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''Fading Afternoon'' is an Open World BeatEmUp Action Adventure Game for UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} and the UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch by indie developer yeo, released worldwide on September 14, 2023. The story follows Seiji Maruyama, a middle-aged member of a small time {{Yakuza}} family. After serving a prison sentence in service to his family, Seiji is released back into society with his brother "Aniki" picking him up. Maruyama is determined to continue the life of a yakuza. But on his first night out of prison, it becomes clear that he's past the prime of his life and is not getting any younger, or even healthier.

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''Fading Afternoon'' is an Open World BeatEmUp Action Adventure Game for UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} Platform/{{Steam}} and the UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch Platform/NintendoSwitch by indie developer yeo, released worldwide on September 14, 2023. The story follows Seiji Maruyama, a middle-aged member of a small time {{Yakuza}} family. After serving a prison sentence in service to his family, Seiji is released back into society with his brother "Aniki" picking him up. Maruyama is determined to continue the life of a yakuza. But on his first night out of prison, it becomes clear that he's past the prime of his life and is not getting any younger, or even healthier.
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* ThatOneBoss: The hardest fight in the game is funnily enough the old fashion duel with [[spoiler: Hanada]] which is the only fight in the game that can be considered a traditional boss fight. Hanada is the only opponent that you can't instant kill counter and no weapons are allowed, so you have no choice but to fight with old fashioned fisticuffs. Unfortunately, what adds to the difficulty is that your opponent's attacks can't be reliably blocked anymore. He’ll more often then not dodge and counter your combo finishers, grapples, and takedowns. [[spoiler: The trick is to stay on the offensive and then momentarily back away from him intentionally interrupting your attacks and then quickly attack again to steadily chip his health away until he falls.]]

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* DopeSlap: Maruyama can do this to the family underlings for any mistakes or disrespect [[spoiler:Azuma does this to you if you fail to show up for the construction hit]]

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* DopeSlap: Maruyama can do this to the family underlings for any mistakes or disrespect [[spoiler:Azuma does this to you if you fail to show up for the construction hit]]hit]].
* EasyModeMockery: May not have been the intention, but it's clear that Tanaka's (green) territories are much easier to take as they have less stars and more limited enemy types versus Hanada's (pink) territories. Committing to taking over Tanaka's territories will lead to story events that will rarely end well for Maruyama.


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* MissingTime: For any new players, it's not immediately clear that time is progressing faster than shown as the game is played from morning, afternoon and night. You're told from the beginning that the hotel you're staying at is paid for in advance for the month. A player would understandably think they have 30 or so in-game days until they need to pay for a longer stay or purchase a new living space. After the second day, going to the lobby will have the receptionist at the front desk inform Maruyama that the next week is the last week of his paid stay, likely confusing some players.

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