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I think I'm finally committing my start until finish of mainline Yakuza games and wanted to talk about them. This includes the Judgement games, Like a Dragon and anything in the same universe. Instead of convoluting everything and bumping all the threads I thought maybe it was a better idea to chuck general discussion about the entire series into one thread and we can still use individual threads for the games as they release. This may also help others wanting to get into the series as IMO it is one of the greatest crime dramas ever told. I know RPCB is a massive Yakuza nerd and will definitely join in.
I've finished Kiwami 1 and making my way through 2 currently as I never played it. Kind of reluctant to go to Y3 and 4 next but I think I'll just have to even if it's to speed through the story. I never played 1 and 2 originally so it's my first time with K1 and K2. Absolutely loving K2 by the way. I think the first one I ever played was 4 and didn't like it due to the multiple characters (I think that's the one?) but I'm sure to have a greater appreciation of it now. This is in preparation for the next entries.
Feel free to rank them, suggest entry titles or just whatever about them. I think besides a couple of the more recent non-Yakuza named titles (like Judgement games and Ishin) they are all included in both PS Plus and Game Pass subscriptions.
Yakuza 0 might be an obvious place to start being a prequel to all Yakuza games, but it wasn't made until much later and IMO Kiwami (Kiwami 1 and 2 are complete remakes of Y1 and 2) is probably the best place to start to know the characters and the starting events first. Judgement and Lost Judgement are also brilliant to get a taste of the universe and the style of series without needing any prior understanding.
I've finished Kiwami 1 and making my way through 2 currently as I never played it. Kind of reluctant to go to Y3 and 4 next but I think I'll just have to even if it's to speed through the story. I never played 1 and 2 originally so it's my first time with K1 and K2. Absolutely loving K2 by the way. I think the first one I ever played was 4 and didn't like it due to the multiple characters (I think that's the one?) but I'm sure to have a greater appreciation of it now. This is in preparation for the next entries.
Feel free to rank them, suggest entry titles or just whatever about them. I think besides a couple of the more recent non-Yakuza named titles (like Judgement games and Ishin) they are all included in both PS Plus and Game Pass subscriptions.
Yakuza 0 might be an obvious place to start being a prequel to all Yakuza games, but it wasn't made until much later and IMO Kiwami (Kiwami 1 and 2 are complete remakes of Y1 and 2) is probably the best place to start to know the characters and the starting events first. Judgement and Lost Judgement are also brilliant to get a taste of the universe and the style of series without needing any prior understanding.