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It is unimaginable to know precisely what RGG Studios has up their sleeves at any given level; living proof, when the studio revealed Like A Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii earlier this week, full with an amnesiac Goro Majima taking a serious playable position for the primary time since Yakuza 0. Majima is The Man Who Forgot His Identify; and he is taken on a job as a pirate captain within the interim. Not one of the story specifics had been showcased within the demo we performed, however it’s not like there’s anymore clarification wanted, both.

Following up Like A Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Identify, Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii returns to the sequence’ conventional motion fight. Majima has two separate kinds to select from; Mad Canine, which reveals that regardless of forgetting who he’s, Majima very a lot remembers his strikes – and Sea Canine, which has Majima donning a full pirate outfit, full with twin cutlesses he can throw out at enemies like boomeranges, a flintlick pistol he can cost up for additional injury, and a hookshot that he can use to rapidly pull himself to enemies.

In Mad Canine mode, Majima can cost up an uppercut to launch enemies into the air, and in a fairly large upset for the sequence – he can chase enemies into the air to juggle them, full with an elective finisher which sees him driving his dagger proper right into a poor bastard’s ribcage. Majima additionally has entry to an excellent transfer in Mad Canine which summons quite a few dopplegangers which is able to comply with his each transfer, rapidly filling the display with a frankly absurd quantity of particle results.

Past that, we did not get an excessive amount of of an opportunity to take a look at any of the opposite new options for Majima’s new story. Exploring Hawaii, Majima can use his new hookshot to assemble gadgets and attain locations you in any other case cannot attain usually; the expertise was virtually equivalent to my time enjoying the TGS demo for Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth final yr, even all the way down to it – after all – being set in Hawaii. I did get to see Majima carry out 24-hour Cinderella, although! There have been just a few different minigames, as you’d anticipate from the sequence, too.

The primary factor I used to be all in favour of testing wasn’t out there within the demo, nonetheless – ship fight. Any sections the place Majima would’ve taken to the seas had been blocked out, and previous a fast tour to the brand new space of Madlantis, I wasn’t capable of see something really new simply but. What I performed was enjoyable – and I am completely bought on the idea – however with just a few months earlier than launch I hoped to see somewhat bit extra. A minimum of we cannot have to attend too lengthy!

That being stated; RGG, you higher not contact the tiger cub. If something occurs to him I’ll completely cry. Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii launches for PlayStation 4, 5, PC (Steam), Xbox One and Xbox Collection X|S on February 28, 2025. Keep tuned for our additional ideas as we get nearer to launch.