Akiba's Trip: Undead & Undressed /PS3

This suburban Tokyo neighborhood has been through a lot, from Japan's post-war reconstruction to the economic crisis of the 1980s.

Always on the cutting edge of progress, with something to offer even the most fetishistic of appetites, it was almost inevitable that this singular technocracy of indulgence would give rise to an entirely new kind of appetite.

Enter the vampire "Synthisters" who feed off the life energy of the unsuspecting, figurine seekers, coffee shop connoisseurs and cosplayers.



Those who fall victim to the Synthisters take over the properties of their attackers and at the same time withdraw from society, becoming true "closets" due to their new fatal weakness to sunlight.

AKIBA'S TRIP tells the story of one such unfortunate soul: a young man named Nanashi who was lured into a trap by the promise of rare goods and turned into a walking undead.

However, he was spared the worst of his fate by the bloody kiss of a mysterious Synthister hunter named Shizuku.



Characteristics:

- Faithful recreation of Japan's Electronics Mecca.
- Playing on common anime and video game tropes for social satire, the player's choices determine how the story progresses, leading to one of several unique endings.
- As a virtual tour of Tokyo's Akihabara district, all major outdoor locations in the city have been painstakingly recreated, with over 130 real-life shops accurately represented.
- Anything can be a weapon, from baseball bats to comic books and motherboards, and individual items of clothing can be targeted, stripped and added to the player's own inventory.
- Playing off common anime and video game tropes for social satire, the player's choices determine how the story progresses, leading to one of several unique endings.
- The in-game smartphone is used to check email, read comments on "Pitter", do side quests, catalog flyers, launch apps to identify the living dead and much, much more.