{"id":980394,"date":"2026-01-06T07:05:24","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T07:05:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/?p=456484"},"modified":"2026-01-06T07:05:24","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T07:05:24","slug":"an-early-hands-on-with-like-a-dragon-pirate-yakuza-in-hawaii-was-absurd-and-delightful","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/an-early-hands-on-with-like-a-dragon-pirate-yakuza-in-hawaii-was-absurd-and-delightful\/","title":{"rendered":"An early hands-on with Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii was absurd and delightful"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure> <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-caption=\"\" data-portal-copyright=\"\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/an-early-hands-on-with-like-a-dragon-pirate-yakuza-in-hawaii-was-absurd-and-delightful.jpg\" \/><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap has-text-align-none\">Waves crash against the hull of a ship that looks like it could be ripped right from the 17th century, gulls cry overhead, and at the helm is a figure dressed in a Hawaiian print shirt. It isn\u2019t how you\u2019d expect to be introduced to Goro Majima, perhaps one of the most popular characters in the <em>Like a Dragon<\/em> series, but it sets the tone. Polygon was invited to a recent hands-on preview to get a taste of what <em>Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza<\/em> in Hawaii would have in store \u2014 and it\u2019s a story of Majima on the down and out, on a path to become the greatest pirate the world has ever seen. It\u2019s everything <em>Like a Dragon<\/em> fans could hope to expect.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\"><em>Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii<\/em> is as absurd as you would expect it to be \u2014 it\u2019s a <em>Like a Dragon<\/em> game, and Goro Majima is the protagonist, so it\u2019s natural that Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio would lean into that. Majima is perhaps one of the few characters within the series to receive complete character arcs laden with some of the most emotional moments the <em>Like a Dragon <\/em>games have seen. But not here! At least, not in this preview. Instead, Majima and crew head to the city of Madlantis, another dangerous underground fraught with violence and filled to the brim with other ne&#8217;er-do-wells who, for the most part, aren&#8217;t dressed like Party City versions of Jack Sparrow from Gore Verbinski\u2019s <em>Pirates of the Caribbean<\/em>. Like <em>Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth<\/em>, characters who aren\u2019t Japanese are an approximation of what Ryu Ga Gotoku Studios has created to more or less fit your average foray into a Like a Dragon game: errant tourists, a few locals sprinkled here and there, and droves of thugs ready to beat you up because you\u2019ve looked at them funny or because they want to kick a man while he\u2019s down. It\u2019s very much just a video game city.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/an-early-hands-on-with-like-a-dragon-pirate-yakuza-in-hawaii-was-absurd-and-delightful-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" data-caption=\"\" data-portal-copyright=\"\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/an-early-hands-on-with-like-a-dragon-pirate-yakuza-in-hawaii-was-absurd-and-delightful-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" data-caption=\"\" data-portal-copyright=\"\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/an-early-hands-on-with-like-a-dragon-pirate-yakuza-in-hawaii-was-absurd-and-delightful-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" data-caption=\"\" data-portal-copyright=\"\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/an-early-hands-on-with-like-a-dragon-pirate-yakuza-in-hawaii-was-absurd-and-delightful-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" data-caption=\"\" data-portal-copyright=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">By comparison to Madlantis, Honolulu isn\u2019t all that exciting, and during my time with the preview build of the game, I mostly hopped around the city with my intrepid child sidekick and his pet Bengal tiger kitten, singing the best of Majima\u2019s karaoke hits \u2014 including \u201c24-Hour Cinderella\u201d from <em>Yakuza 0<\/em> \u2014 or changed up Majima\u2019s look in a poorly constructed changing room. You can run around shirtless with the grimacing white face of the hannya tattooed on the Mad Dog\u2019s back for all to see, or maybe you want to slip back into that iconic snakeskin leather jacket, leather pants, and silver-tipped shoes and all. I opted for the <em>Yakuza 0<\/em> look, as it reminded me of a better time in the series. I was also desperate to chase that feeling after slicing up Keith, a generic-looking pirate with a tricorn hat, who had gotten on Majima\u2019s bad side for one reason or another. I\u2019m sure that will be explained in the full version of the game and probably have more weight to it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">You see, while Majima ages like the rest of us and has now reached the tender age of 60 years old, that doesn\u2019t mean he is any less spry. The Mad Dog of Shimano is still capable of learning some new tricks and, with the Sea Dog fighting style, he wields a pair of cutlasses and a 17th-century hand cannon. All of his attacks are just as swift as they are deadly, and you can use a wire to propel yourself at an enemy with reckless abandon. There are air combos, too, which are fun and feel a bit overpowered, but I\u2019m not going to complain about the game embracing the rule of cool for one of its most popular characters. But if you want a return to the familiar \u2014 something that brings you back to <em>Yakuza 0<\/em> or that <em>Yakuza 2<\/em> extra scenario \u2014 you can swap back to Majima\u2019s signature fighting style, Mad Dog, to dash through enemies with his tanto in hand. He doesn\u2019t go as crazy as he does in previous games, but you can summon doppelgangers and use an interesting spinning attack to send enemies flying or kill them outright. I can confirm that a new remix of \u201cReceive You\u201d does play while in Mad Dog style, and the music for Sea Dog isn\u2019t bad either. It isn\u2019t the same overbearing EDM-esque OST that plagued <em>Infinite Wealth<\/em> and seems somewhat toned down.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/an-early-hands-on-with-like-a-dragon-pirate-yakuza-in-hawaii-was-absurd-and-delightful-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" data-caption=\"\" data-portal-copyright=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">After roughing up Keith and his crew, I prowled what little I could of Madlantis. It\u2019s unlike the other crime-ridden underground areas in previous <em>Like a Dragon<\/em> games. It\u2019s grimy, rusted, and mashed together from ships collected in a proverbial graveyard. Neon lights illuminate the ramshackle buildings, reflecting on the surface of the water on which everything is precariously floating. It isn\u2019t like Purgatory from the original <em>Yakuza<\/em>, or the Castle from <em>Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name<\/em>. It wasn\u2019t glamorous or glitzy. Strangely enough, it\u2019s a nice change of pace from what I\u2019m used to, and I was willing to give Madlantis a chance, even if I was only able to taste a slice. I couldn\u2019t participate in ship battles to make Majima the most frightening pirate on the seven seas, or steer my own ship through the waters of Honolulu, but those options will be available in the full version of the game.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\"><em>Like a Dragon: Yakuza in Hawaii<\/em> truly feels like a <em>Gaiden<\/em> game, something meant to fill the gap between releases to satiate the hunger of a growing new audience. Or pull back long-time fans who have otherwise grown fatigued with the series and just want to play as Majima one last time. There were a lot of rough edges, and a lot of asset reuse, which isn\u2019t always a bad thing, but the Dragon Engine (which the team first used for <em>Yakuza 6 <\/em>in 2016) is really starting to show its age. It\u2019s a wonder why Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio didn\u2019t make the jump to Unreal Engine 5 like it did for <em>Like a Dragon: Ishin<\/em>, which looks a step above <em>Yakuza in Hawaii<\/em>. At the very least, I can\u2019t say that it\u2019s more of the same, as a shift in protagonist and the return to more action- oriented combat feels refreshing. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/impressions\/456484\/an-early-hands-on-with-like-a-dragon-pirate-yakuza-in-hawaii-was-absurd-and-delightful\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Waves crash against the hull of a ship that looks like it could be ripped right from the 17th century, gulls cry overhead, and at the helm is a figure dressed in a Hawaiian print shirt. It isn\u2019t how you\u2019d expect to be introduced to Goro Majima, perhaps one of the most popular characters in the Like a Dragon series, but it sets the tone. Polygon was invited to a recent hands-on preview to get a taste of what Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii would have in store \u2014 and it\u2019s a story of Majima on the down and out, on a path to become the greatest pirate the world has ever seen. 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