Release Date: April 10, 2025
A third person adventure game with RPG and simulation elements. Promise Mascot Agency provides us with an open world and features voices from personalities such as Shuhei Yoshida, SWERY or Takaya Kuroda (Kazuma Kiryu in the Like a Dragon series). The game is about running the titular mascot agency, controlling a former Yakuza lieutenant named Michi.
Promise Mascot Agency is an adventure game with RPG and simulation elements, in which we run the titular mascot agency. The game was developed by the independent studio Kaizen Game Works, which has the game Paradise Killer in its portfolio.
In Promise Mascot Agency we watch events from a third-person perspective (TPP).
The game provides us with an open world, which we traverse behind the wheel of a car. The main element of the gameplay is managing the titular agency, which involves the need to hire mascots and take care of them when they work for us.
The matter is complicated by the fact that in the city of Kaso-Machi, we can only find mascots who were unable to find work anywhere else. As it turns out, they are not unemployed without reason. Each of them has a unique personality, but also not necessarily positive traits.
This does not change the fact that before being hired in our agency, mascots engage in hard negotiations about the terms of cooperation. While some require cash to agree to our proposal, others may demand fame or a specific item.
Hiring individual mascots is just the tip of the iceberg. We send our subordinates on missions to gain experience and earn money for us. They can get into trouble and we may need to help them. Problem solving is presented here in the form of card duels played in turn-based mode.
We need helpers for that, such as Pinky, the mascot who has been accompanying us since the beginning of the adventure, the local superhero known as Captain Sign, or Mama-San, the owner of the local bar. Each of them was equipped with unique abilities, which come in handy in certain situations.
All of this is worth the effort, because as we progress, we develop our mascots using various perks. Thanks to this, over time they are getting better at handling responsibilities, and as a result - they are earning more money for us.
Promise Mascot Agency takes us to an alternative version of Japan, where mascots are living creatures sharing the world with humans. The main character of the game is a former Yakuza lieutenant named Michi. After he was disgraced, the protagonist was banished by his clan and sent to the city of Kaso-Machi. His task is to transform a bankrupt mascot agency into a profitable business, and consequently - to pay off his gigantic debt.
It's not easy, because at first glance, not much is happening in Kaso-Machi, and on top of that, the town has been cursed. As if that wasn't enough, behind Michi's exile lies a conspiracy that he must unravel.
In Promise Mascot Agency we can hear a number of well-known personalities who embody specific characters. The game features, among others: Takaya Kuroda (voice actor who lent his voice to Kazuma Kiryu in the Like a Dragon series) playing Michio, Ayano Shibuya (Purah in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom) appearing as Pinky, Shuhei Yoshida (former head of the indie games department at Sony Interactive Entertainment) playing MonoGue, and Hidetaka Suehiro (developer using the pseudonym SWERY) appearing as Kannushi-kun.
Platforms:
PC Windows
PlayStation 4
Xbox One
Nintendo Switch
PlayStation 5
Xbox Series X/S
Developer: Kaizen Game Works
Publisher: Kaizen Game Works
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System Requirements for Promise Mascot Agency Video Game:
PC / Windows
Minimum System Requirements:
Intel Core i5-6590, 8 GB RAM, graphic card 2 GB GeForce GTX 950, 8 GB HDD, Windows 10/11 64-bit.
Recommended System Requirements:
Intel Core i7-6700, 16 GB RAM, graphic card 8 GB GeForce RTX 2070, 10 GB HDD, Windows 10/11 64-bit.
Game Ratings for Promise Mascot Agency Video Game.
Worth Playing: 8 / 10 by Chris "Atom" DeAngelus
Overall, Promise Mascot Agency is a charming combination of small-town drama and Yakuza crime politics. The absurdity of the setting gives it a flavor all its own, and it neatly threads the needle between ridiculous and serious. The actual gameplay is by the numbers and mostly serves as a delivery vehicle for the story, but it does well enough. If the game sounds appealing, you'll enjoy it quite a bit. Just make sure not to tick off Pinky. She's scary.
COGconnected: 86 / 100 by James Paley
Promise Mascot Agency is a weird, flawed experience. You spend most of your time driving around this tiny town, chatting up a series of total weirdos. You’ve got a short list of tasks to complete, a lot of money to make, and a lot of fires to put out. But all of it is so engaging, so charming and fun, that you don’t mind one bit. This town is a complete, well-crafted world full of compelling characters and fascinating stories. Plus, the core gameplay loop is addictive and butter-smooth. I don’t know exactly how to recommend this game, but I can’t recommend it enough.
Push Square: 8 / 10 by Stephen Tailby
Despite its disparate elements you've probably seen before, you've never played a game quite like Promise Mascot Agency, a game that smashes together a crime drama story, management sim mechanics, and open world exploration. While there are some rough edges and repetitive aspects, this hangs together thanks to an engrossing story, compelling progression, and unusual but likeable characters. Greater than the sum of its parts, this unique game has cult hit written all over it.
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