LogFAQs > #976495361

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5AnXsBKT90Q

Yeah this is the kind of super melodramatic story trailer that had me wanting to play these before even really knowing what the gameplay was about. Y3 was the one I really wanted to play, but it was so apparent that story mattered a lot that the game ended up being like a carrot on a stick for me.

Had to play Y1&2 before getting to the PS3 game. Worth it in the end, though Y1 was a very very rough experience to play and listen to. There was enough there to make it worth going through 2 and by 3 you're happy to just be able to cross the street and fight people without all the extra loading.

That period when we didn't even know if Y5 would get a localisation and then it was digital only, dark times.
The risk of Yakuza games not coming out in the west was real enough that I was that guy telling everyone to check this series out.