Japan Review Check: Yakuza 4, Bad Company 2
A recap of the best games due to hit Japanese shelves next week, courtesy of Famitsu magazine's review pages:
- Yakuza 4 (9/10/10/9, 38 points): We haven't gotten Yakuza 3 quite yet, but the sequel's already out in Japan, and it's apparently a scorcher.
Everybody loved the new game's multi-viewpoint storyline to bits. "The heroes are packed with personality," one wrote. "Each one has different moves, and it's fun to try exercising all of them during the fights. The story has tons of exciting developments for all four characters, and the way they all tie in together in the final chapter is incredibly hot." Another reviewer called it a shame that series hero Kazuma Kiryu "doesn't get much face time," but "getting the story from four perspectives is fresh and lets you experience the town of Kamurocho in a whole new way."
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Blaze Union Scorches Japanese PSPs
If The Lord of Elemental wasn't enough "strategy RPG prequel coming out May 27 in Japan" excitement for you, your prayers have been answered -- also hitting PSP shelves that day is Blaze Union, a brand new Sting-developed tactical RPG that, story-wise, is a prequel to GBA and PSP hit Yggdra Union.
Set in the Bronquian Empire before Yggdra came along and unified it for herself, Blaze Union's story is centered around the Blaze Knight Corps, a rogue army fighting against the land's corrupt emperor. You control Garlot, leader of the corps, on a series of campaigns against the evil empire, the story branching this way or that depending on your decisions.
Like with Yggdra, Blaze's battles are a mix of strategy-RPG and card action. Before a battle scene begins, you're tasked with selecting which units and "tactical cards" to send out to the field.
