{"id":43267,"date":"2025-01-27T18:08:35","date_gmt":"2025-01-27T09:08:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=43267"},"modified":"2025-01-27T18:08:38","modified_gmt":"2025-01-27T09:08:38","slug":"like-a-dragon-pirate-yakuza-in-hawaii-is-going-to-be-our-best-game-yet-with-a-completely-different-playstyle-reveal-devs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/like-a-dragon-pirate-yakuza-in-hawaii-is-going-to-be-our-best-game-yet-with-a-completely-different-playstyle-reveal-devs\/","title":{"rendered":"Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii is going to be &#8220;our best game yet&#8221; with a completely different playstyle, reveal devs\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>During the Majima Maji Festival fan meeting\u202fheld in Tokyo on January 25, Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio representative and Like a Dragon series executive producer Yokoyama Masayoshi, game producer Ryosuke Horii, and voice actors Kenji Matsuda and Hidenari Ugaki (who provide the voices for newcomer Jason Rich and Goro Majima respectively) participated in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inside-games.jp\/article\/2025\/01\/26\/163671.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">joint media interview<\/a> on the new pirate-themed <strong>Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii<\/strong> spin-off. With less than a month until the game\u2019s release, they couldn\u2019t help but express their excitement for what could be the most ambitious project in the Like A Dragon\/ Yakuza franchise.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" src=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20250127-43267-002.jpg\" alt=\"Like a Dragon Pirates in Hawaii naval battles\" class=\"wp-image-43273\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20250127-43267-002.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20250127-43267-002-380x214.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20250127-43267-002-768x432.jpg 768w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Ryosuke Horii, Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii\u2019s exhilarating gameplay makes the game \u201ca masterpiece.\u201d New features like naval battles and improvements to the classic third-person combat are designed to make you feel like a pirate on a treasure hunt. Despite <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/goro-majima-isnt-actually-that-interesting-on-paper-its-that-voice-and-those-moves-that-bring-everything-together-says-rgg-studios-head\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the developers\u2019 struggle in continuing Goro Majima\u2019s story<\/a>, seeing an amnesiac who is pushing 60 take on the mantle of a pirate captain is quite interesting.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" src=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20250127-43267-001.jpg\" alt=\"Like a Dragon Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii ship customization\" class=\"wp-image-43274\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20250127-43267-001.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20250127-43267-001-380x214.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20250127-43267-001-768x432.jpg 768w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Yokohama expounds on Horii\u2019s statement, saying the naval aspect is experimental and very different from previous Like a Dragon Games:\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cWhen we made \u2018Like a Dragon: The Man Who Erased His Name,\u2019 we knew how the players would react. We knew \u2018this part will move them\u2019 and things like that. But this time, we cannot predict what the reviews will focus on. I think Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii is a title that took on a lot of challenges, so I&#8217;m looking forward to seeing what happens in the next year or two. We have confidence in what we&#8217;ve created, so we&#8217;re at ease.&#8221;<\/em>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii - Naval Combat Overview | PS5 &amp; PS4 Games\" width=\"1160\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rGhbqRwvni0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Indeed, Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii looks like it has more in common with a game like Ubisoft\u2019s Assassin\u2019s Creed IV: Black Flag than a traditional Like a Dragon game, due to its focus on naval battles, crew recruitment, and ship customization. Nevertheless, Yokohama and Horii ensure players that this canon entry will retain that <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/interviews\/like-a-dragon-infinite-wealths-sicko-snap-was-created-to-solve-a-very-real-problem-during-development\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">silly and serious balance<\/a> that all Like a Dragon\/Yakuza games have.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii is scheduled to release on February 21, 2025 for the PC (Steam), PS4\/PS5, and Xbox One\/Xbox Series X|S.\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RGG Studios explain how Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii is going to be an experimental masterpiece with crazy naval battles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":43272,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[258,17],"class_list":["post-43267","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-like-a-dragon","tag-japan-related-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii is going to be &quot;our best game yet&quot; 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