 was the weakest entry so far. Pretty meh antagonist Ryu Goda, or what was the name of the muscled guy, not very well constructed romantic affair for Kiryu, tons of stuff removed, but most importantly - books wherever you look.

0 was the best I played so far, 5 was pretty amazing too.

Hello! Say what? Stuff was removed from Kiwami 2 ? Could you or someone else elaborate a little bit on what was removed ?

the original Yakuza 2 had a third district called Shinseicho. you can see it here: https://youtu.be/0QLz8BufR0A?t=238

there wasn't much to do in it and it was pretty small, but it looked neat so i can see why some people miss it. also the first fight with Goda had some nice looking water reflections on the ground that gave it a pretty cinematic feel; no idea why they didn't put that in Kiwami 2, as one would figure the Dragon Engine would've made it look even cooler.

[Kaitos Mogh]

Having only played the three games that came out on PC, i would say i like 0 the most overall, because the main story and it's characters appeal the most to me. The three lieutenants of the Dojima family alone, and Kuze in particular, have more gravity than most characters i could think of in any video game.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7pA4Z9Nndg

Compare this to Goda. But i know that the Kiwami games are remakes and 0 came at a point, when there was, i assume, a lot more effort put into the overall design process.

I ended up skipping a lot of dialogue in K1 and 2, though i still enjoyed the storylines overall. For example, i just couldn't get into the whole drama between the different cop characters in K2 and those parts are really long.

Obviously, K2 stands out technologically, having better graphics and no load screens from entering buildings. Unlike K1, it has also comparable ammount of content to 0.

0>K2>>K1

[vhenax]

i like 2 more than 0 . 0 is 10/10 , 2 is 11/10 for me

[TGT]

Yakuza 4 gang rise up