The best things in life are free
Proof that good things do indeed come to those who wait, cult crime-em-up Yakuza 5 is finally coming to the West. Originally released in its native Japan in 2012, it's been an agonising three years for fans of the franchise in Europe and the US. To make up for the delay, Sega are sweetening the pot by giving us Westerners every scrap of the game's Japanese DLC for free.
I imagine a lot of this stuff will be cosmetic - costumes, items, mini games - but there's at least one piece of story content, dubbed Another Drama, that gives each of the game's five characters new quest lines to explore.
Keeping with the five theme, this entry in the franchise breaks with series' tradition by giving players five cities to explore, each of which includes unique activities to complete, such as bowling, karaoke, and dance battles. It's basically a virtual holiday to Japan, only with significantly more face-punching and gravelly-voiced hard men in flamboyant suits.
If you're in the US, you can order the game from PSN now and enjoy a 15% discount off the $39.99 launch price. According to the site, the game will unlock on December 31, but that date has the definite whiff of a place-holder; I expect it'll arrive within the next month or two, at the latest.
That gives anyone on the fence more than enough time to track down a copy of Yakuza 4 and acquaint themselves with one of the most criminally underrated RPGs of the PS3-era.
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