Four stadiums around the country where visitors can take in the surreal rituals of Japanese baseball. Plus: Essential advice on buying tickets and not getting kicked out.

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The story propelling the action is a biopunk spin on Japanese mythology. You play as a lone assassin called Takeru, who is tasked with raiding a surreal superpower empowered by biotechnology.