
However, none of them have the class and spooky air of mystery that Rodin’s Gates of Hell has. And I spent many a night in my formative years drinking and dancing to spooky new wave and industrial music at a number of them. If there’s one thing San Francisco has an abundance of, it’s goth clubs. The Gates of Hell (Bayonetta Series) - Blake Morse, Dive Bar Connoisseur © PlatinumGames Excuse my sloppy Japanese, but omae wa mō yotteru: You are already drunk. If it was an extremely special or solemn occasion, I might even go for a Yuria Eternal.Įither way, with Kenshiro’s extremely well-trained hands mixing the cocktail, I know it’s going to be precisely what I ask for with otherworldly quality. If I needed a pick-me-up, I would go after his Bloodstained Mary. If I really wanted to enjoy something and chill, I might go for a Duel on the Beach. Throughout Paradise Lost, you can engage in a mini-game in which Kenshiro crafts ever more complex cocktails for his guests. It turns out those same moves make Kenshiro an impeccable bartender. His moves are brutal, yet precise… built to kill, disable, or even heal as he wills it. Kenshiro is a martial artist nearly without peer. That’s The Rusty Nail bar in Fist of the North Star: Paradise Lost: the one time that Yakuza developer Ryu ga Gotoku Studio did a First of the North Star game. There are a lot of good bars and bartenders in video games, but only one of them has ever employed the legendary Kenshiro, the successor of the Hokuto Shinken style of martial arts.

I do love some good drinks, and I particularly like things I haven’t tried before or which are made with some exceptional talent. The Rusty Nail (Fist of the North Star: Paradise Lost) - TJ Denzer, enjoys a good cocktail © Sega It makes you want to sit a while and relax. It also helps that Blizzard would go out of its way to decorate a portion of every BlizzCon to look like the Tavern, right down to the hearty refreshments. It seems like such a welcoming atmosphere, one that was beautifully illustrated by the animated short embedded above, which debuted prior to the 2017 Hearthstone World Championships. I've always enjoyed Hearthstone's motif in which every session takes place inside Harth Stonebrew's Tavern.

Harth Stonebrew's Tavern (Hearthstone) - Ozzie Mejia, The Tavern's Always OpenĪs if the Hearthstone enthusiast wasn't going to pick the finest tavern in all of Azeroth. Question: What is your favorite video game bar? On that note, we want to discuss some of our favorite bars in video games. In games, bars can be a great social hub to gather with other player characters, or simply meet some cool NPCs.

Bars can be a great place to socialize and hang out with people during downtime.
