My favorite part of the Yakuza games is the time spent wasting time. Sure, kicking ass is fun, but wandering around town wasting time is awesome. I think I enjoy it because it’s a perfect parallel to my real life. I don’t have pachinko parlors and onsen around here, but I do end up wandering and wasting most of my days doing a whole bunch of nothing. You only have one life to live. Why waste it all doing what you’re supposed to do?
Sega went nuts with the play time elements of Yakuza 4, the still only-for-Japan PS3 gangster sandbox. You’ll see some of the minigames make a comeback, but there’s so much more to do now, and all of it looks great. I’m pretty excited. Virtua Fighter 5 pachinko? Yes please. The golf looks fun, too.
I love that you can to to an onsen (hot spring) and play ping pong with hot girls, and then get into the bath and fantasize about them, as seen above. Again, this is such an accurate parallel to my real life.
Poke through the gallery below. There’s tons of really great shots. Some pretty funny ones, too.
[via AS]
Published: Dec 16, 2009 04:20 pm