For the mini games I especially like the improved hostess maker, the excellent fighter maker and the police scanner which I must say can become annoying if I played longer. I like the side-quests and craziness involved. You can easily sink in more times in these as in the main story. Be it a battle coliseum, poker, black jack, shogi, bowling, darts majong, koi koi, cee lo, darts and more. You have tons of side quest and mini games. The strengths of the Yakuza games are the activities. A character from the last game I cant name because of spoilers surprised me and won my deepest respect. Of cause there are some new and familiar faces. On minor misstep is that you get Saejima after Akiyama which is hard to adapt in the first chapter as he is nearly the opposite and made me nearly frustrate. A true strength that made me praise the game. You can unlock a lot of abilities for each characters and the revelations return. Lastly Kiryu has the same style as before. Tanimura is a master of grapples and throws with auto finishers you can unlock. Akiyama has lightning fast kicks and moves fast, Saejima is durable and hits like a tank but is slower and you have to adapt to this. Gameplay wise I love how different the characters play. I should point out that it is a remaster not total overhaul like Yakuza 1 and 2 but aged better than the prequel. Everything makes sense at the end and the motives are believable but you are a bit puzzled until you get the connections and reveals.
While the story itself is really good the separate episodes weaken the performance a bit. Each of them has an own story line that lead to the climax as those are connected to each other. All these characters are drawn into ramifications from things that happened 25 years ago that play into the events of the current year. Lastly we have Masayoshi Tanimura a police officer, Mahjong genius and protector of Little Asia where the immigrants work together agains discrimination and prejudice by Japanese society. Then we have Taiga Saejima who is a legendary Yakuza and in prison since 25 years awaiting his excecution. He is nicknamed “The lifeline of Kamurocho” as he lends money without interest if you can pass the test he creates for you (Do not think about the Saw movies, criminal things or abuse here). In addition to Kiryu you have Shun Akiyama an entrepreneur and unorthodox money lender with his lovely secretary Hana. It has the innovation that you do not play as Kazuma Kiryu alone. Definitely an improvement over the prequel. It has the innovation that you do not play as Kazuma A good and refreshing entry in the franchise. A good and refreshing entry in the franchise.
0 kommentar(er)
