Abstract
- Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii opened to a rating of 81 on OpenCritic, and 79 on Metacritic.
- Reviewers reward its outlandish tale, characterisation of Majima, and exciting motion fight.
- Others, then again, describe it as “underwhelming”, arguing that “The tale does not select up” till the very ultimate bankruptcy.
The evaluations are in for Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii, debuting to a good “Sturdy” on OpenCritic with an mixture rating of 81.
Government Editor Meg Pelliccio, our resident Majima knowledgeable at TheGamer (who owns no longer one, however two development hats), scored it 4.5/5 stars. She highlighted its sensible characterisation of the Mad Canine of Shimano, the wild, arcade-y deliver battles, and its motion fight, which she argues is the “top” of all the collection
Its Metacritic sits a little bit decrease at 79 at this time.
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VGC – 3/5
VGC scored the sport 3/5, describing the enjoy as an “fun, if underwhelming strategy to kill time sooner than Yakuza 9”.
Eurogamer – 4/5
Eurogamer argues in its 4/5 review that it is a “first-rate Yakuza sport regardless of the leftfield surroundings and delightfully unhinged plot”.
XboxEra – 8.4/10
The 3-d motion brawling fight of vintage Yakuza is again in taste, in keeping with XboxEra’s 8.4/10 review, now with “amusing pirating sections” and much more “intense set piece battles”.
GamesRadar – 4/5
In GamesRadar’s 4/5 review, it says that Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii is a “sillier journey and not using a much less center”, describing it as a “fan sport above all”.
Recreation Rant – 8/10
Recreation Rant, one among our sister websites, scored Yakuza in Hawaii 8/10, writing that it is “an entertaining pirate journey” that is going to turn that “there’s a ton of possible for a Like a Dragon sport that absolutely embraces the pirating existence.”
PC Gamer – 70/100
“Unsuitable and overfamiliar, however nonetheless as joyously OTT and hilarious as ever,” says PC Gamer in its 70/100 review of Yakuza in Hawaii.
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Display Rant – 3.5/5
Our sister website online Screen Rant gave Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii a rating of three.5/5, writing that it does not relatively fit the ambition of Like a Dragon, the polish of Yakuza 0, or the emotional heights of Yakuza 6, however nonetheless “stands by itself sea legs.”
GameSpot – 7/10
The Majima-fronted spin-off is alleged to be a “suitably eccentric diversion” by way of GameSpot in its 7/10 assessment, however sadly “The tale does not select up till a very good ultimate bankruptcy”.
Twinfinite – 4.5/5
Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii is an “very good addition to the Yakuza franchise,” argues Twinfinite in its glowing 4.5/5-star review. It will even “qualify as one of the vital easiest Yakuza video games.”
IGN – 8/10
“Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii is a persistently fascinating voyage,” IGN writes in its 8/10 review, praising RGG’s latest effort as a “pleasant spin-off that seamlessly shifts between side road thuggery and skulduggery.”
RPG Website online – 7/10
RPG Site writes in its 7/10 review that Yakuza in Hawaii is “inconsistently paced” and “unusually faulty”, whilst “enemy AI cannot stay up” and the ship-to-ship fight is solely “advantageous”. Alternatively, it additionally praises the “slick” fight, which it describes as “probably the most whole realisation of Majima’s fresh combating taste after his arc in Yakuza 0.”
How Like A Dragon: Pirate Yakuza In Hawaii Compares To The Leisure Of The Collection
For comparability, here is the place it ranks a few of the remainder of the collection (going by way of PlayStation ratings):
- Like a Dragon: Countless Wealth – 89
- Yakuza 0 / Yakuza Kiwami 2 – 85
- Yakuza: Like a Dragon – 84
- Yakuza 6: The Track of Lifestyles / Yakuza 5 – 83
- Yakuza 5 Remastered – 82
- Like a Dragon: Ishin – 81
- Yakuza Kiwami – 80
- Yakuza 3 / Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii – 79
- Yakuza 4 / Yakuza 4 Remastered / Like a Dragon: The Guy Who Erased His Title – 78
- Yakuza (PS2) – 75
- Yakuza 3 Remastered / Yakuza 2 – 77
- Yakuza: Useless Souls – 64
Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii launches in simply two days on February 18 for PlayStation, Xbox, and PC.

- Launched
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February 21, 2025
- ESRB
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Mature 17+ // Blood, Intense Violence, Partial Nudity, Sexual Topics, Sturdy Language, Use of Alcohol
- Developer(s)
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Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio