The Like a Dragon series has been more iterative, but Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii introduces some innovations that take it to new heights.

Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii is considerably shorter than the last several Like a Dragon games. If you were to play the game somewhat normally, doing most of the side stories, mini-games, and other side activities as we did,

Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii is largely disconnected from the previous entry in the series, Infinite Wealth. However, one scene toward the end of the game seems to provide a strange answer for the lore of one of the main antagonists of the previous game, Bryce Fairchild.