is this game better than kiwami 1?

[Landank]

Because not gonna lie I really hate K1 compared to 0

[Lar Dass]

completely different engine so fighting combat is much different, i personally loved it

[Slippin Jimmy]

So far it's great, not quite on the level of 0 but almost as good, definitely way better and more fleshed out than k1

[Redblaze27]

where Kiwami 1 is a restricted Yakuza 0, this is a more complete Yakuza 6.

[Xune]

Yes it is : better graphics, combat, story and minigames than kiwami 1 imo. I hope you did the story of Kiwami 1 at least because 2 is the direct sequel.

[lPaladinl]

Most people would say it's better. Especially when Kiwami tends to have people feeling burned out after 0.

I wasn't happy with Kiwami at first either because 0 spoiled me, but it grew on me as I stuck with it.

Really all of the games are great and are worth playing.

[Rushnerd]

It's a much better game overall than Kiwami 1 and they overhauled the graphics/gameplay. It's worth it ESPECIALLY if you're into Japanese Celebs and NJPW.
If you actually hated 1 though, you probably aren't going to love this?
It's an extremely good game.

[Skeeka]

Originally posted by lPaladinl:

Most people would say it's better. Especially when Kiwami tends to have people feeling burned out after 0.

I wasn't happy with Kiwami at first either because 0 spoiled me, but it grew on me as I stuck with it.

Really all of the games are great and are worth playing.

Same. Just as playing Kiwami 1 right after 0 lowered my opinion of it, replaying it recently after having played the PS4 Remasters of Yakuza 3 and 4 raised my opinion of it significantly.

[Redblaze27]

Kiwami's main problem is being sandwiched between two beasts in 0 and Kiwami 2, and it feeling more like a standalone expansion to 0 doesn't do it any favors in that regard.

[Rock Bottom]

Kiwami 2 is a lot better than Kiwami which suffers from being a too faithful remake and borrowing many elements from Yakuza 0, I think it is comparable to 0 in terms of quality, but the technical aspects are widely superior.

[SilentStorm95]

This is the best of the three in my opinion

[TDFPL]

I think everything is better in Kiwami 2 (no disco mini-game though). The world is way better and beautiful, everything is connected and there are almost no loading screens. For some combat is worse than 0 and Kiwami, but I loved it way more, destructible environments and ragdolls are amazing, though only one battle style (doesn't ruin my experience though, I mostly used one style through 0).

[lPaladinl]

There's a lot of funny things you can do in Kiwami 2 and Yakuza 6 with the freeform combat, especially because you can have things happen like drag a fight into a store or restaurant. There's even some special heat moves for fighting inside of shops/restaurants.

It doesn't make the combat any "better" but it's entertaining to see the different heat moves or doing silly things like breaking the furniture. iirc you can anger the store owners too.

[XenoEvil]

Wow I must be crazy as I found it kiwami 2 to be an immediate turn off when I learned that style switching was removed and they implement such a ridiculous ragdoll physic into the combat.

[lPaladinl]

Originally posted by XenoEvil:

Wow I must be crazy as I found it kiwami 2 to be an immediate turn off when I learned that style switching was removed and they implement such a ridiculous ragdoll physic into the combat.

I mean, combat isn't all that the Yakuza series has to offer.

And while I do like the different styles and style switching, having played through them on Normal I never really changed styles unless it was for fun. In Yakuza 0 I was able to handle everything in Beast Mode or Thug style for Kiryu/Majima.

[XenoEvil]

Originally posted by lPaladinl:

Originally posted by XenoEvil:

Wow I must be crazy as I found it kiwami 2 to be an immediate turn off when I learned that style switching was removed and they implement such a ridiculous ragdoll physic into the combat.

I mean, combat isn't all that the Yakuza series has to offer.

And while I do like the different styles and style switching, having played through them on Normal I never really changed styles unless it was for fun. In Yakuza 0 I was able to handle everything in Beast Mode or Thug style for Kiryu/Majima.

I feel the complete opposite as the best thing about zero and kiwami is the combat and everything besides that was just bloat that I didn't care for.

The difficulty of zero is definitely the easiest and style switching is only implemented properly in kiwami. The reason why I like style switching is that it keeps the combat from getting repetitive and adds depth the fights instead of just using the best attacks only. I mean after a hour or so with kiwami 2 and I'm already sick and tire of charging my attacks as my approach for every enemy.