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Yakuza 4
follows four
different characters
through Japan’s red
light district in a
giant open world
game with plenty of
depth and plenty of
side missions to
play through. It’s
not very different
from the previous
installment of the
game, but if you’re
looking to punch a
lot of people in the
face it’s a safe
bet.
The game follows
four characters
through its
storyline all of
them loosely tied
together. It’s
actually a terrible
story that’s hard to
follow because there
are no English dubs,
just English
subtitles to read
through which keep
you from watching
the cut scenes the
way they’re supposed
to be. Anyway, these
four characters walk
through Japan’s red
light district
refueling on energy
drinks, visiting
massage parlors and
pole dancing clubs,
going on dates, and
getting in fights
until the game is
finished. The story
is incredibly hard
to follow due to the
lack of the English
dub and the general
story just seems to
be lost anyway. I’ll
say that the
cut-scenes look
fantastic and
they’re fun to watch
the first time
through but after
that you won’t come
back to this one.
The
strength of
Yakuza
is the fighting.
There are tons of
cool combos that you
can do and when your
heat meter fills up
you have an
incredibly cool
finishing move that
you can do with each
of the four
characters. Even
though you do a ton
of fighting in this
game, it never stops
being fun. It’s fun
to beat the living
hell out of someone
in a video game… who
knew. Also fun in
this game are all of
the side missions
and side mini-games
that you can go
through. Some of
them are solid to
play through, some
are lame, but
overall that adds a
ton of depth to this
game.
Yakuza 4
has graphics that
aren’t tremendous.
The sound is weak
with no English dub,
but the graphics are
a big let down
because it looks
exactly like the
previous version of
the game. The
cut-scenes look
great, everything
else looks fairly
plain. The lack of
an updated look, the
fact that this game
is basically the
same as the previous
version, and the
lack of a decent
narrative are all
factors that really
hurt it.
There’s not much for
longevity with
Yakuza 4.
It’s true that
there’s lots of
fighting to play
through and plenty
of missions to go
through but after
the first time
through there aren’t
a lot of reasons to
play through this
game. Still, if
you’re looking for a
casual open world
game with some fun
to it, this is a
good place to start
looking.
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