Confesso que eu estava esperando esse jogo ser bem mais ou menos, só que minhas expectativas simplesmente mudaram ao decorrer que fui jogando. Podemos dizer que dos Yakuza que joguei até agora, só perde para 0.

A história desse jogo é muito foda ta, é plot atrás de plot, eu senti muita falta de lutas marcantes que tem nos outros que joguei, e uma coisa que notei dos outros e que me fez abaixar um pouco a nota é que sistema de combate apesar de não ter tanta mudança nos outros eu achei aquela tela de tu fica colocando os ponto bem chatinha, prefiro o modo antigo. Mano, os mini games de tu administrar cabarés são muito foda kkkkkkk eu passo horas nisso.

Resumindo, apenas joguem essa belezura.

jogando esse tendo jogado o kiwami 1 primeiro me causou muita estranheza no inicio, de primeira tudo me desagradou (talvez por ser MUITO diferente), o combate foi algo que com o tempo eu fui pegando o jeito e juntamente fui começando a gostar bastante, os graficos são com certeza uma das melhores mudanças, o jogo inteiro é lindo. A historia foi algo que me agradou bastante desde do inicio, o principal antagonista é muito foda e todas as cenas com ele me faziam querer saber oq iria acontecer, os outros diversos personagens que foram introducidos tambem no geral são bem gostaveis e eu me diverti acompanhando, diferente do seu irmao anterior que eu senti ser um jogo bem mal feito e largado em varios aspectos, esse eeu senti bastante carinho.. Muitos das diversas opções de coisas que estao disponiveis pra se fazer no mapa são bastante legais e eu gastei muito tempo fazendo subtories(que na grande maioria são boas), majima construction etc ao inves de fazer a historia principal. O sistema de nivel é interessante, muitos dos ataques que vc consegue são bem legais e vc upar diretamente vida, dano e tals foi uma sacada bem interessante. O sistema de pontos de skill que vc obtem também é uma coisa nova bem inteligente, o ato de ir a um restaunte comer se tornou bem mais util e legal , algo que fez com q eu quisesse ir em todos os restaurantes disponiveis. A ost é otima e em diversos momentos fez total diferença, muitos dos momentos emocionantes ficaram ainda melhores apenas por conta da musica.

Em resumo é um jogo muito superior que o Kimawi 1 em diversos aspectos e que mesmo trazendo uma engine totalmente nova com milhares de coisas totalmente desconhecidas, conseguiu cativar e manter um certo sentimento de grinding com as skills que vc vai desbloqueando, oq acaba fazendo com que o seu personagem q era um merdinha no inicio acabe se tornando uma maquina mortifera no final. A historia é boa porem tem certos momentos especificos e personagens um pouco sem graça, porem é algo que é facilmente ofuscado por todos os momentos epicos presentes no jogo. Um otimo jogo que me fez relembrar os momento bons que tive com o 0.

My Yakuza marathon continues with Kiwami 2. I quite liked this one.

The new engine, I believe it's called the Dragon Engine, is great. The game looks and feels great. The new combat felt much more satisfying to me, every punch had it's impact. It is a much simpler system though, far less upgrades, less combos, less special moves. It got pretty repetitive after a while. In that regard 0 and Kiwami are better, offering robust skill trees and different battle styles. One more thing I appreciate about Kiwami 2's combat is the lack of stagger after getting shot. The armed enemies were much more bearable here.

So while the game looks great and the combat feels great, one downside of the engine is the accursed 30 FPS cap. The bane of the 8th generation. Going from the silky smooth 0 and Kiwami, that was a major disappointment. I'm the annoying kind of guy who really cares about getting his 60 FPS.

The story is mediocre. Filled with plot-twist, conspiracies stacked upon conspiracies, secret Koreans left and right. Some threads got too little attention in my opinion. I have heard that the later games are even more convoluted and bloated, so that's gonna be tough. There are characters I do like here, there are some kinda emotional moments, but it's not as strong as in the previous two games, and Kiwami was already siginificantly worse than 0.

Gonna take a short break from Yakuza to play through Penny's Big Breakaway now. Then it's time for Yakuza 3 or "blockuza" as it seems to be named by the community.

Massive jump in quality between this and K1. Would be on par with 0 for me if it weren't for the issues holding the game back. Even as someone who has never played og 2 I can tell K2 is a bit iffy as a remake in some parts.

Music is a big detractor. Most of the ost is fine but very repetetive and dull and there are two instances where a vocal track heavily detracts from some of the most memorable scenes of the game (if you've played this you know which parts I mean). I don't even dislike SiM, The Rumbling is a banger and the song they did for the credits was pretty cool but those two moments were laughably innapropriate. Also the two side games were wedged in without really fitting the narrative. One ff many examples of the Kiwamis doing something because 0 did it and not because it really makes sense for the game. Cabaret Club is still cool but it already exists in 0 I can just play it there and the way they intigrate Majima construction into the story is so comically unnatural that I could tell within seconds that the game had switched to a K2 exclusive cutscene. Those introductary cutscenes for that mode are genuinely some of the least naturally written scenes I've ever watched. Also some minor gripes while I'm complaining. The green filter that exists basically anywhere that isn't Sotenbori really detracts from the games otherwise solid visuals and every now and then the ps2 caliber animations were a bit distracting,. The Xbox One port could run a lot better too but it's not terrible or anything.

That being said, in spite of some faults, Kiwami 2 is still a great entry. The story really surpirised me with how great it was, even knowing it was somewhat of a fan favourite. It's not as big and chaotic as 0's story but it's got a great mystery/set of mysteries that unfold in ways I never would of expected making for a plot that gradually gets better and better right until it's final moments. Some fantastic characters as well. Ryuji is the best antagonist I've seen so far from the series. Would've been easy to make him one note and have the charisma carry his character there's a good amount to him in spite of how planly villanous his motivations are. Sayama and Kawara were great too.

Thanks to quality of life improvements provided by the Dragon Engine, K2 may be my favourite in the series so far for it's gameplay. This may be contraversial but I really enjoyed the combat for how fluid it was and though it lacks some of the impact of 0's I would probably say I prefer it (0 still has better boss fights tho). Being able to see substories on the map, rather than happening upon them randomly, was an absolute game changer for me and encouraged me to complete more than the amount I did in 0 and K1 combined (56/76). That and a bunch of other little improvements made me want to engage with the content outside of the story more than ever before.

A more ideal remake could've been made this game truly fantastic but as is this was still a great game that I enjoyed letting consume my life over the last few days. Even after well over 50 hours between this and K1 over the last two weeks, I can't wait for the next chance to continue with this series.