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As Mr. Adelstein explained, “Two of the three are missing their pinkies — in the old days, when a yakuza or his subordinates screwed up, they chopped off pinkies as an act of atonement — and this seems to affect their gameplay.”
On the issue of violence, the reviewers were united in their opinion that the game was somewhat lacking. One of them took issue with the outcome of the fight scenes — “Nobody ever dies. It’s unrealistic.” — while another suggested they were too frequent:
No yakuza is going to run around getting into fistfights like that. Especially not an executive type. He’ll wind up in jail or in the hospital or dead, maybe even whacked by his own people for being a troublemaker. These days, he’d probably get kicked out before even going to jail. Guys like that start gang wars and nobody wants that now. When a yakuza gets into a fight, it’s serious business.
The third just said the fighting was overly elaborate:
A real fight — it’s short and it’s brutal. Over in a minute. Nobody goes around trading blows and crap like that. Usually the first guy to punch wins.
On the issue of violence, the reviewers were united in their opinion that the game was somewhat lacking. One of them took issue with the outcome of the fight scenes — “Nobody ever dies. It’s unrealistic.” — while another suggested they were too frequent:
No yakuza is going to run around getting into fistfights like that. Especially not an executive type. He’ll wind up in jail or in the hospital or dead, maybe even whacked by his own people for being a troublemaker. These days, he’d probably get kicked out before even going to jail. Guys like that start gang wars and nobody wants that now. When a yakuza gets into a fight, it’s serious business.
The third just said the fighting was overly elaborate:
A real fight — it’s short and it’s brutal. Over in a minute. Nobody goes around trading blows and crap like that. Usually the first guy to punch wins.
