Kiwami 2 is Yakuza 6 But Better
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- čas přidán 9. 09. 2023
- Yakuza Kiwami 2, the second ever remake of the RGG Franchise, was literally Yakuza 6 2 in more ways than one. Not to say that that's a bad thing, as it plays like Yakuza 6 if they consumed a few less illegal substances and made it so that the enemies don't have 1hp and that they would STOP HITTING ME FOR ONE SECOND SO I CAN RECORD A SPECIFIC HEAT ACTION
Also I promise you that Fist of the North Star Lost Paradise is getting a dedicated video but it's just gonna be bundled with another one think of it like when CoD bundled MW Remastered with Infinite Warfare because I'm bundling one awful atrocious horrendously bad game that's terrible with an awesome game that is awesome (not saying which one is which).
Kiwami 2 OST (there are SOME official songs in there, as there was a mini soundtrack that released for this game which contained a small number of Kiwami 2 songs):
• Yakuza Kiwami 2 Unoffi...
Playlist link:
• Yakuza Retrospective S...
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Songs:
Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia - Preparations Deliverance
Xenoblade Chronicles 3 - Kaleidoscopic Core
Super Smash Bros. Brawl - With Mila’s Divine Protection (Remix)
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate - Landscape Under the Ghost-Kaminano (Remix)
Kingdom Hearts HD 2.5 Remix - Lazy Afternoons
Halo 2: Anniversary - Trapped in Amber - Hry
Guys don't take the title too seriously by the way but do take the first paragraph of the description very seriously
sorry for hating K2 too much
i wish for gaiden to take the first paragraph as satire and make enemies attack you instantly after a heat action just because of spite
Why? You're 100% correct
the "add back bowling please" slowly fading into view made me laugh harder than i should have
Majima actually still has his Mad Dog Counter in the Majima Saga but the attack window was reduced so it’s a bit harder to pull off
If that's true I'm gonna cry
@@SnowiestAngemancry now
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I was gonna say this too, it's pretty tricky to pull off that's for sure.
I enjoy the nostalgic look in people's faces when they play these games in chronological order and play the dragon engine again after 3-5. It never really mattered to them that 6's combat was quite a bit unrefined compared to K2's, they were just happy to play it again.
3-5 literally have better combat but imo but 6 has good combat asw
This was literally me. I enjoyed the hell out of Kiwami 2 (and K1, but that's not Dragon Engine), and by the time I got halfway through 5, I was more than ready to move on to 6!
😂😂😂 Haha nope. Yakuza 2 was a much better experience in its time
One thing to mention, not only did a weapon transfer from fight to fight in Yakuza 2, you could also open the pause menu and put it away while holding it, making it yours forever. Not every weapon, only those that can be bought or won
I really enjoyed k2 when playing the series chronologically (0-6) and the only real issue I had with it was the difficulty which was too easy and unchallenging (especially ryuji conpared to man in black for example) and heat actions did too much damage (~1.5 health bars).
Same, game felt too easy. But, having played up to 6, it still is my favorite
the man in black fight before the final fights was harder than all 3
Just wait until you get the Kiwami soda
Man In Black is more difficult than the ENTIRETY of the rest of the game combined and multiplied, holy fucking shit
Kiwami 2 is also still popular due to mods. The recent Silly Mod is already at the 1st page of most downloaded mods for K2, even tho it's only been out for about a month. Other mods like the countless style change mods and the #1 most downloaded, Style Swticher mod, that also adds Majima's styles into the game helped give it more replayability on PC in a way you'd only see later done in Lost Judgment, really.
Unfortunately im pretty sure the creator of the style switch mod drew porn of Haruka from Yakuza 5
@@EvilMightyTrash 1) FUCKING WHAT
2) I don't see how that's relevant. It's not like downloading the mod will make him more powerful or anything
3) HE DID WHAT?
Well I thought it was relevant because the creator y'know, did it. Its not the same as like if I played Overwatch because that's a huge company, this is just one dude who made a mod. Also I "heard", I'm not certain, so you can do your own research if you'd like.@@wiithesecond5192
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Sauce? I mean no of course to report it@@EvilMightyTrash
Surprised you didn't mention how they changed that one Omi dude from young guy outplaying veterans to just another old guy
You’re definitely right about K2’s popularity - and I think that’s mainly because of the PC release? People loved 0, and just played K1 and K2, but K2 kinda stood out for being the different one of the three, at least it did for me. I love 0 more, but K2 certainly had its time in the spotlight.
Man, playing that game at high frame rates is comical though. I love that running kick attack you can do on enemies on the floor and they just go FLYING when you’re playing above like 140-150fps
I was a PC player who started with 0, when I played this I had no clue why people seemed to hate the dragon engine combat. When I eventually got to 6 I understood (even though its still fun hehe ragdoll go zoooom)
Kiwami 2 is a good game but as a remake, it's questionable.
I do wish they just gave back his old dragon style for this remake because it makes no sense to give him the old koryu moveset.
The lack of a proper dragon style since 6 has really bothered me, probably the biggest reason why I'm not interested in Gaiden.
@@DarkBiteTheDestroyer I honestly don't mind old Kiryu's new fighting style. I think it fits him the best when he grew old, forgot how to fight and uses the scraps of his old memory.
@@JacobTheCroc la verdad es que siento que ya kiryu ya encontró su estilo pero aun así intenta aplicar nuevos movimientos a su arsenal me gustaría en nuevo like a dragon gaiden verlo practicar o entrenar aunque sea un poco xd
@@peperud7075 I suppose that might be true, yeah. Also, had to ask someone to translate it, don't understand spanish veryt well.
@@DarkBiteTheDestroyer en las filtraciones o trailers al parecer si esto te tranquiliza le devuelve ven a kiryu el estilo dragon original, además del brawler, osea si te fijas en los trailer sale una arena y en la pantalla arriba sale el cambio de estilo "yakuza" a dragon style xd
Coming home from a long day and seeing Snowiestangeman uploaded is like a Christmas morning.
Kiwami 2 made Sotenbori my favourite location in the series, it looks absolutely beautiful in the Dragon engine.
Kiwami 2 was also the first yakuza game I bought on Steam solely for the purpose of mods. Mods like Style Switching, Expanded Moveset, K2 Files, and of course the recent Silly mod not only gave me a lot of replayabilty for one of my least favourite yakuza games, but also demonstrated the amazing talent of the yakuza modding community.
Fun fact, this is the only game in the franchise still locked at 30fps on xbox. Yakuza 6 and Judgement both were brought up to 60 on current gen consoles, but this one was skipped over and seems to be a more direct port from the PS4 version.
yakuza 6 is still 30fps on PS5 too :(
@@swaggymungdaal You actually want to play 6/K2 in 30FPS anyway, since 60FPS messes with the game physics and makes combat sections worse.
Always gotta love it when you upload my dude, yet another banger of a video :)
Despite k2 improving over a lot of y6 things, I can't ever bring myself to rank it higher than 6 somehow, I don't know why exactly, might be that y6's story is superior but I don't remember much of it and I completely missed out on the baseball and spearfishing minigames by accident
Maybe it's because kiwamid rolls off the tongue well who knows
Y6 supremacy
i feel the same way, also cause of the combat for some reason, i think a big reason for that though is 6 has the OP dropkick to make up for the absolute annoyance of block bounceback in these 2 games on your usual combos
also, maybe it's just me but aside from man in black being a bit of a pain, K2 was an EXTREMELY easy game, sure all the yakuza games aren't really hard, especially K2 and 6, but at least it felt like iwami was a bit of a threat in the gameplay, the ryuji fight imo is a total joke in comparison, ryuji is a bigger guy but somehow way easier to take down than little baby iwami
oh yeah and before people are like "just install mods that remove block bounceback and the mod that brings back the 0/K1 styles!!" i'm a console player lol
More emotional and better story that was kind of focused on Kiryu + introducing whole new city
Presentation was overall sharper in 6 then K2. Probably because it was all original animation. I preferred the music too.
Yeah, I love kiwami 2, it was a 10/10 for me until the ending, that ending was garbage, it lowered the score for me 7.5/10
Love these vids so much
IM SO EXCITED FOR JUDGEMENT I JUST FINISHED PLAYING IT LIKE A MONTH AGO AND ITS SO PEAK
Right on time for the weekly Chihiro Aoki appreciation!
This is my second favourite game in the series after Zero. The fight on moving trucks was cool as hell.
Damn i love this game
The FotNS:LP slander will not stand!
weird how he thinks ishin is amazing but FOTNS is trash but i'm the exact opposite, FOTNS was really fun (and i've never even watched the anime or read the mangas) but ishin was pretty boring despite my love for samurais
but that's just how opinions are, everyone's got very differing opinions in this community and i think that's a beautiful thing, i kinda hate kiwami 2 (well hate's a strong word, the combat just pisses me off) but for lots of people it's their favorite in the series, and more power to them
can't wait for the 10 hours long fotns rant video
Just got the platinum trophy for this bad boy the other night. Now on to.... Yakuza 3 **shudders**
This was the Yakuza game i always came back to even tho I own all of them
I feel like it did everything Yakuza does so well, it gave me my Yakuza fix plenty
Also love the Dragon engine combat more than any other Yakuza combat
K2 is actually probably the Yakuza I look the most fondly on. It’s the best Dragon Engine Kiryu game imo, and I feel it done everything right-albeit it everything it did being rather small. All-round solid game that still sticks with me today.
Looking forward to Judgment(by that, I mean the XCX end card). Do not fail me, my Angry Snow Man) Lmfao, love you mate, looking forward to the next 🫡
Its my favorite yakuza tbh
You make the best edited videos with the worst opinions known to man. Keep it up 👍
I prefer 6 for a couple reasons but K2 has its strengths fs, I definetly want to go back and play it fully since its by far the least time I have on a yakuza game
BRING BACK SAI THE FLORIST, I HOPE WITH AKAME WE GOT A CLOSURE OR MENTION OF THAT MAN
Hearing Dio Brando's voice actor in a Yakuza game is wild.
My favorite console… Green.
I would like to say that I believe the mad dog counter is in kiwami 2, it's just not as great and also not as easy to use as compared to 0
Kiwami 2 still has my favorite fighting game play (only challenged by Lost Judgement) and it saddens me a little how a lot of people online don't seem to like it
It's S tier if you installed the Style Switching mod, but I prefer 0, K1, Judgement, Lost Judgement combat
I never liked DE combat Kiwami engine (Y5, 0, K1) combat was way better.
Just got the platinum in KW2 last week... hardest part was the damn mahjong matches 😂
hello my second favorite aussie
who's the first?
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caught me of guard lmao 8:33
Fist of the North Star isn’t a bad game bro
Half the reason you play through The Majima Saga is being able to listen to Update with Gunfire
To its defense to the original you do regain your health back once you made it to the Kamurocho hills
It's really interesting you're a fan of Kiwami 2, cause ik so much of the fanbase kinda hate it; I'm ngl though it's a really fun game, just a refined version of Yakuza 6
It's funny that this game series overtook Sonic as the publisher's flagship title, and face of the company.
Yakuza 6 ending >>>> whatever the hell kiwami 2 ending was, kiryu was out of character
As someone who REALLY dislikes Yakuza 2's story, I much preferred Yakuza 6 over Kiwami 2.
This
I think i've learned to appreciate the green filter on YK2, feels very retro to some early 2000's games.
I think 0 and K2 have a bit of an in ways unfair advantage for people playing in cronological order because 0 is such a well executed game going to K1 after is a significant step down and when I started my series playthrough made me stop for ages more than once whereas K2 is so well executed like 0 was it feels even better if youre coming off the back of K1 and 0 feels even better in retrospect while playing K1
Yakuza 2 is Yakuza Kiwami 2 But Better
Love to muk bang in the local mcdonals for easy levels
Ah yes.
Yakuza greewami 2
gameplay is just y6 with more heat actions, which made extreme heat mode redundant
is it a coincidence you used some music from fire emblem 2 and its remake for a video talking about yakuza 2 and its remake
I LIKE YOUUUUUUU
Playing a new game of K2 on Xbox instead of PS4 and it's just as great as I remember. The only problem is that I have seen MANY clips of the Silly Mod and it is becoming very tempting to install on my laptop as opposed to playing the original
Play it normally first. The Silly Mod is so fucking insane it needs it's own separate playthrough
@@dangergran2566 have played it on legend five times, currently on a new save on Xbox. I love it as always but it's time for the extra goober activities
algo commy
I consider this game fan service. It's just a modern kiryu game, gaiden I assume will be even more fan service judging by the trailers
I’m currently play through kiwami 2 can someone please tell me what’s up all this talk about a green filter, I don’t notice anything out of the ordinary
When I first played this game coming from Kiwami 1, I didn't know what to feel initially because I had a hard time getting used to the dragon engine combat for Kiryu (I still think it's a bit iffy, but hopefully Gaiden improves it to some extent). However, over time as I got used to it (Helps that I still love the silly ragdolls) and seeing how Yakuza 6's combat was later down the line, I grew to appreciate Kiwami 2 more and more.
I'll say though, I'm surprised you didn't talk about the green filter in the video especially since it's part of the thumbnail.
K2 is easily my favourite Yakuza game
how do you make these video so fast
majima still has his OP counter in k2 you australian
Wait... the cutscene animations are copy pasted??, with j1 it was super obvious but in k2... mind blown!
Okay, idk if im alone on this, but the combat in Kiwami 2 just feels worse to me.
Like, its feels so stiff, and unsatisfying, especially compared to 6. I cant really explain it, but it just feels bad. It doesn't feel like i have a lot of control or weight behind my attacks.
Kiwami 2 to me feels like what y6 should've been.
I'll always hate the ending instant kill attack and the game was so buggy that people literally had to make their own patch to fix it, but it's definitely my second favorite yakuza game
Funny thing about Kiwami 2 being the 2nd most popular in the franchise, I still prefer the original. You can really tell at points where kiwami 2 really was on a tight budget
This game fixed everything bad with Yakuza 6 tbh
not really, block bounceback still exists and imo that was probably the most annoying thing about 6's gameplay
I like Kiwami 2's story and gameplay, but I hate looking at it. There is something really wrong about the color grading. Especially in Sotembori
Wait so disco only exist in 0 ?
Oh I agree with calling this better than Yakuza 6 don't worry.
Why you didn't talk about the green filter....
😢
That's what the thumbnail's all about mate
@@SnowiestAngeman oh yeah i forgor about that
Kiwami 2’s ending twists ruined the whole game for me. It’s even stupider than rubber bullets.
ok but yakuza kiwami 2 has a huge downside
shrek lighting
I honestly don't like the combat and prefer the charm and style of the original. The exploration and side content is better but that's about it.
You know something that makes me believe that it's not Y6 with Y2s story and is actually just a remake is actually kinda something I'm shocked you didn't mention.
They re-added colored enemy health bars
this video4s ending doesn't have a character from another game moving in sync with the song 0/10
Voice over: "before Fist of the North Star"
Text on screen: "BAD GAME"
Hahahahaha. Agreed. I did not enjoy that game.
Still a bad as hell remake all things considered
This was one of my least favorite games in the series, mostly because the story is pretty dumb. However, the Majima side story is great and I have no complaints there. Other random things that bothered me in the game was this was the story where Daigo rises to prominence but he sounds so wooden in game. The maps in this game are godawful. There are way too many icons and when you move around, all the buildings are represented 3D like for some reason. It's very distracting.
I will say that in playing this game, it almost seemed like they were testing things out for Judgment and we start to get a bare glimmer of the humor to be had in some of the sub stories.
ill pray for kiwami 3 till the heat death of the universe
Still the best game in the series with Dragon Engine, Lost Judgement comes not that far behind.
No lol
Ok i will get controversial:
IF YOU DON'T LIKE THE GREEN FILTER JUST PLAY IT ON DAY AND IF YOU ARE PLAYING IT ON PC INSTALL A MOD AND DO YOU GENUINLY MISS SINSEICHO? AND I DUCKING LOVE THE COMBAT AND THOSE CHARGED BEAST STYLES ATACKS AND YEAH I AM NOT ASHAMED OF THAT, AND ALSO THE CABARET CLUB IS THE BEST MINIGAME OF ALL KIWAMI 2
Kiwami 2 shits on Kiwami 1 so hard it's not even funny
kiwami 2's combat was so bad, im not looking forward to going back to it...
hey man I have a question, kiwami 2 and y6 which one is more playable on low specs
I'm probably one of the few I've seen that completely dislikes Kiwami 2, it's my least favorite Yakuza game to play and I wish we had a port of the original 2 to modern systems. They still hadn't really gotten the combat down so I didn't care for the ragdolls and wonky physics, although them adding in weapons and other moves and heat actions was a plus. Although like you said as well some of the new music was really great, like some of the long battle themes.
Turn down your FOV.
Second worst game, but hey, still better than Ishin Kiwami
Yakuza 2 fans and Kiwami 2 fans arguing which shitty game is the shittiest.
P r o m o s m 💋
K2 had many problems that should've been mentioned such as ragdolling, movement, combo breaks, green filter as the thumbnail says, framerate for console releases and a few others. I like the video but it would've been better if you discussed more about negatives besides Majima's story and perhaps a bit more pros and cons for the original yakuza 2. As many people do love the game it does have its many problems and should not be overlooked.
Yeah I’m currently going through Yakuza in story chronically and man oh man, the gameplay from Kiwani 2 and 3 physically hurt me that I had to skip to 4 instead smh
Bro this ain't even valid, this just seems like an overreaction 😂💀
Dumbest move ever
Skill issue
play 3, your missing out on some amazing levels, some of the best bosses in the series and a great part of Kiryu's character arc. Just set it to an easier difficulty and learn the games combat.
Kiwami 2 is mid imo.
What are you talking about this game is literally downgrade to 6
Stop the cap 😂
@@UltimateCarDrawer567 I'm wearing a beanie right now.
@@UltimateCarDrawer567 just how much i hate k2 lol
@@akiyomer It is better than 6 in every way