Yakuza Kiwama review scores. (83 Metacritic, 84 Opencritic)

[Mr Puggsly]

ThisGuyFooks said:

Mr Puggsly said:
I'm buying it, but I feel like these games are reviewed by Yakuza fans.

I'm playing my 6th Yakuza game and this series doesn't do much to keep it fresh. I keep playing them because it scratches an itch I don't get in other games.

                               

Will every person reviewing the Seventh iteration of Forza (for example) will be a fan?

These games are reviewing great because they are really good games bro.

Well if you're gonna play Forza, you gotta play the first. Otherwise many of the tracks won't make sense.

Seriously though, Forza is a straight forward racing sim experience while Yakuza is a story driven games with lots of random battles. When I boot up Yakuza I'm not sure if I'm gonna play or watch long cutscenes.

Jokes aside, I wouldn't recomend Yakuza to anybody really. The series is hundreds of hours of repetitive gameplay, Yakuza 5 being the biggest offender. But I'm too far in to stop playing now.

For those considering dipping their toe in though, Kiwami seems like a good place to start.

On a side note, I find it funny people tend to be more critical of western series being milked but Japanese series don't seem to get the same criticism.