Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii

HAOWAN

Warning: playing a yakuza game turns you GAY!!!!! (unless you're me)

This game is one of the silliest Yakuza/Like a Dragon games to me. The plot, while by no means a masterpiece, is enough to keep you engaged for it's relatively short runtime. The side content is up to the series standard and you're bound to get some chuckles in from Majima's silly antics. Combat is a bit faster then you expect and the heat system is noticeably less involved, but it's still good fun beating up thugs and the like. Performance was also good, I had middle to high settings and reached my 120 fps goal most of the time, if there were light drops in the FPS I did not notice them.

Игры Якудза делятся на 2 части - бодрый сюжетный боевик и открытый мир с его юмором, историями, мини-играми и секретиками. Конкретно в этой игре мы играем за колоритного и по хорошему безумного Горо Мадзиму и собственно весь сюжет про него и крутится вокруг него и его восхождения в роли пиратского капитана. Открытый мир по сути с прошлой части остался прежним, лишь приобрел местами безумный пиратский колорит. По итогу годное пиратское ответвление от основной серии. ЗЫ: Часто в современных играх открытый мир пичкают кучей механики и активностей которые ощущаются просто как затягивание игрового времени. Большая ошибка применять это правило к серии Якудза. Тут все эти маленькие истории, мини-игры и т.д. не просто гринд, а огромная отдельная куча удовольствия, только надо научиться перестраивать себя и не видеть в них стандартные время-убивалки. За мини-истории отдельный респект (чего только стоит история Пиратские Нормативы, просто ухахатбл).

有趣得很纯粹

I had fun like with most of the yakuza series :)

Like a Dragon Pirate Yakuza is as over the top as it sounds, the combat is awesome! Personally I have preferred the turn based system introduced with Like a Dragon's installment but the different heat special attacks and dark instruments keep combat fresh and fun. I played in English and the voice acting is great! Graphically the game is well done, lip sync, and cut scenes all are done well which is a staple in the franchise. The Side content and mini games are my favorites of any game: I loved doing the batting cages, golfing, snap the sicko, and crazy delivery ones. Not a fan of Mahjong so I skipped that one and the racing one was good also but not my favorite. Sub Stories are pretty basic just usually ending with you fighting someone at the end of them. However, the Bachelor themed side stories with Masuro were hilarious and my favorite substory. Upgrade system is good, ship upgrade system is very basic and easy to max out your ship fairly early on. Bounty system is repetitive and a good way to make cash! Overall the story was good, the last two chapters in particular I enjoyed, the first 3 chapters mostly introduced mechanics and not much story wise. Took me 34 hours to complete all the substories, mini games, pirate flag stuff, and main story! Overall great addition to the Rya Ga Gotaku library :D

真岛大哥我爱你

Vraiment très déçu du scénario de cet épisode. La noirceur, l’intrigue, et le charisme des personnages dans Yakuza 0, 2, 4 ou 5 me manquent. J’adore Goro Majima mais le chien enragé de Shimano n’est pas dans cet épisode. Taiga Saejima qui fait une apparition est tourné en ridicule, Ichiban est visible à la fin sans trop savoir pourquoi (peut être fallait il payer le DLC pour le comprendre ?) Le gameplay reste toujours aussi sympa mais le scénario est catastrophique, je pense qu’il faut sérieusement songer à reboot la franchise pour de bon

Decent. 7.5/10.