10 years in the joint made you a fucking pu- gets blown up by the marlin cannon (https://imgur.com/a/A5sDlOx). I like to think of this game as Yakuza 0 Part 2. Quite honestly they could have squeezed this into DLC for 0 but I'm glad they decided to spend more time and make this a faithful remake of the original. Story started off with a bang with Kiryu getting expelled from the Tojo clan and then coming back after 10 years to crash the party. I will admit however that it did slow down for a good majority of the mid game and only picked up in the last 2 chapters. Really liked the ending, it was solid. Gameplay is more or less a new flavor of Kiryu's combat from 0. Dragon style is fun to relearn however and adds a new depth to the combat, especially with the new Kiwami Art Heat Actions. Seeing Kiryu turn into Kenshiro and doing the Hokuto Senjukai Ken on Majima is a sight to behold. The soundtrack is really really good, I liked all of the remixed tracks from the original. The general combat theme never got old, Majima's battle theme is great and the final boss theme adds to the atmosphere of the fight. I think I like this game just as equally as 0 and I'm looking forward to Kiwami 2 with the new Dragon Engine.