Lost Judgment, the follow-up to 2019's Judgment, received a good response from fans and critics alike. While the main Yakuza series has moved on to an RPG format, Lost Judgment sticks with developer Ryu Ga Gotoku's traditional beat-'em'-up style of gameplay.
Lost Judgment's playable character, Yagami, has his own style of fighting mechanics, expanding from the prior game's two playable styles to four. However, RGG isn't stopping there, as the upcoming Lost Judgment Kaito Files DLC will make Yagami's partner playable, and introduce his own fighting styles in the process.
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Lost Judgment has now released a teaser showing off some of Kaito's fighting style under the Bruiser tree. Long-term fans of the series will likely see some similarities between the style and Kiryu's Beast and Brawler modes of Yakuza 0 and Yakuza Kiwami. Kaito can be seen deflecting an attack, delivering a few blows, and landing a suplex on the street of Kamurocho. Elsewhere, it becomes clear that while this fighting style works well against one or two enemies, it really shines in taking down a group. After activating EX Boost, Kaito performs a series of circular winding attacks that decimate the enemies he's up against.
Kaito will have two fighting styles in all, with Tank mode being the other fighting style. While Yagami's fighting styles tend to focus on finesse, style, and a fair amount of martial arts movie-style gravity defying moves, Kaito seems a bit more down to earth, focusing more on delivering a serious blow than using complex techniques. Of course, nearly every playable character over the course of the Yakuza and Judgment series have seen their moveset expand over the
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