My adventure with this game is being a total enjoyment. I'm currently at a point where a large part of the map was opened up to me and, as I always do, I've left the main story completely out of the way while I wander around the city completing side quests.
So, we are in Hawaii, more specifically in the city of Honolulu. Moving around here is a joy, the game despite not being a graphical wonder has its moments that make you stop for a few seconds to appreciate how beautiful everything is.
Moving around the city, it didn't take me long to come across the first high school. A boy had a stand selling lemonade. When I bought some and tasted it, it was so tasty that Ichiban got into conversation with him and asked him what motivated him to work this way, being so young. The boy told him that he was trying to save up to buy a very expensive tiara to give as a gift to his nanny, who is moving to another country. He wants to give her this gift as a souvenir.
Knowing the situation, we decided to help the boy and try to attract more customers, for this we must walk around the area handing out free samples and thus encourage people to buy in the store. But it will not be so easy, we will have a time limit and we can not run much, because if we stumble, we may spill a sample. When we finish handing out the samples we see that the boy has won a few customers, so we have done a good job.
Then I met a chef who was desperate because his only waiter stood him up. Apparently his restaurant is very crowded and he can't handle it all by himself. He asked me to help him out by working as a waiter.
As a waiter, whenever a customer arrived on the premises, he had to be greeted. Depending on how the customer was, we had to choose whether to give him a sophisticated or friendly welcome. Then we had to take their order and remember exactly what they asked for, as the chef would ask us what to cook. Basically, a memory game. In my case, and thanks to a bit of luck, I was able to get all the orders right, but I am intrigued to know what would happen if we failed.
I also came across a mission that, although the game places it as secondary, I would categorize it as mandatory, as the advantage it gives you is quite useful. There was a man promoting his new product, called Street Surfer. He tells us that during development he has had some problems, such as the product exploding in public. All this has caused him to have a hard time getting new customers and people make fun of him.
The man tells us that now there is a promotion in which, if we become customers, the vehicle is free and we only have to pay to recharge the battery whenever it runs out. Obviously, we say yes, but just then a couple of thugs show up to mock the man and kick the vehicle. We can't allow that, so we decide to finish them off.
When we defeat them, the vendor thanks us for trusting him and the vehicle becomes ours. Now we can use the Street Surfer almost anywhere and move faster all over Honolulu.
On the other hand, while walking along the beach area, I saw a person who was drowning. While trying to help her, we see that a lifeguard arrives and asks us for help to take her to the shore. Luckily, the person is saved, but the lifeguard tells us that the job is hard due to the amount of people on the beach, so we decide to give him a hand.
The lifeguard asks us to walk along the beach handing out water bottles to those who need them, as there are many people who, being on the beach, forget about dehydration. Here we have 3 minutes to comb the beach looking for those people who may be suffering from heat stroke. We must be attentive to their comments and know if it is worth approaching them or not.
Something that is very present in this game is that the secondary missions, in general, will have several parts. For example, this mission of the lifeguard will end when we distribute all the bottles of water, but later we will meet him again to continue his story and we will help him in another way. It is the same with the lemonade boy's mission, they are mini stories with several parts that we will complete.
And little else, it was a day dedicated entirely to the secondary missions haha. Although many of these missions are the typical ones that we could expect and as you may have seen they are not a big deal, they are entertaining. In my case I like to do them when I want to disconnect from the main story, plus many times the rewards can be interesting items or equipment.
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Mi aventura con este juego está siendo un disfrute total. Actualmente estoy en un punto donde se me abrió gran parte del mapa y, como suelo hacer siempre, he dejado la historia principal totalmente apartada mientras paseo por la ciudad completando misiones secundarias.
Entonces, estamos en Hawái, más específicamente en la ciudad de Honolulu. El moverse por aquí es una gozada, el juego a pesar de no ser un portento gráfico tiene sus momentos que te hacen detenerte unos segundos para apreciar lo bonito que es todo.
Moviéndome por la ciudad, no tardé en encontrarme con la primera secundaria. Un niño tenía un puesto donde vendía limonada. Al comprarle una y probarla, estaba tan sabrosa que Ichiban se quedó conversando con él y le preguntó qué le motivaba a trabajar de esta forma, siendo tan pequeño. El niño contó que estaba intentando ahorrar para comprar una tiara muy cara y dársela de regalo a su niñera, que se muda a otro país. Quiere darle este obsequio de recuerdo.
Conociendo la situación, decidimos ayudar al niño e intentar atraer más clientes, para esto debemos caminar por la zona repartiendo muestras gratis y así incentivar a las personas a comprar en la tienda. Pero no será tan fácil, tendremos un tiempo límite y no podremos correr mucho, ya que, si nos tropezamos, puede que derramemos alguna muestra. Al terminar de repartir las muestras vemos que el niño ha ganado unos cuantos clientes, por lo que hemos hecho un buen trabajo.
Luego me encontré con un chef que estaba desesperado debido a que su único camarero lo dejó plantado. Al parecer a su restaurante suele asistir mucha gente y no puede encargarse de todo él solo. Me pidió echarle una mano trabajando como camarero.
Como camarero, siempre que llegaba un cliente al local había que saludarlo. Dependiendo de cómo fuera el cliente, debíamos elegir si darle una bienvenida sofisticada o amistosa. Luego, había que tomar su orden y recordar exactamente lo que nos pedía, ya que el chef nos preguntaría qué debía cocinar. Básicamente, un juego de memoria. En mi caso, y gracias a que tuve un poco de suerte, pude acertar bien todas las órdenes, pero me intriga saber qué pasaría si fallamos.
También me encontré con una misión que, aunque el juego la coloque como secundaria, yo la catalogaría como obligatoria, ya que la ventaja que te da es bastante útil. Había un hombre haciendo promoción de su nuevo producto, llamado Street Surfer. Nos cuenta que durante el desarrollo ha tenido algunos problemas, como por ejemplo, que el producto explote en público. Todo esto ha causado que le cueste conseguir nuevos clientes y que la gente se burle de él.
El hombre nos dice que ahora hay una promoción en la que, si nos hacemos clientes, el vehículo sale gratis y solo debemos costear el recargar la batería siempre que se nos agote. Obviamente, decimos que sí, pero justo en ese momento aparecen un par de maleantes a burlarse del hombre y a patear el vehículo. No podemos permitir eso, por lo que decidimos acabar con ellos.
Al derrotarlos, el vendedor nos agradece por confiar en él y el vehículo pasa a ser nuestro. Ahora podemos utilizar el Street Surfer en casi cualquier lugar y movernos de forma más rápida por todo Honolulu.
Por otro lado, mientras paseaba por la zona de la playa, vi a una persona que estaba ahogándose. Al intentar ayudarla, vemos que llega un socorrista y nos pide ayuda para llevarla a la orilla. Por suerte, la persona se salva, pero el socorrista nos cuenta que el trabajo es duro debido a la cantidad de gente que hay en la playa, por lo que decidimos echarle una mano.
El socorrista nos pide que vayamos caminando por la playa repartiendo botellas de agua a quien las necesite, ya que hay mucha gente que, por estar en la playa, se olvida de la deshidratación. Aquí tenemos 3 minutos para peinar la playa buscando a esas personas que puedan estar sufriendo un golpe de calor. Debemos estar atentos a sus comentarios y saber si vale la pena acercarnos a ellos o no.
Algo que está muy presente en este juego es que las misiones secundarias, por lo general, tendrán varias partes. Por ejemplo, esta misión del socorrista acabará cuando repartamos todas las botellas de agua, pero más adelante nos lo volveremos a encontrar para continuar con su historia y lo ayudaremos de otra forma. Ocurre lo mismo con la misión del niño de la limonada, son mini historias con varias partes que iremos completando.
Y poco más, fue un día dedicado íntegramente a las secundarias jaja. A pesar de que muchas de estas misiones son las típicas que podríamos esperar y como habrán podido ver, tampoco son la gran cosa, resultan entretenidas. En mi caso me gusta hacerlas cuando quiero desconectar de la historia principal, además de que muchas veces las recompensas pueden ser objetos o equipamiento interesante.
Hahaha I guess the game has to have a lot of action, but it makes me laugh when I see the title and the first thing you think of is something very Yakuza style! and I find that the guy delivers lemonades, is a waiter and helps a chef xD among other things, which in turn is very interesting as you say, far from the main story, the secondary life, the moments like the boy and his motivation, Details of the stories generate a much more empathetic and deeper immersion in the lives of the inhabitants, thank you for sharing.
Haha totally. The same thing happened to me a long time ago when I played a Yakuza for the first time, but the reality is that the Yakuza saga is full of funny and super absurd moments, like facing a bunch of mature people wearing nappies because they like to feel like babies. It's part of its essence haha.
I see man! really nice in deep in the life of the game hahaha!
It does sound like a fever dream pitch of a game for any studio, but it does looks like silly fun to play :)
Wao se ve genial este juego, una paleta de colores muy linda, pide mucho de requerimiento?
No es especialmente exigente en comparación a otros juegos, pero si puede necesitar un poco de potencia según en que calidad juegues.
Can't wait to play this game. :D Looks awesome!
It is amazing. If you've enjoyed any of the games in the series, this one takes things to the next level with several new and very fun elements.
I still haven't tried the new turn based combat system of Like a Dragon but I hear it's really good. Excited to try it out soon. Have fun man!