How important is it to finish Yakuza 0-6 before playing Like a Dragon?

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solosnake
11/11/2025
05:32 PM
#1
Will I miss out on a lot if I skip forward?
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Dungeater
11/11/2025
05:33 PM
#2
you would benefit greatly, but its not strictly necessary

i dont know why you would start a series at # 7 though
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solosnake
11/11/2025
05:34 PM
#3
Dungeater posted...
you would benefit greatly, but its not strictly necessary

i dont know why you would start a series at # 7 though
I want to try the rpg. I enjoyed 0 and kiwami but 5 more games is a lot to get through
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UnholyMudcrab
11/11/2025
05:34 PM
#4
The thing about the Yakuza series is that by the time you've finished playing through the games released so far, they've released like four more of them in the meantime.
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a-c-a-b
11/11/2025
05:38 PM
#5
Like a Dragon was the first one I played and I loved it.

I never had issues following what was going on or feeling like I was out of place by having no knowledge of the previous games.
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Senta
11/11/2025
05:43 PM
#6
a-c-a-b posted...
Like a Dragon was the first one I played and I loved it.

I never had issues following what was going on or feeling like I was out of place by having no knowledge of the previous games.

Exactly same for me. I had faint knowledge of the series via osmosis, but that was it. I feel like Like A Dragon is a perfect entry point for people who don't want to start at the beginning.
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Sundercles
11/11/2025
05:45 PM
#7
I only played like half of them before LaD. Youll just miss a few references. Its a good jumping in point. It got me interested in going back and starting the series from the beginning again.
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CyricZ
11/11/2025
05:45 PM
#8
YLAD is a fine starting point. Don't worry too much about it. At worst it will entice you to want to go back and see.
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AvlButtslam
11/11/2025
05:49 PM
#9
a-c-a-b posted...
Like a Dragon was the first one I played and I loved it.

I never had issues following what was going on or feeling like I was out of place by having no knowledge of the previous games.
Same. All I missed was some cameos being less impactful.

Dungeater posted...


i dont know why you would start a series at # 7 though
Pretty sure it was intended as a soft reboot/new entry point
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Dungeater
11/11/2025
05:51 PM
#10
AvlButtslam posted...
Pretty sure it was intended as a soft reboot/new entry point
it's deff not a reboot in any sense, but it's also deff a serviceable entry point. the wanting to skip games in franchises just confuses me tho, it's a me thing

it's like how god of war 4 is a serviceable entry for those who didnt play the old ones, but players who have would benefit greatly

emotional and narrative beats have some more oomph and layer with the context of prior games.
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sfcalimari
11/11/2025
05:51 PM
#11
They're all pretty self contained but they also refer to a lot of stuff in the earlier games. 3 and 6 have a lot of connections. 6 has a lot of connections to infinite wealth which is the sequel to LAD.
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CyricZ
11/11/2025
07:05 PM
#12
Yeah Infinite Wealth is a different story. While YLAD touches on the past, IW drenches itself in it.

At best you could be in a situation where you see the event reminisced on and think to yourself "Nah, it couldn't have happened like that" but it did.
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LightHawKnight
11/11/2025
07:15 PM
#13
Dungeater posted...
you would benefit greatly, but its not strictly necessary

i dont know why you would start a series at # 7 though

Cause it was their first turn based rpg, which is what I play and not action games. Personally would have preferred if they made a spinoff series turn based rpg and left the main series as action instead of the other way around. As that would make the perfect sense.
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