First Impressions of Fist of the North Star: Lost Paradise

Good morning everyone,

Every do something random and are surprised with the results? That's what happened last night!

The stream featured Fist of the North Star: Lost Paradise, and let me point out, I have some very basic knowledge about the manga and anime the game is based on. 

Thankfully this game does a very good job of introducing new people to the franchise giving backstory and motivation to Kenshiro, establish the world and introducing a lot backstory to give new comers a fine entry point. Hell the tutorials do a fair job of trying to get the player learning how to control Kenshiro exactly how he would in the anime and manga.

In terms of presentation (Graphics, Audio) it is really top notch, and apparently it uses the same game engine some of the Yakuza series (which I've never played). The voice acting for the English dub is very solid, and every sound effect sounds impactful. The musical score really helps set the tone. 

Found several mini-games as well, with an in game casino having Poker and Blackjack, but the winner is a Baseball game, where you use a steel beam to smack raiders on motorcycles. It's silly and requires good timing, but it's fun.

Oh the in game combat is also pretty fun when beating up multiple enemies, and some of the boss battles can be very direct one on one encounter... though the fight against the giant in the Gladiator chapter took some thinking on how to take that down.

Safe to say Fist of the North Star: Lost Paradise will be featured at least once a week going forward until we finish the game!

Following the stream we sent the fun over to MATURISHBAMBINO_ who was also playing Fist of the North Star: Lost Paradise over at twitch.tv/MATURISHBAMBINO_!   

Fist of the North Star: Lost Paradise Trophies

1. Achiever: Completed an achievement.
2. Revenged: Defeated Shin.
3. The Man who Wandered: Completed the Prologue.
4. The Successor Rises: Unlock 3 abilities.
5. The Man who Fought: Completed Chapter 1.
6. The Man who Won Freedom: Completed Chapter 2.
7. The Man who Defied: Completed Chapter 3.
8. The Man who was Brought Low: Completed Chapter 4.

Twitch Clip Links

• Mess him up man!
• Stone Mountain Splitting Splash 
• There he goes!
  

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So on that note we'll see you later over on twitch.tv/fredcasden!