YAKUZA 4 for PlayStation 3.
Welcome to Japan undertoads get ready for for lots of rain and lots of uncooked seafood and even more bullets this is Yakuza for developed and published by oh boy wait a second
srcI who did this freaking game this is this embarrassing I can't remember who did this freaking game it but you know what it's right there so if only there were some ridiculous overblown self referential reminder of who did this
freaking game somewhere within this freaking game for all the mysteries surrounding its origins things are a lot more transparent in terms of the game itself Yakuza 4 is a beat'em up with lots of RPG elements you'll mash
the buttons you'll level up and you'll kick plenty of ass you'll also smoke a lot which is i mean i don't know i mean i guess i guess Japanese people love carcinogens and that's simple game plans up serving as a foundation upon
which the game builds a story story that happens to be the most ambitious aspect of Yakuza 4 you'll play as four different characters before the credits roll learning their stories and their unique fighting maneuvers along the way
what is that of course they're only really unique in that they look different Yakuza 4 is mostly a game of punching and kicking in random combinations now sure you can grab your foes and you can even bash their brains
in with random objects but for the most part mashing the buttons is your primary means of offense unfortunately the heat meter mixes things up a bit the more damage you deal in the fight the more your heat meter fills up once
it's full you can pull off some some pretty ridiculously brutal moves that give the otherwise repetitive combat a little diversity and even some cinematic flair now that said if you've played the prior games this is probably
pretty familiar territory you've seen these moves before you've seen the mechanic and for better or worse it's back and it's very similar now whether that's a good or a bad thing depends on your expectations but just know that
the combat in Yakuza four hasn't really evolved and frankly neither has much else now if you haven't played the prior games you have Kooza four does a nice job of at least getting you up to speed the game includes a series of
cutscenes from each of the previous games which lets you educate yourself on this series or refresh your memory if you've already played them it's a really nice touch especially for a game that's so storey heavy and if nothing
else the aku's ofor is certainly story heavy listen I had to wait almost 20 minutes before the game would let me actually do anything and to be fair that had more to do with these these ridiculous ps3 installation screens
than the games emphasis on story but even after all that I was asked to do a lot more watching than playing in Yakuza 4 and you know nothing makes a $60 game purchase more worthwhile than watching cutscenes we actually get to
play it though Yakuza 4 is solid the repetition is a bit of a problem and the fact that the non interactive parts are the emphasis in what is supposedly
an interactive piece of software rubs me the wrong way but if you're looking for a decent beat'em up for the PlayStation 3 this really isn't a bad show oh oh my hamburgers I'll take one.