#Yakuza kiwami 2 ps4 pro enhancements full
#Yakuza kiwami 2 ps4 pro enhancements ps2

Kiwami 2 feels like the Shadow of the Colossus PS4 remake but with a lot more new content and enhancements.

#Yakuza kiwami 2 ps4 pro enhancements ps2

Watching some PS2 gameplay footage after playing this has been crazy. Kiwami 2 is a super polished experience when it comes to visuals and character modes. Gone are the screen tearing and minor stutter seen in some areas on both PS4 consoles in Yakuza 6. Yakuza Kiwami 2 is the best looking SEGA game by far and the attention to detail in the various narrow streets, food joints, and minigame locations is amazing. Visually, the dragon engine has never looked this good before. There’s just too much good stuff in these side quests that make exploring and interacting work worth your time. One substory had someone get beat up over a car while another had a guitarist on a bridge who wanted tissues for his cold. The one where you get photographed in an office room will never stop being funny. There are 76 substories going by the completion list and after 43 hours of game time I’ve only managed doing 30 of them. While I will never stop lamenting the disco minigame going away (I know time periods and all), you will never be board of stuff to do outside the main story. Minigames and substories are always a highlight for me in Yakuza games. Locker keys scattered around help you with some good armour, weapons, or items you can sell. Exploration feels so much better here with a more stable frame rate and no screen tearing. Walking seamlessly into a restaurant to eat and then exiting after gaining some stats never gets old. When you’re fighting alongside someone else as Kiryu, the dual heat actions are a sight to behold.Īs Kiryu, you raise stats through missions and side activities but can still enjoy gaining various points through beverages and food across both locales. Majima has his own brilliant heat action and animation with his weapon in his story. There are now heat actions with weapons that are triggered through NPCs which are hilarious. Some boss battles got over much faster thanks to me having a few good weapons stocked up for when I needed them. You find weapons scattered across some areas and can now store a few for easy access with the dpad in combat. Armour and weapons are important here and play a big part in some boss fights. While Yakuza 6 made combat feel a bit more intimate and removed the extra combat styles leading to some disappointment for fans, Kiwami 2 adds a new mechanic that keeps things fresh. This is a prequel that showcases how Goro Majima ended up where he is in Kiwami 2 and has a few superb moments for fans of his character. Outside of Kiryu’s story, Yakuza 0 fans will have a lot to love with the new Majima story that unlocks as you play the main game. Kamurocho and Sotenbori are beyond stunning with a ton of things to do across various minigames and side activities. The only annoyances in the main story come from a few missions that feel tacked on mechanically. Without getting into any spoilers, the overall pacing and plot are both excellent. Even their first encounter together is fantastic.

The Omi Alliance and Tojo Clan are nearing an alliance until the antagonist of Kiwami 2 and one of the best written antagonists in recent times Ryuji Goda makes his presence felt.

The content additions and enhancements across the board make this the most gorgeous Yakuza game ever that also happens to play brilliantly.Īfter a nice recap of the events of Kiwami (you can still play this without any prior Yakuza game experience), Kiryu finds himself back in the fray despite wanting out with a war brewing. While 6 had some performance and visual issues, I’m glad to see the team has nailed the visuals and performance here.

#Yakuza kiwami 2 ps4 pro enhancements full

The difference is Kiwami 2 is a full remake in the stunning new Dragon Engine built for PS4 and Yakuza 6 and not a cross generation one that we saw in 0 and Kiwami. Yakuza Kiwami 2 is a full remake of the PlayStation 2 entry that followed the original Yakuza that saw its own remake in the form of Yakuza Kiwami last year on PS4. I wrote about my initial impressions of the first four chapters here and having completed the game and spent a good amount of time exploring and doing extra side content, I can safely say that this is a game of the year contender. Fast forward to today and Yakuza Kiwami 2 is nearly available to everyone on PS4 and this is everything I’ve wanted in a Yakuza game since 0 blew me away. Yakuza 0 is one of the best games this generation and the subsequent two releases in the form of Yakuza Kiwami and Yakuza 6 have been excellent but the magic from 0 was missing. Yakuza Kiwami 2 is the fourth Yakuza game we are seeing on PS4 after what felt like a period where the franchise had no future in the West.