What order to play the Yakuza games in?

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epik_fail1 posted...
It's apparently the longest according to how long to beat. Why is that?
Because there's 5 playable characters, each with their own city and their own lengthy side story (ie: Saejima has hunting in the mountains, Kiryu has taxi driving missions, etc.). It really feels like they jammed 4 or 5 half-sized Yakuza games into 1. It was very ambitious, maybe a little too much sometimes. I had fun with it: it's just overwhelming at times.
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