Imagine you're a middle-aged yakuza that's been released from prison recently. Do you go back to the gang and fight for honor or simply step back and enjoy an ordinary life. That's what awaits you in Fading Afternoon now available for the PC on Steam. This new title is available for $19.99 but right now being offered at a 10% discount for a limited period.
The game focuses on the middle-aged gangster named Seiji Maruyama. Before being imprisoned, he was a force to be reckoned with in the gang. Now that he's been released, he longs to return to the gang. The problem is that after a long prison life, it's clear that Maruyama is getting old. He is now at the crossroads of his life deciding where to return to the game and fight for the honor of the past or just live an ordinary life.
The game starts with a series of stories that revolves around Maruyama. He can start a war against other gangs to try and get back lost territory. However, he can also just decide to hang out on the street, maybe soak in the hot springs, or enjoy massages. The features different endings which are based on the actions of the players and their choices. It's time to see where the path of Maruyama takes him.
Consider that the game features side-scrolling action, there's not much when it comes to the system requirements for the PC. The minimum requirements show that the game can run on Windows 7 with a processor of 1.2 GHZ and 2 GB RAM. The game also needs 600 MB of available space.
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The game is being developed by Yeo whose previous work include "The friends of Ringo Ishikawa," a game which focuses on a high school gang leader named Ringo Ishikawa as he tries to through his last autumn before graduation. The game is being published by IndieArk which hopes to have more Chinese players try the game. It does seem like China is one of the target markets for the game considering that Yeo revealed that IndieArk is helping them with the Chinese localization for the game.