

If you include all the time I spent shopping for snacks, I might need to add a “Gluttony” category There’s a variety of Japanese spiritual imagery throughout the game, such as demon tattoos on one character, but none of it is given much real significance. Your character can carry small talismans and amulets that give them increased stats. Spirituality: You can exchange points to unlock new abilities at a shrine, though there is no spiritual significance given to it. Finally, you can occasionally encounter women on the street being sexually harassed by thugs, but there are no physical actions shown. Some sidequests feature sexual scenarios, such as being seduced by a woman, but nothing is shown explicitly. Additionally, there is an adult video store where you can watch footage of real life women frolicking in lingerie. One portion of the game features an underground sex club, and you can hear erotic sounds as you walk through it. You can enter various clubs and interact with “hostesses” in a flirtatious and seductive manner, though this is optional. Some women around town and in clubs wear dresses that are short or have low cut tops to reveal some cleavage. Sexuality: A large portion of the game takes place in a district known for adult entertainment, and various signs can be seen that feature scantily clad women advertising brothels and similar locations. In contrast to the main character, villains will occasionally kill or threaten civilians during cutscenes, and violence in these scenes is a good bit more explicit than in gameplay. These attacks feature some blood, but no dismemberment, and enemies are always shown to be alive at the end of battles. During these special moves, the main character can stab enemies with knives or swords, shoot them, pull out their teeth, bludgeon them with large objects, or brutally throw them into nearby walls. These fights can be very violent, featuring blood splatters, bone breaking, and special moves that use improvised weapons in brutal fashion. Violence: The majority of gameplay consists of fighting various criminals. Such ambitious decisions certainly piqued the curiosity of both long time fans and newcomers, but would they pay off? Rather than keep the poorly received English dub, the team chose to add in the original Japanese dub, with a few new voice actors. Yakuza Kiwami was completely rebuilt within the same engine as Yakuza 0, and features updated combat, new minigames, and even additional story sections that connect the game to Yakuza 0. The Yakuza series has made a name for itself due to the creators’ willingness to continuously build on old ideas and improve them, and this remake was no different.

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Rather than simply update the original textures, game producer Masayoshi Yokoyama set out to make an “extreme”, or Kiwami, remake.

Though a remake of the first Yakuza had already been pitched to Sega, the idea wasn’t greenlit until Yakuza 0 became a breakout success in the Western market. It is in this complex space of the gaming world that Yakuza Kiwami attempts to set itself apart. A good remaster is capable of walking the line between these two, letting old fans relive their nostalgia on modern consoles and giving new fans a way to easily jump into a game they wouldn’t have otherwise been able to play.
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On the other hand, you have new fans that are curious about the series but were never able to get into it for one reason or another. On the one hand, you have established fans of the series who nostalgically cling to their memories of the game and will relentlessly nitpick anything they feel is “wrong” in comparison to the original version. The whole process is a cautious balancing act that requires time, manpower, and money, and can be catastrophic if done poorly. As the great rapper Big Daddy Kane once said, “Remasterin’ ain’t easy” (it’s a direct quote, I promise). No matter what you call them, these attempts to bring old games to new audiences have grown over time to become some of the most polarizing projects in the gaming industry.
