One of the most popular installments in the Assassin’s Creed series is Black Flag. The fourth part of the series delighted fans with a pirate setting and a ship battle. Many fans miss this to this day and a new action game for PS5 and Steam could appeal to exactly these players.
What game is it about? In September 2024, a new spin-off of the Yakuza series was announced by SEGA. The scenario is so absurd that many people didn’t even want to believe the leaks about the game.
In the new game, the popular character Goro Majima takes on a new role: he becomes a pirate. Of course, this also includes a crew, the right outfit and a ship. Some ship combat has been shown off in a new trailer, something that might please fans of Assassin’s Creed: Black Flag.
You can see the gameplay trailer here:
Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii – gameplay trailer for the pirate adventure of the Japanese gangsters
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What do you see in the trailer? In addition to the action gameplay that we already know from the Yakuza series, the trailer primarily shows pirate gameplay on the sea. You can see how the player controls the ship on the sea and even fights against other ships.
The siege of an enemy ship is also shown. As a captain, you and your crew storm onto the other ship and fight against the crew.
This is very reminiscent of Assassin’s Creed: Black Flag and the ship combat that many fans have missed since then. Assassin’s Creed Black Flag is considered one of the best installments in the series among fans of the series. The fans especially remembered the pirate life with Edward Kenway and the ship fights.
In addition, all sorts of story snippets and bizarre battle summons such as sharks or monkeys are shown.
What is the Yakuza series? At first glance, the Yakuza series is an action game with a serious gangster story, but in the side quests and spin-offs the series takes itself anything but seriously, and the upcoming part also shows that. Unlike the current main series, the spin-off again relies on an action combat system.
When will Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza be released in Hawaii? The game has pushed forward its release and will now appear a few days earlier than previously announced on February 21, 2025. The game will be available on PS5, Steam and Xbox Series X|S. The game could be interesting for fans of the ship combat of Assassin’s Creed: Black Flag, especially since Ubisoft’s pirate MMO was also not convincing: Skull & Bones was in development for 10 years, the first players draw the conclusion: “What have they got been doing it all this time?”