Best Games Similar To Like A Dragon: Pirate Yakuza In Hawaii

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Best Games Similar To Like A Dragon: Pirate Yakuza In Hawaii
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Compared to the mainline Like A Dragon entries, Like A Dragon: Pirate Yakuza is a much shorter game. With the main story only taking around 15 hours to complete (or a lot longer if you’re dedicated to seeing everything), you might well finish the game and still want a taste of something similar.

Majima looking sad in Like a Dragon Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii.

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Luckily, with how many different genres and gameplay ideas are packed into Majima’s Hawaiian adventure, there are plenty of other games that feel like a natural continuation after finishing Like A Dragon: Pirate Yakuza. While nothing can one-to-one match Majima’s first role as the main protagonist, there are games that instead place further emphasis on some of its specific elements.

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Dredge

A Spookier Sea-Faring Adventure

Dredge: Entering the frozen wasteland of the Pale Reach.

While it’s by no means the primary focus of Like A Dragon: Pirate Yakuza, sailing around and hunting for treasure on the Goromaru is one of the most enjoyable and satisfying elements of exploration throughout the game. Even though it’s got a drastically more dour tone, if you want a game that has a deeper take on this same concept, then Dredge is the best option.

In Dredge, you’ll be given full control over a fishing boat in a world where something is clearly amiss. While the horror is subtle, what makes Dredge a game you’ll want to keep coming back to is the element of seaborne exploration and the joys of finding rare treasure and resources.

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UFO 50

Waiter, More Minigames

Four people playing dodgeball in a gym from UFO 50.

A staple of the Like A Dragon, and by association Yakuza series, is the minigames. While you can easily rush through and reach credits by just focusing on the main storyline, to get a true feeling for this series, you should at least dip your toes in the vast selection of minigames each title offers, with Like A Dragon: Pirate Yakuza being no different.

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If you found yourself seeing the minigames as a huge attraction, and you loved the variety they offered, then UFO 50 is the perfect step up. Featuring 50 retro-style games (some minigames, some just full games on their own merit), you’ll get the same feeling of variety that you get every time Majima distracts himself with a minigame.

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Sifu

Back To Brawling

Main character in Sifu in his early 30s preparing for battle.

A mainstay of the Yakuza series that was abandoned upon transition into the Like A Dragon series was the beat ’em up combat. However, this is where Like A Dragon: Pirate Yakuza stands apart, with Majima diving back into direct control with fun and fluid action/beat-em-up gameplay.

One of the best and most complex beat ’em ups is Sifu, with each of its five levels taking you through detailed environments as you battle towards the intimidating boss at the end. While the controls might take a while to get used to, it’s perfect if you loved taking down every group of thugs or menacing men as Majima.

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Tchia

Wholesome Island Exploration

Tchia climbs a tree as the sun sets behind her.

Comparing something as sweet and innocent as Tchia to the Like A Dragon series might feel wrong upon first glance, but compared to Pirate Yakuza specifically, the island-exploring adventure starts to feel more fitting.

Hopping between islands on the Goromaru is part of what keeps exploration in Like A Dragon: Pirate Yakuza varied, and if you want a more free-form and open-world approach to exploring detailed islands, then Tchia and her possession ability are the best way to do it.

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The Legend Of Zelda: Wind Waker HD

Classic For A Reason

An enormous red-haired Gannon clashes swords with Link and Zelda.

The Legend of Zelda and Like A Dragon series have never felt particularly comparable, but with Pirate Yakuza and Wind Waker, they finally share a common ground. While Majima takes to the seas as a pirate, in Wind Waker Link is on a more noble, but equally enjoyable quest to save his sister, which ends up spiraling into something much deeper.

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If you enjoyed setting sail and exploring new islands, but you wish that you got more of a chance to step away from the action and perhaps solve some puzzles, then Wind Waker is a charming classic that’s aged fantastically and is worth revisiting.

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Yakuza Kiwami

Majima Everywhere

Kiryu holding up a Pocket Circuit Racer car in Yakuza Kiwami.

Heading back to the beginning of the Yakuza series after finishing Like A Dragon: Pirate Yakuza is a good idea for two specific reasons. If you’re new to the series and chose to start with Pirate Yakuza, then heading back to the start is a great place to get all the context you need.

On top of this, a change made in the remake, Yakuza Kiwami, is the addition of even more Majima. With a feature called Majima Everywhere, you’ll find the Mad Dog of Shimano hiding around every corner, looking for increasingly strange ways to challenge Kiryu to a fight, making him an almost constant presence in the game.

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Assassin’s Creed 4: Black Flag

An Unlikely Blueprint

Seeing a whale while on a ship in Assassin's Creed 4 Black Flag.

While the fourth Assassin’s Creed title was far from the first game to feature pirates, it did set the foundations for the modern style of ship combat in gaming that is seen in Like A Dragon: Pirate Yakuza.

Like A Dragon and Assassin’s Creed don’t share a particularly similar tone, but if you’re looking for a potentially more serious take on pirate adventuring, going back to Black Flag is a surprisingly accessible entry point to the series.

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Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth

Understand The References

Like a Dragon Infinite Wealth screenshot of Ichiban Kasuga looking just past the camera.

Even though it isn’t explicitly stated at the beginning of Like A Dragon: Pirate Yakuza, it takes place about half a year after the events of the previous Like A Dragon game, Infinite Wealth. If you haven’t played it, then you might not have even noticed all the references that are made to it in Pirate Yakuza.

The main differences between the two games are the gameplay, with Infinite Wealth using turn-based combat, and also that it’s a much longer game, but aside from this, the two have plenty in common. Most notably, they share a setting in Honolulu, so if you want a more in-depth chance to explore this area, then Infinite Wealth is the best option.

Shun Akiyama is reading a a magazine while lying on a couch.

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