Alright, here’s something you might already know: Like A Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii has a quirky little quest involving golden balls, and they just might end up in Goro Majima’s possession. That is, if he manages to track down all seven as part of a delightful sub-story.
For those of you who maybe read the headline a tad too quickly, I should clarify—these are shiny, golden orbs you’re hunting around the various ports Goromaru visits, much like the treasure hunts in Like A Dragon: Gaiden. There was a pesky bug making it tricky for some players to collect them all, but thankfully, it’s now been squashed. So, please, no more tossing rotten produce or threatening to sic Kiryu on me.
The recent bug fix is part of the latest update, patch 1.12, which RGG released today, March 7th. The patch notes dryly mention, “Fixed an issue where the golden ball could not be obtained.” Mysterious, right? Which ball was to blame? What made it play hide and seek? Did one of the game’s treasure-loving pirates swipe it away? We’ll probably never uncover the mystery. All that really matters is, the balls have returned, much like the mythical “boys” Lizzy sang about long ago.
In addition to fixing the ball debacle, the patch has a few other tweaks for all platforms:
– Fixed the inability to manually save the game.
– Resolved an amusing bug where loading saved data on a ship could result in an unexpected plunge into the sea, leaving players stranded. (Admit it, sounds kind of fun.)
– Fixed arcade game rankings that weren’t saving correctly.
– Corrected various typos and localization mishaps.
– Implemented various other bug fixes for better stability and performance.
PC players, take note: there are some platform-specific updates as well. The game now supports Intel XeSS 2.0.1, and a rare crash issue during resource loading has been fixed. If you’re running into unexpected driver crashes on certain NVIDIA GPUs, RGG suggests capping your FPS at 60 in the settings.
If you haven’t yet embarked on the Pirate Yakuza adventure, be sure to check out my review. I’ve only got a slight concern about whether no longer chuckling at a showering middle-aged Japanese guy hints I’ve lost my comedic touch.
