Yakuza 3 Reviewed by Actual Yakuza
by Peter Eykemans, posted on 10 August 2010 / 1,766 Views
BoingBoing has just posted an intriguing article in which Jake Adelstein, a former crime reporter in Japan, takes a copy of Yakuza 3 and presents it to three yakuza bosses.
Each boss gets a swing at the game and they comment on its realism and what works and what doesn't.
It's an original and fascinating look into the game from the actual crime lords its based on. They all remain anonymous and have some intriguing things to say about this interactive take on the world they actually live in.
Their comments are quite interesting on all aspects of the game. Here are some snippets:
"What's the deal with Kiryu's scarlet red shirt? He's supposed to be a former boss of the Inagawakai--and he dresses like a chinpira (low level yakuza punk). He's a yakuza, not a host."
"Kiryu is fighting all the time. He's gotta be a fucking idiot. 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 whole plot about resort expansion in Okinawa and the CIA and the politicians involved and all that? Wow. That game came out last year, right. That's totally happening in Okinawa right now."
Give the full interview a read over at BoingBoing, it's seriously interesting.
