The official Japanese box art has been revealed for the upcoming Playstation 3 exclusive title, Yakuza of the End.
NoSleepGamer writes: Shuffling up to the zombie party the day after the night before can hardly be called fashionably late, but here we finally are. The Yakuza series is renowned for its unique blend of beat em’ up RPG, so it was surprising and (whisper it), slightly disappointing to see them announce a gun-packed zombie game when all I really wanted was a new city to play in with Kiryu and the rest of the face-stomping gang.
Heath of PSLS has praise for the story and boss battles of Yakuza: Of the End, to be called Yakuza: Dead Souls in Europe and NA, concluding, "As a huge Yakuza fan myself, I somewhat enjoyed the game, but wish there would have been a little better pacing and more chances to explore. Dead Souls ends up being OK for what it is."
Judging by this and Eurogamer's import review, Dead Souls isn't up to the usual standard of the Yakuza games, but I'll probably still get it anyway. I'm a sucker for Kazuma and his ragtag crew of shady characters.
I still want to give it a try since I have loved the Yakuza games, but this score does hurt a bit :(
You should check it out. It's decent for Yakuza fans. Wait for a price drop or pick it up used or possibly make it a rental. It's worth the satisfaction of your curiosity, at the very least.
PlayStation LifeStyle's Heath Hindman has been playing the latest PS3 Yakuza and says, "Unlike previous Yakuza games which focused 90 per cent of their combat on the hand-to-hand aspect of things, fighting in this one is all about firearms. The cover has each character holding what will probably turn out to be a favorite gun of his. So far, Akiyama’s primary tool of death (“undeath?”) has been a 9mm handgun. Holding R2 brings up crosshairs, helping the player pull off head shots, which are one-hit kills despite the aforementioned inconsistency. When Akiyama’s heat gauge fills up, he can try 'Heat Sniping,' which will trigger a Quick-Time Event zooming in on an item that, if shot, can cause some beautiful destruction. An early example of this is shooting the gas tank of a car, causing it to explode and take out the crew of zombies huddling around it probably talking about how they wish it had brains so that they could eat them and then listen to The Cure."
Heh, inconsistent indeed. Sort of like how Nathan Drake can take a couple bullets and in a mere 30 seconds be fully healed, but in a cutscene he takes a bullet to the gut and suddenly it really effects him! Oh well, as long as it's fun, that's all that really matters.
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i love Yakuza....but why the hell do they have to ruin it with zombies....the whole point is to walk in the shoes of the yakuza and im sure japan dosnt have zombie...maybe giant lizards but not zombies
Nice. The boxart looks ace.
@ femshep They're just being silly. Go with it, the game will be a blast.
like yakuza 3 came out in 2010
yakuza 4 is due out soon
and this should be 2012
i bought yakuza 3 day one and the other 2 will get the same treatment
anyone knows if we are getting voice overs for yakuza 4 or subs?
i am ok with subs because bad voice acting is bad while playing games
yakuza 3 brought tears to my eyes in one of the scenes towards the end and kazuma lost his friend during a firfight or his friend jumped infront of bullets and saved kazuma
i am a huge yakuza series fan its surprising how good the games are even with only short time of development period
@ femshep It's not a sequel to 3 or 4, it's a stand-alone spin off like Kenzan and Shinshou.
@ showtimefolks Yakuza 4 will have subs, no English voice overs. It's much better with the Japanese VAs anyway.
Zombies? In Japan? Sweet