Yakuza Kiwami 2
Yakuza Kiwami 2 is a remake of Yakuza 2, and is an action-adventure game set in an open world environment and played from a third-person perspective. Combat is based on that previously seen in Yakuza 6. A new…
Yakuza Kiwami 2 is an adventure developed by Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio, released 7 December 2017 on Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and PlayStation 4. The main story takes about 38 hrs to finish.
What Yakuza Kiwami 2 is
Yakuza Kiwami 2 is an adventure game developed by Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio and released in 2017. It was published by Sega. It is available on Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Dragon Engine.
The premise, in the publisher's words
A year after leaving his former life in the Tojo Clan behind, ex-yakuza Kazuma Kiryu is called back into action when the clan's Fifth Chairman, Yukio Terada, is murdered by assassins from a rival organization, the Omi Alliance. Returning to Kamurocho, Kiryu must find a new chairman for the Tojo Clan and prevent an all-out war between the Tojo and the Omi, bringing him into conflict with Ryuji Goda, the legendary "Dragon Of Kansai" of the Omi Alliance.
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player. There are 59 achievements to unlock.
Where it sits in the Yakuza: Like a Dragon series
Yakuza Kiwami 2 is the 25th of 91 entries we hold in the Yakuza: Like a Dragon series. The next entry was Yakuza Kiwami 2: Steelbook Edition in 2017. Its critic score of 85 is 3 points above the series average of 82. The highest-rated entry is Yakuza 0: Director's Cut at 88.
How it was received
Yakuza Kiwami 2 holds a critic score of 85 out of 100. That places it above 82% of the 7,530 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2017 averaged 71, so it scored 14 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 85, across 167 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 38 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 105 hrs, roughly 2.8 times the length of the critical path.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel Core i3-8100, 3.6 GHz or AMD Ryzen 3 2300X, 3.5 GHz, 8 GB RAM and NVIDIA GeForce GTX1650, 4GB or AMD Radeon RX6400, 4GB or Intel Arc A380, 6GB. An 8GB memory requirement is modest by current standards; most machines sold in the last five years clear it. Install size is roughly 61GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it launched against
Yakuza Kiwami 2 launched on 7 December 2017, within three weeks of Star Wars Battlefront II, Hello Neighbor, Yakuza Kiwami 2 and Horizon Zero Dawn: Complete Edition. It reviewed better than 2 of the 4. It was a PlayStation 5 launch-window title.
Released around the same time: Star Wars Battlefront II, Hello Neighbor, Yakuza Kiwami 2, Horizon Zero Dawn: Complete Edition.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Yakuza Kiwami 2 yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
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