Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii Standard Edition - PlayStation 5

I haven't figured out how RGG Studio is so successful in their balancing act between emotional, mature story beats and utterly goofy, absurd ones. One moment, Majima is stopping acts of abuse or helping a stranger; the next, he's snapping photos of big bald exhibitionists or getting conned into thinking a tiger cub can communicate with him telepathically. It's all set against the backdrop of modern-day pirates and the quest for a legendary treasure, and it's great. As a side story of sorts, it's easy to enjoy even if you don't know the decades-spanning lore of the series. The few bits you need are explained in-game. The live-action scenes featuring the crew's chef in a Bachelor-like competition are hilarious. Action, great characters, tons of mini-games. Loved it.

Great game, enjoyed it to the very end. Plenty of missions and activities to keep you busy. And a pretty good story as well.

[Employee of bestbuy] It takes the most ridiculous aspects of the series and cranks it all to 11. Majima is a pirate now and he's in Hawaii, which made it easy for RGG to crank the game out so quickly after Infinite Wealth. It also has Samoa Joe, and this guy who knows a thing or two about shoegaze.

If you've played other Like A Dragon games, you'll probably like this one. It's a smaller scope than the RPGs, but the storyline was silly and fun, and the pirate mechanics had a decent amount of depth. It's not terribly long, but I like what I played. Note: this game will spoil Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth, which is also a good game. And that game is a sequel to Yakuza: Like A Dragon, which you should also play. Those two aren't strictly necessary to enjoy Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii, but it helps.

Freakin' awesome! Combat is fun, flashy, and over the top. The game is so ridiculous but never tries to be "real" which is perfect. All kinds of distractions, fun story quests, and so much humor! The pirate ship arena is worth the price alone, lol!