1/2 of kiwami is the solid action-adventure game from years back, the other half is a grind heavy mess a terrible pace, repetitive combat encounters, "you will spend more time refighting Majiama than all the other bosses combined" and balance issues all over the place, Kiwami is what happens when you carelessly try and shove as much fan service into a game as possible while also trying to triple the playtime, could probably cut this thing down and have a pretty decent remake of the first but it's hard to recommend it over original when enjoyable gameplay requires an insane amount of grind which ruins the pace of the story, Ultimately Kiwami feels like it would have been better off had it been split into chunks, one a faithful remake of the first game and another, a fan service heavy expansion pack that could be unlocked at the end.