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Do you Push Square?","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.pushsquare.com\u002F",71,{"id":187,"game_id":5,"outlet_id":188,"author":189,"original_score":196,"normalized_score":197,"review_url":198,"review_date":199,"summary":200,"created_at":201,"updated_at":201,"author_id":190,"last_edited_at":201,"outlet":202},66314,40,{"id":190,"bio":26,"name":191,"avg_score":192,"outlet_id":26,"created_at":193,"profile_id":26,"updated_at":194,"claim_token":26,"article_count":195,"claimed_by_user_id":26},5130,"Emily Byrnes",71.82926829268293,"2025-01-28T19:34:38.108685-05:00","2025-07-31T01:05:32.082848-04:00",42,"8.5",85,"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.mmorpg.com\u002Freviews\u002Fthe-rpg-files-yakuza-kiwami-2-review-2000119141","2020-08-18","Admittedly, I'm not very familiar with Yakuza Kiwami 2's predecessors, but I was extremely excited to pick up this gorgeous action-adventure to plant my feet in Kamurocho for the first time. Just how was it?","2025-01-28T19:35:55.483006-05:00",{"id":188,"logo":203,"name":204,"slug":205,"tags":206,"bluesky":207,"twitter":208,"youtube":209,"facebook":208,"mastodon":26,"muckrack":26,"claimed_at":210,"description":211,"website_url":212,"score_format":43,"average_score":108,"default_timezone":45,"last_review_date":26,"stats_updated_at":76,"headquarters_city":213,"news_editor_email":214,"platforms_covered":215,"claimed_by_user_id":217,"reviews_this_month":47,"active_authors_count":47,"headquarters_country":218,"reviews_editor_email":26,"editor_in_chief_email":26,"published_authors_count":47,"published_reviews_count":47},"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002FMMORPG%20Logo.png","MMORPG","mmorpg","[  \n  'independent',\n  'women_led',\n  'online_media'\n  ]","mmorpg.com","MMORPGcom","mmorpgcom","2025-01-14T19:44:35-05:00","MMORPG.com strives to bring you the best news, features and community in the MMORPG genre.","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.mmorpg.com\u002F","Las Vegas","editor@mmorpg.com",[216],"PC","21ac6e55-c93f-4cab-8023-d7a2fbd747b1","USA",{"id":220,"game_id":5,"outlet_id":130,"author":221,"original_score":228,"normalized_score":229,"review_url":230,"review_date":231,"summary":232,"created_at":233,"updated_at":233,"author_id":222,"last_edited_at":233,"outlet":234},36868,{"id":222,"bio":26,"name":223,"avg_score":224,"outlet_id":26,"created_at":225,"profile_id":26,"updated_at":226,"claim_token":26,"article_count":227,"claimed_by_user_id":26},3519,"Patrick Anderson",75.85416666666667,"2025-01-15T12:11:33.974253-05:00","2025-06-03T00:59:28.193729-04:00",48,"86",86,"https:\u002F\u002Fcogconnected.com\u002Freview\u002Fyakuza-kiwami-2-xbox-one-review\u002F","2020-08-08","As a gamer who has always owned both the Xbox and PlayStation consoles, I have felt bad for Xbox-only players for many years in one big respect: they couldn’t play the amazing Yakuza series of games. But now, it’s the opposite – I envy them. With Yakuza 0, Yakuza Kiwami and now Yakuza Kiwami 2 all releasing on Xbox One just in the last 6 months, they’ve now got the chance to experience this legendary series for the first time, with fresh eyes. And oh, what wonders await them.","2025-01-15T13:18:22.868322-05:00",{"id":130,"logo":235,"name":236,"slug":237,"tags":69,"bluesky":238,"twitter":239,"youtube":240,"facebook":239,"mastodon":26,"muckrack":26,"claimed_at":26,"description":241,"website_url":242,"score_format":243,"average_score":244,"default_timezone":45,"last_review_date":26,"stats_updated_at":76,"headquarters_city":26,"news_editor_email":245,"platforms_covered":26,"claimed_by_user_id":26,"reviews_this_month":47,"active_authors_count":47,"headquarters_country":246,"reviews_editor_email":245,"editor_in_chief_email":245,"published_authors_count":47,"published_reviews_count":47},"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002Fcog-connected-logo.png","COGConnected","cogconnected","","COGconnected","GameCanadian","COGconnected is your source for PS5, Xbox Series X, PC, Nintendo Switch video games with News, Reviews, Videos, Cosplays and Top Lists.","https:\u002F\u002Fcogconnected.com","100",77,"trevor@cogconnected.com","Canada",{"id":248,"game_id":5,"outlet_id":249,"author":250,"original_score":257,"normalized_score":197,"review_url":258,"review_date":259,"summary":260,"created_at":261,"updated_at":261,"author_id":251,"last_edited_at":261,"outlet":262},91188,130,{"id":251,"bio":26,"name":252,"avg_score":253,"outlet_id":26,"created_at":254,"profile_id":26,"updated_at":255,"claim_token":26,"article_count":256,"claimed_by_user_id":26},7693,"David Flynn",79.31012658227849,"2025-03-15T20:35:16.637917-04:00","2025-12-22T13:07:32.220061-05:00",321,"85","https:\u002F\u002Fgamingtrend.com\u002Freviews\u002Fa-real-man-should-be-a-little-stupid-yakuza-kiwami-2-review\u002F","2020-08-04","Yakuza Kiwami 2 is a contender for the best game in this consistently excellent series. Its crime drama story of family, love, revenge, and pride will have you hooked. Combat has never felt as smooth or involved before, outside of certain moments. This is a gorgeous, fun, heartwarming, and extreme remake of one of the franchise’s most beloved entries.","2025-03-15T21:06:48.951051-04:00",{"id":249,"logo":263,"name":264,"slug":265,"tags":26,"bluesky":266,"twitter":264,"youtube":267,"facebook":264,"mastodon":26,"muckrack":26,"claimed_at":26,"description":268,"website_url":269,"score_format":243,"average_score":270,"default_timezone":45,"last_review_date":271,"stats_updated_at":272,"headquarters_city":26,"news_editor_email":273,"platforms_covered":26,"claimed_by_user_id":26,"reviews_this_month":274,"active_authors_count":17,"headquarters_country":26,"reviews_editor_email":275,"editor_in_chief_email":276,"published_authors_count":59,"published_reviews_count":277},"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002FGamingTrend-Logo.jpg","GamingTrend","gamingtrend","gamingtrend.com","@GamingTrendVideos","From the table to the screen, and everything in between!","https:\u002F\u002Fgamingtrend.com",79,"2025-07-14","2025-07-16T19:33:01.762266","news@gamingtrend.com",5,"reviews@gamingtrend.com","rburke@gamingtrend.com",805,{"id":279,"game_id":5,"outlet_id":280,"author":281,"original_score":288,"normalized_score":144,"review_url":289,"review_date":290,"summary":291,"created_at":292,"updated_at":292,"author_id":282,"last_edited_at":293,"outlet":294},147796,152,{"id":282,"bio":26,"name":283,"avg_score":284,"outlet_id":26,"created_at":285,"profile_id":26,"updated_at":286,"claim_token":26,"article_count":287,"claimed_by_user_id":26},8054,"Richard Walker",75.47151277013752,"2025-03-17T11:09:04.392078-04:00","2025-05-27T18:47:33.738128-04:00",627,"90","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.xboxachievements.com\u002Fgame\u002Fyakuza-kiwami-2\u002Freview\u002F","2020-07-30","Yes, Yakuza Kiwami 2 is the third Yakuza game for Xbox One this year, but on the strength of this, SEGA can keep them coming as far as I'm concerned. If you've played Yakuza Kiwami and Yakuza 0 (and even if you haven't) you need Yakuza Kiwami 2 in your life. You need Kazuma Kiryu and Goro Majima in your life. 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If you’ve had your fill of fighting and walking the same city streets, and don’t really care for these tattooed agony uncles anymore, then off you go (pfft, good riddance). 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Whether it is news, reviews, features, or guides – we're your source for high quality game coverage since 2013.","https:\u002F\u002Ftechraptor.net","2026-04-16","2026-04-21T12:25:16.686278","Indianapolis","jallen@techraptor.net","8df87287-e31d-40dd-bd62-4fe839efbe0e","sam@techraptor.net","aotton@techraptor.net",144,1466,{"id":834,"game_id":5,"outlet_id":59,"author":835,"original_score":842,"normalized_score":843,"review_url":844,"review_date":681,"summary":845,"created_at":846,"updated_at":846,"author_id":836,"last_edited_at":846,"outlet":847},88182,{"id":836,"bio":26,"name":837,"avg_score":838,"outlet_id":26,"created_at":839,"profile_id":26,"updated_at":840,"claim_token":26,"article_count":841,"claimed_by_user_id":26},5821,"Kai Tatsumoto",80.31428571428572,"2025-02-08T11:21:38.932748-05:00","2026-05-13T03:38:32.511224-04:00",178,"9.1\u002F10",91,"https:\u002F\u002Fwccftech.com\u002Freview\u002Fyakuza-kiwami-2-double-dragon-hd\u002F","Kazuma Kiryu and Kamurocho continue to be two of the biggest names in Japanese RPGs that remain exclusive to the Sony PlayStation (with PC releases gradually hitting the market). 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