Four Different Combat Styles
The biggest change to Yakuza comes with the new combat system, carried over from Zero for the most part. This lets Kiryu swap between four different combat styles on the fly, each of which performs incredibly different and even has their own ability tree. As a result, combat in Kiwami is certainly a bit faster, and more brutal, letting you unleash devastating ‘Heat’ attacks on enemies. If you’ve played Yakuza Zero, the combat system will be incredibly familiar to you. However, the biggest difference from that game comes in how you upgrade your abilities.
Instead of spending yen, you’re rewarded with experience for doing a variety of things in the game – beating enemies, eating, completing substories, and getting through the story. Each level of experience you gain is one point to use on upgrades of the three basic styles. The fourth and ultimate style, Dragon, can only be upgraded by taking part in the Majima Everywhere featured and repeatedly fighting him.
