The first Yakuza game I played (going by most people's recommended play order of 0 first), and I couldn't have asked for a better start to a franchise.

Something that I was surprised about with 0, is that even though it's a prequel, it never really feels like I'm supposed to know anything. Like the callbacks for Yakuza fans are really well-done and subtle, because I never noticed them. (...Except for Sera. When he appeared in that "save Makoto" sequence and acted all badass, the camera trailing on his face for a sec, I knew some stuff was gonna be happening because or around him in the later games. And, well, lo and behold, come Yakuza 1,