This, or Yakuza 0 for exploration, Free Roam

[Tobirama]

Hi All, i wanna start Yakuza games, will this games be a good nice start?

What do you all think?
I Mean i play Yakuza 0 on XBox for maybe 5 hours or so, and i love environment, interactions, mini games, the City feels soo live.

1. Free roam experience compare to Yakuza 0
2. Does this games have FOV Slider (Field of View)
3. Interactions, Mini Games compare to Yakuza 0

[ffrasisti [ARG]]

0 has waaaaay more to do and Kamurocho aside from just sotenbori. Story will also be much more enjoyable to a newcomer in 0. This game requires knowledge of many prior Yakuzas, especially 6 and 7. 0 has so much in terms of stuff to do, it actually makes 1 feel terrible

[ffrasisti [ARG]]

This is a very very specific story that takes place side by side with the story of 7 and its tied to the development of the main character across 7 prior games. No dobut, go with 0, you will be lost here

[JuanMi]

I think you should play all previous Yakuza games (or at least watch the cutscenes on Youtube) before attempting Gaiden.

One of Yakuza's strongest points are the story and characters, and they will grow on you as you play more and more games. There are also many cameos and substories involving characters from previous iterations throughtout the whole franchise.

Yakuza 0 is the first in chronogical order story-wise, so I recommend starting there (it's also my favourite Yakuza game).

And strcitly about Gaiden, it is very tightly connected to Like a Dragon, so not playing that one first, you won't get half of what's happening.

My recommendation: if you like Y0, try playing all the other games in order (maybe skip Y3, it's a bit dated and tedious, but watch a Youtube cutsecene video) and leave Gaiden for last.

[Ahriman]

I wouldn't recommend this game as a starting point to any new players interested in the series, Yakuza 0 is a much better choice.

[🅱ILL]

0 is way better overall.

[Tenk]

playing this game is like watching the second last episode of a tv series lmao, and 0 would be the pilot lol

[Cooperal]

If you want to pick up on Yakuza/Like A Dragon lore then I would say that this game is not an ideal place to start. This is more of a short story compared to all of the other games.

It bridges a gap between other important events and you are put in the shoes of a character who has 7 mainline games worth of backstory behind them by the time this game takes place. This game answers the question of "where has Kiryu been?" without really progressing the overarching plot of the main story very far, so it is strongly recommended that you go into this game already invested in the character.

As a lot of prequels are intended to be, Yakuza 0 is an excellent starting point. You are playing Kiryu (and Majima) from the earliest point of their story.

Exploration-wise their is no doubt about it. This game has Sotenbori and the Castle of which the latter isn't really that big. Yakuza 0 has Sotenbori AND Kamurocho, the latter being the original location of the Yakuza games and has been featured as a main location in nearly all of the games including the Judgement spin-offs. Not only does Y0 have two main locations of decent size, these locations also seem to be more worked into in terms of the density of diversions on offer. Out of all the games that I have played so far Y0 still feels like the most complete package.

[Tobirama]

Originally posted by ffrasisti ARG:

This is a very very specific story that takes place side by side with the story of 7 and its tied to the development of the main character across 7 prior games. No dobut, go with 0, you will be lost here

Thanks, yeah, i should start from Yakuza 0 Then

Originally posted by JuanMi:

I think you should play all previous Yakuza games (or at least watch the cutscenes on Youtube) before attempting Gaiden.

One of Yakuza's strongest points are the story and characters, and they will grow on you as you play more and more games. There are also many cameos and substories involving characters from previous iterations throughtout the whole franchise.

Yakuza 0 is the first in chronogical order story-wise, so I recommend starting there (it's also my favourite Yakuza game).

And strcitly about Gaiden, it is very tightly connected to Like a Dragon, so not playing that one first, you won't get half of what's happening.

My recommendation: if you like Y0, try playing all the other games in order (maybe skip Y3, it's a bit dated and tedious, but watch a Youtube cutsecene video) and leave Gaiden for last.

Thanks, will start from Zero then, if like it, thet i can play another titles

Originally posted by Ahriman:

I wouldn't recommend this game as a starting point to any new players interested in the series, Yakuza 0 is a much better choice.

Thanks

Originally posted by 🅱ILL:

0 is way better overall.

Thanks

Originally posted by Tenk:

playing this game is like watching the second last episode of a tv series lmao, and 0 would be the pilot lol

Nice Analogy

Originally posted by Cooperal:

If you want to pick up on Yakuza/Like A Dragon lore then I would say that this game is not an ideal place to start. This is more of a short story compared to all of the other games.

It bridges a gap between other important events and you are put in the shoes of a character who has 7 mainline games worth of backstory behind them by the time this game takes place. This game answers the question of "where has Kiryu been?" without really progressing the overarching plot of the main story very far, so it is strongly recommended that you go into this game already invested in the character.

As a lot of prequels are intended to be, Yakuza 0 is an excellent starting point. You are playing Kiryu (and Majima) from the earliest point of their story.

Exploration-wise their is no doubt about it. This game has Sotenbori and the Castle of which the latter isn't really that big. Yakuza 0 has Sotenbori AND Kamurocho, the latter being the original location of the Yakuza games and has been featured as a main location in nearly all of the games including the Judgement spin-offs. Not only does Y0 have two main locations of decent size, these locations also seem to be more worked into in terms of the density of diversions on offer. Out of all the games that I have played so far Y0 still feels like the most complete package.

Thanks, yeah i love to explore
Better start from Yakuza 0

Thanks for detailed information, i appreciate it

PS : Sorry, accidentally refreshed drafted post, this thread got bump accidentally, my bad