I first heard of the Yakuza games through the GC community, downloading the demo for Yakuza 3 back in the PlayStation 3 days and have been an avid fan since. This is coming off the back of Yakuza 6, arguably the best built Yakuza so far but maybe the least interesting in terms of story. I enjoy the smaller yet detailed places as they help it all seem so much more manageable. The only thing I’d disagree with regarding the feature is the idea of one big open world, for me it would be too overwhelming. If anyone has a Switch at home I urge you to try it out. Although the hubs seem small at first, they are so packed with secrets and moons to find and collect I was almost hesitant to leave each zone for fear of missing something (until I was told not everything can be done on your first visit). What a great title it is so far, and definitely deserving of the praise. Regarding the Mario Reader’s Feature this weekend, which was a great read, I finally got around to starting Mario Odyssey last week. Lizards run free and baubles shine away, I hate that tree! I did manage to get all the treasures in PlayStation 3 Great Hollow, including the lizard drops (infinite monkey theorem springs to mind), but with the Black Hydra below just dispatched I don’t plan on visiting the Great Hollow ever again. Branches two feet above my head block passage and for me it’s the most player-hostile part of the whole game, the camera doesn’t help either. I can’t walk up some horizontal branches that only reach my shins, so rolling forward with inches to spare is the way forward. No, the worst thing about the Great Hollow, and for me the whole game, is wood. The Great Hollow though… the basilisks should be the worst things there bearing in mind what they can do but with the right kit on they’re all bluster, like the Wizard of Oz. Blighttown was virtually Powerpoint on PlayStation 3 but taken very slowly it wasn’t that bad and the PlayStation 4 remaster is a comparative breeze with the frame rate increase (and the toxic-dart blowers dispatched, I hate those guys). The Great Hollow was much more infuriating trying to get all the treasures and the PlayStation 4 remaster, I’m disappointed to say, isn’t much different. Maybe Red Dead Redemption II will be less prudish and that will show other companies they don’t have to be as well.īlighttown wasn’t as difficult as reported in PlayStation 3 Dark Souls for me. They’re not a wholly American company and GTA has been pretty forward in that area in the past. It’s also sad to realise that it’s not up to games to change but attitudes in America. I’m not some perv saying I want more nudity in games or something but it’s pretty sad that games can’t be treated on par with movies and TV. I’m not saying I have any interest in Agony itself, but it is weird how the ‘land of the free’ has must tougher self-imposed censorship than any other country when it comes to sex and seems to be completely unconcerned when it comes to violence. Apparently even the cuts to the game were to suit American age ratings, not ours. I was not in the slightest bit surprised to find the developer was European, in fact I would’ve bet on it the second you said the game was full of sex too. Even if that meant that all they cared about was grossing you out. That Agony game sounds pretty horrendous, but like your review you’ve got to admire the fact that someone actually went through with it all.
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