
Like most of the boss fights in this game took me upwards of 20 - 30 mins to beat.
#YAKUZA KIWAMI MAJIMA TRASH UPGRADE#
I also dislike the upgrade system as well.īoss fights especially are fucking tedious as hell. Also when fighting groups of enemies it's way to easy to be locked into constant hit stun with no way to break free. There's been situations in this game where every other hit has me on the floor mashing x. and way too many attacks in this game cause hard knockdown. Weapons are annoying as fuck even with items like the bulletproof vest. The combat is what really soured me on this game. Yakuza 0 had the same issue but at least with that game you were frequently going to many different locations instead of just 2 primary ones. The game also conveniently made both these two areas as far apart from each as possible. It mostly consists of you talking to someone in purgatory for a minute then running back to Serena's to talk to someone for a minute then back to purgatory rinse and repeat. The gameplay loop here is honestly pretty trash. Now I wasn't big on 0's gameplay either, but I thought it was at least serviceable. It's like they completely forgot Nishki was the main villain till the final fight. Especially towards the end when they introduce Jingu and he just takes all the focus away. One issue I did have is that he's pretty much sidelined for most of the game despite being the main antagonist. I liked seeing Nishikiyama's decent into darkness especially considering how much of a friend he was in 0, and I like how the flash backs show just how much life hit him after Kiyru went to jail. And even then it's still a step down from 0's. Let's start with the story, because it's the only redeeming quality about this game. If I were to describe Kiwami, it'd be a game with an ok story and bad gameplay.

If I were to describe Yakuza 0, it'd be a game with an amazing story and mediocre gameplay. Like I know it's a remake, but still, I don't think there's a single aspect of this game that is done better or hell even on par with 0. So yesterday I beat Yakuza Kiwami, and wow, I don't think I've ever played a sequel to a game, that does absolutely everything worse than it's predecessor.
