As if the Like a Dragon collection couldn’t get any extra absurd and complicated, Sega has introduced Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii. Sure, it’s precisely what it seems like – and it comes out very quickly. Sequence wildcard Majima headlines the equally wild journey as a relatively dashing pirate when he wakes up on an island following his bout of amnesia after the occasions of Infinite Wealth.
Whereas the RPG collection can usually really feel like a fever dream, bouncing from one absurd second to the subsequent, and in some way juggling extra severe moments in between, this may simply take the cake. Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii isn’t a historic spinoff like Ishin!, however as a substitute a full mainline title following the one and solely Goro Majima. As for why he’s a pirate, effectively, I’m undecided Majima actually is aware of both.
From the surprisingly prolonged reveal trailer, we see Majima get up on the attractive Rick Island. Shortly after being nurtured again to well being – nonetheless with out his recollections – Majima makes the logical choice to grow to be a pirate captain to defend the island and seek out treasure.
Focusing primarily on the absurd narrative, this trailer doesn’t showcase an excessive amount of of the moment-to-moment gameplay. Nevertheless, a extra in-depth showcase was additionally unveiled on the RGG Summit occasion. This teases the areas of Hawaii, Wealthy Island, and Madlantis, in addition to the flashy and fast-paced Mad Canine and Sea Canine fashion fight stances, and the number of minigames on provide. It’s additionally trying probably that we’ll get to sail our personal ship on the excessive seas, primarily based on a number of sequences of ship boarding and crusing. In any case, we’re a pirate captain now.
Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii launches on Friday, February 28, 2025, on PC, Xbox, and PlayStation. This may mark simply over a 12 months for the reason that final entry, Infinite Wealth, in January 2024, with developer RGG Studio in some way knocking out high-quality releases at a file tempo.
Make sure to take a look at our Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth review to seek out out extra about Pirate Yakuza’s predecessor. If the crime game lives as much as the superb premise, then it might even grow to be one of many best PC games on the market, although solely time will inform.
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