What you need to know
- SEGA reveals a new trailer for the next entry in its long-running Like a Dragon franchise, Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii.
- This gameplay trailer gives viewers an in-depth look at the story, the characters and locales you will encounter, the beat ’em up and ship-to-ship combat systems, and the various mini-games players can indulge in.
- Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii will be released on February 21, 2025, for Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, and PC via Steam.
As someone who has spent countless hours navigating the gritty underworlds of Yakuza games, I must admit that the latest addition to the franchise, Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii, is unlike anything I’ve ever seen before. The trailer promises an insane, swashbuckling pirate adventure that blends the series’ signature blend of drama and humor with a dash of insanity that makes it feel like Goro Majima has taken control of the creative reins.
At Microsoft’s Xbox Partner Preview Showcase in October 2024, SEGA unveiled a new gameplay trailer for their upcoming action game, titled Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii. This fresh addition to the Like a Dragon series will invite players to join an exhilarating, exaggerated pirate escapade in pursuit of hidden treasure and forgotten memories, starring the beloved anti-hero from the franchise, Goro Majima.
Here’s all you should know regarding the latest trailer for the upcoming game, Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii, and its thrilling gameplay elements that this forthcoming Xbox/PC title promises.
The game intro sets the scene with a summary of its plotline. In this adventure, you assume the role of Gora Majima, once a Yakuza member now stranded on an island near Hawaii, losing his identity and recall of how he arrived here. Your mission in this game involves helping Goro Majima recover his lost memories (while collecting historical treasures as a bonus) by enlisting the island’s inhabitants to create a pirate team, constructing a vessel to sail across the seven seas, and battling opposing pirate gangs that hinder your progress.
The trailer shifts to a series depicting the gameplay pattern of Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii. Throughout your journey, you’ll navigate various locations such as Hawaii, Rich Island, Madlantis, and others in search of ways to restore your lost memories. However, these adventures won’t be without challenges, as you’ll encounter ruthless pirates intent on pillaging your ship for its riches and endangering your life in the process.
To counter these dangers, you’ll participate in naval skirmishes. During these engagements, you will skillfully navigate your ship to dodge enemy gunfire while simultaneously returning fire to sink their ships beneath the waves. Another tactic available is to collide with enemy vessels and storm them, confronting the pirates head-on with your crew in close quarters combat.
The fighting mechanism resembles old-school third-person Beat ’em Up games similar to Dragon series, instead of modern titles such as Yakuza: Like a Dragon and Yakuza: Like a Dragon – Wealthy Chapters that employ turn-based combat. However, the battles will be more extravagant than in past installments, featuring innovative aerial combo moves, a blend of Goro Majima’s traditional ‘Mad Dog’ style with the new ‘Sea Dog’ style for pirate-like fighting, and the ability to call upon NPC allies like giant monkeys during battles.
In other words, Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii won’t disappoint fans with its array of side activities, just like previous games in the series. The latest trailer has given us a sneak peek into one such activity – the Pirate Coliseum. This seems to be a battle arena where you engage in naval and Beat ’em Up battles against hordes of enemies.
Within the game mode menu of the Pirate Coliseum, it seems there are score rankings, implying that completing tasks swiftly by defeating enemies quickly and avoiding being hit could potentially lead to substantial rewards.
At the end, the trailer reveals several key characters you’ll encounter during your adventure, and the launch date for Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii has been moved up from February 28, 2025, to February 21, 2025.
This could be the craziest Like a Dragon title in the franchise’s history
SEGA’s Yakuza-like game, Like a Dragon, stands out by blending intense, dramatic crime storylines with outrageous action sequences and amusing side missions to provide relief from the grim moments. The spinoff, Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii, plans to ramp up the series’ action and absurd humor to unprecedented heights of insanity, which perfectly suits Goro Majima, one of the franchise’s most eccentric characters.
I am eagerly anticipating embarking on Goro Majima’s hilarious pirate escapades and finding out if this humorous version of Like a Dragon has the potential to rank among the top Xbox games and PC games when it launches on February 21, 2025.
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2024-10-17 21:40