This is a remake of the second Yakuza game, but it is the third game chronologically. I completed Yakuza 0 about the same time last year and very much enjoyed it, I also played the original Kiwami game years ago as well. I think this series has absolutely clicked with me now, I very much enjoyed this one.
This time the Tojo Clan are in a very poor state after the events of the original game, and the new chairman is trying to create a pact with the rival Omi Alliance based in Osaka. Everything goes wrong, and the adopted son of the chairman of the Omi Alliance kidnaps his father and stages a coup. He plans to destroy the Tojo clan, and run a group that covers the whole of Japan. He uses Korean mafia group that are out for revenge for a vicious attack carried out by the Dojima family twenty-six years ago.
Kazama is taken into police custody by a female police officer in Osaka, who is investigating the events taking place and also has a personal reason to look into what happened with the Korean mafia. She and Kiryu develop a relationship through the game, and have fallen in love by the end.
The ending of the game was crazy with its sheer amounts of double crossing and surprises. It was very much like a Metal Gear Solid plot. I’m definitely not going to leave it as long to play Yakuza 3.