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Being a former Yakuza member turned Pirate Captain has its ups and downs.
Fortunately, the swashbuckling new adventure of seeking buried treasure is packed with lots of thrill and challenge.
Remember, though, that nabbing treasure chests doesnt often come easy.
Youll run into competitorpirateswhile exploring the mini-dungeons of the islands youll visit.
Explore Sub Stories
Like a Dragons heart and soul lies in its sub-stories.
By then,Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaiiwill introduce its core mechanics.
Moreover, more explorable areas will open up.
They are wide-ranging, from bounties to cooking games.
Besides being fun, they reward you with in-game cash.
Some even allow you to recruit new crew members to help you complete more sub-stories.
Hunt Lucrative Bounties
Besides treasure hunts,bountiesare an especially lucrative source of income.
While bounties will be limited, each successfully completed one will rack up a decent amount of cash.
So, be sure to explore Honolulu, using taxis for quicker travel.
Youll find the bounties marked on different points on the map.
By completing bounties, you’re able to earn hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Replenish Health with Food
Majima needs to eat from time to time.
It helps to replenish your health.
But it also is a great way to raise your reputation.
The former can be achieved by direct consumption or cooking.
it’s possible for you to collect ingredients around the world and make appetizing dishes in a cooking mini-game.
Besides increasing HP, eating will increase your Heat Gauge, alleviate status effects, and more.
Raise Your Reputation
While cash is important and all, reputation counts, too.
The higher your reputation, the more likely NPCs will want to join your crew.
you could simply say Aloha to the NPCs on the street as many times as you want.
it’s possible for you to develop deeper bonds with the characters you meet.
Successfully locatingtreasure chestsalso earns you a high reputation.
However, the 50,000 reputation points will prove worth it.
Cash is Important
Weve mentioned cash a number of times.
But its also how youll do most of the fun stuff in the game.
Focus on the Rings
Rings play a crucial role in Majimas overall combat abilities.
So, definitely hunt down rings from clothing shops or complete side quests.
Feel free to wear the same rings at the same time while others are best synergized with their counterparts.
The Mad and Sea Dog types carry so many combos and variety.
Youll have melee andrangedweapons.
Plus, varied abilities.
Each crew member has four stats, rated as you level them up.
Be sure to assign them wisely to your cannon, boarding, and more squads.
Explore Honolulu
Honolulu returns to bring the same wealth of things to do.
Youll scavenge resources, fight goons, and engage in naval combat.
Once you unlock substories, verify to recruit new crew members and enjoy the ride.
Also, make great use of the fast travel zones to save precious timechasing substoriesand mini-games.
Evans I. Karanja is a freelance writer who loves to write about anything technology.
When not writing, he can be found playing video games or watching F1.
