Some of the reviews of this game mention a major story line…

story spoiler

in which Kiryu becomes the main protagonist of the game and goes down a nostalgia-driven memory lane adventure, revisiting old spots, etc. Considering this is supposedly pretty central theme for much of the game,

would you say it makes sense to play Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth not having completed all the mainline Yakuza games?

For context - Yakuza: Like a Dragon was my first game in the series. Like many, I’ve fallen in love with the madness, the cheese, the comedy and the world of the series and started playing the Kiryu saga of Yakuza 0 - 6. I am currently on number 3, and wondering if it makes more sense to soldier on, play through all originals before picking the latest entry, or to just jump in and enjoy the new title.

In other words: How much do you recon would Infinite Wealth spoil the original series, or how much would not playing original series spoil my enjoyment of Infinite?

Really curious about people’s thoughts.

  • ladytaters@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    9 months ago

    I don’t know about spoiling enjoyment per se, but I do recommend at least playing 6. It sounds like you’ve already gotten through the early games. Are you enjoying yourself, or are you burning out on it?

    • QubaXR@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      2·
      9 months ago

      Three is a hard quality jump after Kiwami 2, but I still enjoy the story. Moved from main PC to Steam Deck for this one and it feels right at home.

      Perhaps I need to get in control of my FOMO and enjoy older games first instead of… Chasing the dragon (badum-tsss)

  • bbbbbbbbbbb@lemmy.worldEnglish
    41·
    9 months ago

    In my opinion, play through the Kiryu Saga and buy LaD:IF on discount. Should also have patches released by that time

  • AnonTwo@kbin.social
    3·
    9 months ago

    It will absolutely spoil. Ichiban’s partner is the main character of the original 0-6

    Plus the Yakuza series really doesn’t care about spoiling. They will do what they need to catch up players who don’t care about that. So if they want to do a story point that requires spoilers, they will just tell you what happened.

  • echo64@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    9 months ago

    if you care about spoilers. IW will have spoilers for earlier games, that’s just how it’s going to be. but you probably already encountered most of them in LaD