![]() ![]() You also pick up play passes occasionally from fighting thugs in Kamurocho or taking on the Keihin Gang (who picks fights with you frequently.) The Keihin gang gets annoying after a while, but the idea of getting play passes from it makes it semi worth it. Interestingly enough, I was frustrated by this, until I discovered something. Weirdly enough, Sega implemented a form of “microtransaction” in Judgment, since you can purchase play passes (required to play the Paradise VR game) in the PSN store. The Paradise VR Board game is but one of many mini-games and gives you the opportunity to get a variety of rewards depending on how successful you are. I was a tad disappointed that the Bowling mini-game didn’t make a return, but the Paradise VR board game somewhat makes up for it. There are an absolute TON of mini-games in Judgment, from Shogi and Mahjong to Pinball and the UFO Catcher. Now it wouldn’t be a game in the Yakuza franchise (or a spinoff) without mini-games. Noire, Yakuza, and Phoenix Wright all coming together to create a truly beautiful crime experience. In a way, Judgment feels like a marriage between L.A. You also get to explore crime scenes, investigate for clues, and do all sorts of other detective-related things. Sometimes, you also have to take a page out of Phoenix Wright’s book, and present evidence during a conversation to get to the truth. Yagami also does detective work by interviewing people, and knowing when to ask the right question is important. In either case, playing the part is important. ![]() Maybe you disguise yourself as a homeless guy to seem less threatening, or as a repair man to get into a secured building. Disguises are gained over the course of the game, and each one serves a different purpose. There are also parts of the game where you will need to be in disguise. Whether you are looking for evidence of bribery, infidelity, or assault, taking the perfect photo to use as evidence is important. Then there are Photo Missions, which require you to take photos “catching” someone in the act of whatever it is you’re trying to uncover. Normally, I would complain about QTE’s but Judgment does things in a really interesting way, giving you a visual timer that shows you how long you have to press the button. Secondly, there are “chase” sequences, which require you to dodge obstacles and execute Quick Time Event button presses in order to catch up to your fleeing target. If you lose sight of them, you have a limited amount of time to catch up, before you lose them completely. Essentially, you follow the person at a distance, hiding behind things to make sure they don’t realize you are following them. The first major mechanic is the “tailing” mechanic. Some friends you can only acquire by doing side-cases involving them, while others come from being a patron at restaurants or convenience stores.Ĭases tend to involve a variety of different mechanics, so strap in for this lowdown. The side cases are tied to your “City Reputation” which builds up as you make friends with various inhabitants of Kamurocho. Judgment has 12 chapters in total, but within each chapter (sometimes across multiple chapters) there are side-cases, as well as main story sections. Of course, it wouldn’t be a game set in Kamurocho if there wasn’t a little silliness, which is where the side cases come in. Surprisingly, Sega (and the Yakuza Team) knocked this out of the park, creating a multi-layered series of crimes, with a conspiracy tying them all together. I am a fan of true crime, as well as anything that lets me try my hand at being a detective. The story is where Judgment shines brightest. Interestingly enough, Yagami finds himself involved in a serial murder case that has connections not only to his past but also is connected to multiple other cases. This disgrace leads to Yagami hanging up his Lawyer badge and opening up a detective agency, working alongside his former colleagues at the Genda Law Office, to investigate cases. He managed to get the man acquitted, only for that same man to get arrested for murder again, in a presumably open-and-shut case. Three years prior to the events of the game, Yagami defended a man in court who was accused of murder. In Judgment, rather than playing a former (or current) member of the Yakuza, you play Takayuki Yagami, a former lawyer who now works as a Private Investigator in Kamurocho. ![]() In fact, this spin-off of the Yakuza series might just be the start of a beautiful new franchise. I also make it no secret that those games look way different at first glance than they actually are. I make it no secret, most of the time, that I am a huge fan of the Yakuza franchise. ![]()
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