Q: Do I have to play any of the Yakuza games before playing Judgment? A: Nope! Judgment has very little to do with the Yakuza series, and no knowledge of the main series is required in order to enjoy the game. Unlike Judgment, however, the story does partially tie into previous games, and may spoil certain plot elements, specifically those related to Yakuza 3, Yakuza 5, and to a greater extent, Yakuza 6. Q: Can I play Yakuza: Like a Dragon without playing Yakuza 0-6? A: Yes, Yakuza: Like a Dragon is (for the most part) a standalone story. The Japan-exclusive mobile game, Ryu ga Gotoku Online, features an alternate version of the events of Yakuza: Like a Dragon as its main story, as well as a variety of side content canonical to the main series dedicated to further developing characters and scenarios not explored in the console games.
The Japan-exclusive historical spin-offs Ryū ga Gotoku Kenzan! (PS3) and Ryū ga Gotoku Ishin! (PS3, PS4) are best played between 2 and 3 and after 5 respectively. Yakuza: Dead Souls (PS3) is best played between 4 and 5, and Judgment (PS4) is chronologically set between the events of 6 and Y:LAD but may be played at any time.
The spin-offs are considered non-canon to the main series, and can (but shouldn't!) be skipped without detriment to the experience of the overall story. The spin-offs are optional and are best played in release order, or after completing the main series. Ideally, starting with the prequel, Yakuza 0 (PS4, XB1, PC), then moving on to either Yakuza (PS2, JP only: PS3, WiiU) or Yakuza Kiwami (PS4, XB1, PC), Yakuza 2 (PS2, JP only: PS3, WiiU) or Yakuza Kiwami 2 (PS4, XB1, PC), Yakuza 3 (PS3, PS4), Yakuza 4 (PS3, PS4), Yakuza 5 (PS3, PS4), Yakuza 6 (PS4), then finally Yakuza: Like a Dragon (PS4, XB1, XSS, XSX, PC). Q: Which order should I play the games in? A: The generally accepted answer is chronologically. Beginning with Yakuza 4, more playable protagonists aside from Kiryu are introduced, including Shun Akiyama ( Yakuza 4, 5, Dead Souls), Taiga Saejima ( Yakuza 4 & 5), Masayoshi Tanimura ( Yakuza 4), Goro Majima ( Yakuza 0, Dead Souls), Ryuji Goda ( Yakuza: Dead Souls), Haruka Sawamura ( Yakuza 5) and Tatsuo Shinada ( Yakuza 5). The series features primarily a "beat 'em up" style of gameplay, with multiple new locations in each game to explore, though the events of the series generally take place in Kamurocho, a fictional city in Tokyo's red light district. Several spin-offs to the series include Ryu ga Gotoku Ishin! and Ryu ga Gotoku Kenzan!, historical adventures which use the characters of the Yakuza series in place of historical figures, and Yakuza: Dead Souls an apocalyptic third-person zombie shooter. Yakuza: Like a Dragon stars a new series protagonist, Ichiban Kasuga, who debuted in Ryu ga Gotoku Online. Yakuza, also known as Ryu ga Gotoku, is a series created by Toshihiro Nagoshi and SEGA, beginning in 2005 with Yakuza, and ending series protagonist Kazuma Kiryu's journey with Yakuza 6 in 2016. We currently have a collective of 3,600 articles, 16,622 images & media, and 113,680 edits and counting.
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