Game Review] A reclusive creator offers pointers for those who still can't nest in their own home! Three recommended games to play during GW!

Hello, this is Hiseki GFX.
First of all, to those who have been infected with the new coronavirus. I would also like to express my heartfelt sympathy to those who are suffering from its effects.

It has been almost two weeks since the state of emergency was declared for all of Japan last April 16, 2020, and people were asked to refrain from going out of their homes unnecessarily. It seems that the life of a shut-in, which I managed to manage at first, is about to become tiring.

It seems that those who own a Nintendo Switch and "Atsumare Animal Crossing" (Atsumori) are on the winning side. I wonder if the old men who have been enjoying "Atsumori" at night can really enjoy such a fancy game? I have my doubts.

I am a freelance creator who mainly teleworks from time to time, and I am a kind of a professional shut-in. Therefore, as a professional shut-in, I would like to recommend a game that even an uncle who usually plays downtown at night can enjoy (or at least think he can)!

If you are tired of online drinking parties, the next step is a game drinking party! Dream Club GOgo." (PlayStation 3/D3 Publisher)

For those who don't usually play games, the most comfortable thing is a fun game that is readily available and easy to play. First of all, we would like to introduce you to a game that answers such a need.

The title is "Dream Club GOgo.

Although it is a PlayStation 3 title from a previous generation, it is available for download from the PlayStation Store (PS Store), so the hurdle to playing it is rather low.

Now, to give you a quick idea of what this game is about, it is a love simulation game.

If you see the word "? If you've ever seen the word "love simulation game," you're probably one of the guys who usually go out drinking in Kabukicho and haven't touched a game controller since elementary school (I'm extremely prejudiced).

Perhaps some of them may reject the "love simulation game" genre. However, this game is set in a social gathering place for ladies and gentlemen, where you drink at a restaurant where host girls are waiting for you, and when you find a girl you like, you go there several times to become a regular customer and get to know her well.

You can enjoy what you normally do in the game world!

The host girls that appear in the game are of various types, so you may spend a lot of time getting lost in the nomination process.

The game system of this game is a standard one where you select commands and decide what to do. You treat the girl you like to drinks, enjoy conversation, and increase your likability.

As you get to know the girl better, you can ask for her private information such as her real name, age, and three sizes, or you can go on an out-of-store date with her! However, if you don't lead the conversation well, you will lose the likability of the girl you nominated. This is the only way to utilize the skills you have developed in the nightlife!

Why don't you all prepare not only alcohol but also fruits and enjoy a game drinking session instead of an online drinking session?

DEATH STRANDING" (PlayStation 4/SIE): Thanks to the delivery companies that work hard day and night

A great game released at the end of last year. DEATH STRANDING".

The story takes place in the United States, in a world after civilization has collapsed due to a mysterious phenomenon called Death Stranding. The surviving humans are living in sheltered cities deep underground or in private shelters, divided amongst themselves.

Against this backdrop, the protagonist, Sam Bridges, works alone delivering supplies to the isolated people.

One day, he receives a request from Bridget, Sam's foster mother and the last president of the United States. She asked Sam to help rebuild the United States of America by connecting the isolated people of the continent through a high-capacity network of communications called Chiral Communications.

Sam will travel across the vast American continent, carrying supplies to reconnect the isolated people.

To put it simply, this game is a delivery game. Don't be fooled into thinking that all you have to do is deliver goods. It's much deeper than that!

The vast field has little hollows where your feet tend to get caught, raging rivers where you have to build bridges to advance, and sheer cliffs that tower over you. The vast field is a rugged wilderness, with little potholes where it is easy to get caught, raging rivers where you have to build bridges to get through, and changing weather conditions.

In addition, equipment breaks down and the main character becomes too tired to move if he does not rest, so the game requires both a planned movement to the destination and an action element.

There is also an outdoor element to enjoy the scenery of the great outdoors, and the sound effects that play in the background are also very good! You may have thought you were just carrying supplies...of course you are wrong!　You are just carrying supplies... but of course! will also appear in the film!

The main character Sam is played by Norman Reedus. You may recognize him as Daryl from the TV drama "The Walking Dead. This game is as enjoyable as a big budget movie!

Any pent up frustration will be relieved with this one! Yakuza7: Where the Light and Darkness Go (PlayStation 4/Sega)

This is the latest installment of the well-known national game "Yakuza.

In the "Yakuza" series from "1" to "6" (hereafter referred to as the "old series"), the main character was a legendary mobster named Kazuma Kiryu, but in "7," the baton has been passed to a new main character, Ichiban Kasuga.

The story begins on the last New Year's Eve of the 20th century. The protagonist "Kasuga Ichiban," born and raised in Kamurocho, Shinjuku (modeled after Kabukicho), was born in the entertainment district and is a loner. He looks up to Masumi Arakawa (played by Kiichi Nakai), the head of the Arakawa clan, which has an office in Kamurocho, as if he were his father. Although the Arakawa clan is a branch of the Tojo-kai, the Kanto region's largest organized crime syndicate, it is well known for its martial arts activities.

Ichiban, who performs his daily duties as a member of the gang, is summoned by Arakawa to his office on New Year's Day 2001, the year the 21st century has arrived. He is told that a young leader of the Arakawa clan, played by Shinichi Tsutsumi, has shot and killed a member of the Sakaki clan, a direct affiliate of the Tojokai, the upper organization of the Tokyokai. Arakawa asks Ichiban to take the blame for the crime, and Ichiban, for the sake of his respected boss, leaves the gang and turns himself in as a civilian. He is sentenced to prison.

The years pass by and it is 2019.

When Ichiban returns to his old neighborhood of Kamurocho, Shinjuku, he finds that the Tojokai has been crushed by the police, and a rival organization, the Kansai Kyokudo, has taken control of the town.

Hearing that Arakawa was the one who led them to this, Ichiban went to Arakawa to find out his true intentions. However, what awaited Ichiban was not Arakawa's smile of joy at seeing him again, but the muzzle of a gun.　Ichiban was hit by a gunshot and wondered whether he was alive or dead. The next time he woke up, he was in a homeless area in Isesagicho, Yokohama..!　Why was the gang leader trying to kill him?　It makes you wonder, doesn't it?

What kind of game is this? It is a "movie + RPG.

Basically, it is a game like "Dracula" or "Final Fantasy" where you form a party with your friends and defeat enemies in command battles. Enemies include hoodlums and thugs.

The story takes place in the fictional town of Isezaki Ijinmachi, modeled after Isezaki-cho in Yokohama. The town is about three times the size of the former series' setting, Kamurocho in Shinjuku, which was 400 meters square. The vast field of the entertainment district is also packed with nighttime play spots such as restaurants and entertainment districts.

The game and the story can be enjoyed like a movie, and you can even feel like you are playing in the nightlife district, so you can't go to the nightlife district! So, if you can't go to the nightlife district at night, this is a good choice for you!

What do you think? They all sound very interesting. I guess we'll just have to prepare our favorite drinks and snacks and go play!

So, everyone, have a good holiday! Have a nice holiday weekend!

(Text by Hiseki GFX)