Yeah, that's the reason I started with Yakuza Kiwami before Yakuza 0 -- I wanted to play them in release order because maybe -- from a storytelling perspective -- that's how they wanted to tell the story.
Release dates:
Yakuza (2005) (Kiwami remake in 2016)
Yakuza 2 (2006) (Kiwami remake in 2017)
Yakuza 3 (2009)
Yakuza 4 (2010)
Yakuza 5 (2012)
Yakuza 0 (2015)
Yakuza 6: The Song of Life (2016)
Yakuza: Like a Dragon (2020)
Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name (November 2023)
Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth (2024)
Chronological order:
1. Yakuza 0 (2014)
2. Yakuza (2005) (Kiwami remake in 2016)
3. Yakuza 2 (2006) (Kiwami remake in 2017)
4. Yakuza 3 (2009)
5. Yakuza 4 (2010)
6. Yakuza 5 (2012)
7. Yakuza 6: The Song of Life (2016)
8. Yakuza: Like a Dragon (2020)
9. Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name (November 2023)
10. Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth (2024)
#8 and #9 are chronologically happening at the same time -- except for the initial bit of Ichiban's story arc -- but from different character perspectives, like playing GTA IV vs The Ballad of Gay Tony vs The Lost and Damned.
I gotta say after seeing Yakuza's fictionalized version of some of the neighbourhoods around Japan, it has very quickly scaled up my "Where do I want to travel to next?" scale... to #5, which is pretty damned good.
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Originally Posted by Azure
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