![]() At times I found myself unwilling to actually do my job as Tojo's "chosen one" simply because I had other pressing matters, like watching the latest "naughty VHS" in the "private" cinema. Kiwami 2 presents you with an open, living world full of NPC's leading normal lives, stores and restaurants to visit, wealth of content at your fingertips if you happen to be the exploring type like I am. I spent at least an hour inside Club Sega just playing Virtua Fighter 2, one of my favourite fighting games from my youth on one of the fully-fledged arcade machines. You would think that being entangled in the web of the criminal underground would be a serious matter, and a lot of times it is, but Yakuza manages to serve the plot with a wink and a smile by introducing various subquests and minigames, ranging from simple fetch quests to outrageous side activities like managing your very own host club, playing with a "Toy-let" or having a throw-down in a bizarre diaper fetish club. Yakuza is as close as you can get to a video game representation of the old school karate movies of the 80's and it delivers precisely what it promises on the tin. Playing Yakuza is a lot like taking a humour-filled trip to the land of Nippon, except as a former big wig of the Japanese Mafia. From the moment you launch the game you are greeted with relatively accurate representations of various Japanese locations, which is a reason to pick it up in and out of itself. ![]() I cannot help but find it tremendously amusing how a video game can simultaneously be such a realistic representation of Japan while not taking itself too seriously. Will he succeed in his task and finally get to enjoy his retirement? Well, that is entirely up to you! Welcome to the Land of the Rising Sun! The duty of finding a worthy replacement falls upon Kiryu, and the stakes could not be any higher - should he fail, an all-out war between the Tojo and a rival clan, the Omi Alliance, is inevitable and spells complete annihilation of the clan. The Tojo Clan was not in the best of shape after Kiryu's retirement and the unexpected assassination of Yukio Terada, the clan's fourth chairman, only made things worse. ![]() The man just cannot catch a break, even when he just wants to enjoy his retirement, the events that occur around him pull him right back into the fray. Kiryu has an uncanny ability of getting entangled in all sorts of trouble, most times against his best intentions, and this adventure is no different. As the main story is focused on life and death situations, the light hearted fun found in these side-stories and mini-games were a welcome respite from watching people making mean faces at each other.Yakuza Kiwami 2 takes place a year after the events of Yakuza Kiwami, putting you in the shoes of Kazuma Kiryu - an ex-yakuza, the Dragon of Dojima and former Tojo Clan chairman. The mini games like UFO catcher, classic arcade machines, and cabaret club all made a return with some new additions like “Toylets”, a game you can only play with a full bladder- read into that as you will. There was a great variety of ridiculous side-stories as usual, and it was quite easy to track them down as they were marked on the map. The leveling process with the categories of different experience types as well as eating giving experience made a return, and I made it a point to try every dish in each of the establishments I came across. Targeting and attacking an enemy behind in the middle of a flurry of punches felt natural as Kiryu swiftly kicked behind him to remind the thugs that it’s not a good idea to stand behind the Dragon of Dojima with malice intent. The combos and movement felt nearly identical, with the benefit of being more polished and felt a bit more fluid than before. Also, thanks to Ryuji’s flair for the dramatic, I can now say that I’ve defeated a literal tiger by punching it in the face, which was somehow even more awesome than it sounds.įrom a gameplay standpoint, just as it carries over the Dragon Engine from Yakuza 6, it carries over many of its mechanics. What wasn’t so readily apparent was the depth of his character as well as his motivations, which made him relatable as well as a little admirable to some degree, and his contribution to the plot as well as the various contests of strength and will against him were the highlights of the experience. WIth his intimidating presence and brutish strength, he felt like a match for the Dragon of Dojima in every sense of the word.
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