LogFAQs > #968260807

One of my biggest complaints about Kiwami is that they wanted to do two things: update the game with current modernity in design, but also keep the main story exactly the same as the original. They tried to have their cake and eat it too and it ends up suffering a bit for it.

The trademark tonal juxtaposition of melodramatic yakuza grit and wacky yakuzie fun times comes off far more forced in this game.

Majima is a prime example, because the scenes in which he appeared in the original story carry menace and tension, but all of that evaporates once you engage in Majima Everywhere stuff, where he's a complete goofball.

But there's other stuff, too. You can tell pretty easily, for example, which substories were from the original Y1, and which are new to Kiwami. The Kiwami ones tend to be more fleshed out in their story, and better written in general.