Yakuza series now on GOG

[Radegast74]

Hey, I haven't played this game yet, but it was highly recommended to me...so if anybody needs a break from SC (who doesn't now & again?) and you like open world games that have a Japanese mix of seriousness & wacky, this might be something to check out:

Yakuza Complete Series

Yakuza Complete Series includes: Yakuza 0 The glitz, glamour, and unbridled decadence of

www.gog.com

 

[NaffNaffBobFace]

Is that the one where you could beat kids at a slot car raceing mini-game?

 

[Radegast74]

Is that the one where you could beat kids at a slot car raceing mini-game?

Not sure about that....it does feature the ability to play old Sega Arcade games, and .... KAREOKE!

 

[Radegast74]

Is that the one where you could beat kids at a slot car raceing mini-game?

I haven't found the slot car racing yet, but yes, it is in the game:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B072DWYBL7?linkCode=sl1&tag=arstech20-20&linkId=28f6dc5295fb8f3f22821cbe277b38b7&language=en_US&ref_=as_li_ss_tl&th=1

To see Kiryu lose:

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvQq_V7gQqQ


Here as a video of *most* of the mini-games. Some are, uh, very Japanese (if you get what I mean). For my part, right now, I like the batting practice...

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k71rZSh0ipM

 

[NaffNaffBobFace]

I haven't found the slot car racing yet, but yes, it is in the game:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B072DWYBL7?linkCode=sl1&tag=arstech20-20&linkId=28f6dc5295fb8f3f22821cbe277b38b7&language=en_US&ref_=as_li_ss_tl&th=1

To see Kiryu lose:

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvQq_V7gQqQ


Here as a video of *most* of the mini-games. Some are, uh, very Japanese (if you get what I mean). For my part, right now, I like the batting practice...

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k71rZSh0ipM

Lol that's massive fun.

 

[Radegast74]

Here's the other wacky thing about the game...a while back, a reporter got a few genuine yakuza to review the video game (Yakuza 3 at the time)...they seemed to think it was a pretty good representation overall, with some noted discrepancies...the article is funny on several levels:

Yakuza 3 reviewed by Yakuza

Jake Adelstein, a fearless Jewish-American reporter who spent 12 years as a crime reporter in Japan, was joined by high-ranking gangster bosses to conduct an experiment for Boing Boing: evaluate the credibility of Sega's Yakuza 3 video game. — Lisa Katayama

boingboing.net