Yakuza Kiwami: PS4 vs. PS2 Graphics Comparison

Combat

Combat has seen a huge overhaul in Yakuza Kiwami, matching the system used in Yakuza 0. This allows Kiryu to swap between four different combat styles on the fly, and gives him a host of deadly heat actions, Yakuza’s versions of special attacks, to unleash on his enemies. This means combat is that much more visceral than it was back in the original PS2 games.

You can see there are a lot more visual effects thrown into the mix, like the heat coming off of Kiryu and the flash that his blows leave on enemies. The picture on the bottom shows the effect put on each blow even in the original game to make it look like a hard hitting impact, but those effects have been dialed up even more in Kiwami.