3/20/2021 0 Comments Yakuza Fury Ps2
I know what youre thinking, and for a long time, I thought the same: this game must be a mockbuster for SEGAs Yakuza series, right But, in researching for this post, I found evidence to the contrary The Japanese version of this game (Simple 2000 Series Vol.The Ninkyou) was released ten whole months before the Japanese release of the first Yakuza game.Even more surprising is that if GameFAQs is to be believed, even the European release of Yakuza Fury preceded the Japanese release of Yakuza So its just a coincidence that theres a low budget game with a similar genre and similar themes to a massively popular high budget game.Having played a lot of Simple Series games at this point, I can confidently say this one follows the formula to the letter.
Its a simple action game (in this case, a beat em up), with stuff to grind for, and long boring cutscenes that have all the voice acting removed from the European version. It even has a low poly rendition of a contemporary Japanese suburb, like so many other low budget PS2 games have Anyway, the games split into two parts, essentially: the story missions, where you go to a place, and keep beating people up until you get to the boss fight, and the free-roaming bit. The free roaming bit is actually the least interesting: you can wander around a few streets of the aforementioned suburb, where enemies will constantly run in from the sides of the screen to attack you. Theres also a few people standing around that you can talk to, though the enemies dont stop attacking you while you do. The point of fighting the endless hordes of enemies is to collect the coins they drop so you can buy items of clothing at the shop (an interesting little detail is that the girl in the shop is wearing a t-shirt featuring the main character of another Simple game, The Splatter ActionSplatter Master). They offer minor benefits, but the most important ones to buy are the hakama trousers, which give you an incredibly useful (to the point of almost breaking the game) healing ability, and the eyepatch (listed here as bandage), which looks really cool. When you get bored of this, or youve bought every item in the shop, you go and find where the next stage starts, watch a boring cutscene, then beat everyone up in the stage. Im not just saying that the cutscenes are boring because I hate cutscenes (though I do, as you know), but because they are the most lifeless, generic gangster nonsense you can imagine. ![]() Or maybe Ive just been spoiled by the incredible story and characters in the Yakuza games (I know its not fair to keep comparing them like this, but its also very hard to avoid). You get a simple punch combo, which you can end with a kick, and you also get throws, which are so short range and slow that youll probably never get one to actually connect. I hate being so negative when reviewing a game, but Yakuza Fury is just an incredibly bland nothing of a game, thats not even bad in an interesting or unique way.
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