Travis Bruno of Capsule Computers writes:
"When it comes to remaking a classic game from the PlayStation 2 era few publishers can say that they do a better job than Sega. After releasing Yakuza Kiwami worldwide last year to show off just how great these original games can be when brought to the modern day we now have Yakuza Kiwami 2 to continue to bring the story to new and old fans alike. Taking advantage of the Dragon Engine used in this year’s Yakuza 6: The Song of Life is this second remake just as impressive as the first?"
Get an early preview of the games included in the sale running January 18 to February 1.
From PS Blog: "Today we’re happy to reveal August’s Game Catalog lineup for PlayStation Plus, which will be available to play for Extra and Premium members on August 16. It’s headlined by three Yakuza games (which will soon be followed by other entries in the series later this year). But rubbing shoulders with the crime series will be multiplayer horror Dead by Daylight, open world shooter Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Wildlands and whimsical adventure Bugsnax. "
Yakuza 0, 1 and 2 alone make this a fucking amazing month. Those three are easily over 20 or 30 hours of gameplay each.
Trials of Mana is a nice addition
They should also start adding the Kingdom Hearts and Dragon Quest series to the service at some point
As someone that has been playing the Yakuza series since PS2 and has played and beat every game except Like a dragon (working on that now) and the one in feudal Japan, this is an amazing month. I won’t benefit from it personally as I own all of them, but man I hope people give these awesome games a try. Yakuza zero alone is amazing. Running the cabaret is more fun than anyone would have guessed. Racing the cars had me glued. I’ve played DBD for a few years now and it’s a great game full of toxic try hard survivors. Feels amazing to get those clutch killer wins on them. Both sides are super fun though. Already have Bugsnax. Ghost recon should be fun. I’ll be giving that a try.
I personally won’t benefit much from this month, but mannnn is it a hell of a month from those that will.
Includes Yakuza: Like A Dragon and the entire Kazuma Kiryu saga.
I already own all these digital+physical.So good to see more people will get to enjoy them.
Wonder why Fist of North Star isnt being added
It's early days but this new service is looking better and better. The full Yakuza series! And with the monthly games this month too. Fantastic month
That was the only Yakuza game I was missing. Might be the best month of all time for me.
Very happy this game gets 9 everywhere. The best and the manliest Yakuza.
Every yakuza game is great, just buy them all.
I don't know, but kiwami didn't look at all as good as yakuza 6. After trying the demo of kiwami 2, I still think 6 is the best looking yakuza. Graphics wise on the ps4 pro.
Also one thing I couldnt stand that really put me off about all the other yakuza games, was all that dang unnecessary text all the time! It wasn't even important, just chit chat with sub stories and people on the street you had to go thru endless amounts of text.
This was a major gripe I had and was pretty much tapered down tremendously in yakuza 6. It was so bad that I got rid of kiwami 1. These games are really cool with an intense great story and fun amounts of gameplay. Ruined by an over abundance of unnecessary text. Even if there was no text and it was in English, it still would be just as bad. I would keep all that for the main story and reduce the rest of the game to a minimum. Yakuza 6 did it perfect! Maybe because these are older games or something, but shenmue didnt do all this and that was a big story driven game. Too much conversation!