Like a dragon: The Yakuza pirate in Hawaii made me smile a lot, but I think people in RGG need to rest for a few years. Watch some movies. There are some cocktails. Inspired, you know? Like the high sea is the refuge of Yakuza relocated or the absurds in RPG RPG is affixed to this minigame, the game feels like the last gate of a studio scratching at the bottom of the Grog.
I smile muchmind. It’s hard not to return to Majima; Moisturized, flourished, driving a six -inch tank knife of a man because he was very rude to him on the beach, and kidnapped the monkeys for his zoo to caress. Now he is also the captain of a pirate ship, waking up on a strange island without his memory of his Yakuza past, but the same feeling of fair play and sophistication for stage stage. In addition, he was arranged in Eyepatch.
Why are there real pirates, carrying firecrackers, tricorn head off Hawaii? Sugh. Just on the boat. Friend DO Finding the idea of a Majima is a pirate enough to entertain yourself to last twenty -five hours, right? I hope that, because the shorter sub -section in this series is not too thin thin.
There are two culprits for that. One is an excellent story but feels worth pondering, old and missing Melodrama Yakuza for a long time. The other thing is simply fighting and boats is not very good. RGG’s thrifty and resourceful development approach is a real balance for the most excess of this silly industry, but fighting real -time pirate ships, in awareness, an excessive transplant for a series of no real skeleton or skeleton to build.
There is a series of saline power to navigate, supported by collapsing and creaking sound design. And, yes, clearly laser cannon, coconut machine gun, and Ono Michio Masthead are interesting additions. But spend any amount of time upgrading Goromaru and you will find it all except for the most difficult ships melting for a few seconds so that the weapon doesn’t feel good to use. I can see the logic behind what I want to keep each activity alone because there are too many things to do, but I’m not here to play once crazy or puzzles again: I’m here to become a pirate. There is a thin boundary between light and simply papery, and the Yakuza pirate stumbles as soon as it needs to nail its most magical footsteps.
It feels like a gsed up minigame given for the central stage; The first, peeling peeling friend hurriedly promoted when a first partner was previously a hot parrot suddenly being angry by an angry parrot. Obviously there are some great animations and transitional boarding videos because it’s Yakuza, but there is no fault: this is not a patch (eye) on the black flag of Pirate Fantasy Fantasy Fantasy Fantasy fantasy pulled out 13 years ago.
And rowing is slow. Two types of enhancement and Superman 64 wind tunnel to speed up your journey on the ocean and finally you will still hear Kiryu singing about your music list hundreds of times just to feel some movements (I believe that Majima carries Kiryu’s Mixtape when karaoke is Canon). Perhaps you will still suffer as I did, because the reward is worth it. There are pirates to sink and islands to fight to find treasures, cash and points to spend on upgrades. There are also dozens of rings just to collect, arranged in a menu screen where you can put them on Majima’s fingers and watch him grinning with his sparkling. Your exact ring is displayed on the model of Goro and in the scenes – a luxurious contact that makes me grin.
Except you really want Are not Wearing those rings only to defeat themselves, because both of Majima’s fighting styles were so effective that they took all wars – most notably the bosses – of Yakuza’s great dramatic struggle. There are very few such diversity in the moves of the enemy, too. Or, or fighting has ended very quickly, I hardly notice what the enemy has. Because of curiosity, for the first time, I played Gaiden of 2023 and it was amazing that the game handled quite a lot of my favorite things about this series.
In the first few hours of Gaiden, I fought with thugs with shocking umbrellas and Caltrops – dangerous beef bastards that requested skillful control to overcome their defenses. The only fighter of Pirate Yakuza became difficult when there were many gunmen hiding outside the scope of camera photography on you like terrible invisible poltergibbons. Majima’s new hookshot is a great distance Closer and summoning devil sharks with a cursed puzzle is some lovely meaning, but if you have any experience with Dragon engine games, you will want to defeat this to make it difficult to fight with any reality.
At least Majima is still more attractive than ever, and the game To be funny. Starting the duty of pets, Goro loved a copy chicken for the pot and rescued it. It cannot lay eggs, but it will not be able to explain the egg after you feed it. Shimano’s Scurvy dog is pushing in mid -sixties, which the game admits and plays with. My favorite is a long series of missions to set up the ship’s Cook Masaru with a dating, rewarding you with some long series of actions that describe him great.
“Yakuza is a serious criminal movie” is a meme that you will find clips that come with the most fastidious, camping moments for the series, but it’s also true. These games are special because, their best, they are good at everything; The tense, tense, sincere stories with those who answered the phone like this. The infinite wealth last year made some smart improvements compared to its predecessor, but the plot made me cold. Without the torment of truly messy, threatening or underworld, the absurdity has nothing to anchor it. It has a heart, but does not have real teeth.
Pirate Yakuza felt even limited. The thrilling, skillful fighting choreography is still here, but instead of fighting a Kuze or Goda or even a Kosei Shishido, I am fighting a fragile pirate named Keith. Majima’s companion for the adventure is Na -Ne, a Treasure Muppet Jim Hawkins Island that can give Goro the opportunity to play a nurturing role. There are some true sincerity in the scenes for them to defeat milk in Revolve Bar, but the central family film of the plot tends to be sacarine. The worst is, this is not all that, likes to set the pieces for the finale. Again, it was a great last few hours, but an uneven trip.
So, remember that when I said that I started Gaiden after finishing and immediately realized how much I liked it? It is not just a battle. I may be reluctant to forgive no longer can give a Cabaret hostess a cold Teriyaki Burger from my back pocket, but even Gaiden’s opening time is more attractive than anything here. The villains better, fighting feel heavier, it looks better. Above all, it is cheaper. I did not regret spending time with Majima again, but, ‘free’ or not, if I have paid the full price for this, I feel good and really resolved.
This assessment is based on the evaluation code provided by the publisher.
