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Finished Chapter 9 and I am absolutely hooked to the story. The last few chapters were an edge-of-the-seat thrill ride to say the least. I can't wait to see where the story goes next. And holy **** Tachibana is the Bat Tatoo guy?What the **** does all this mean?.

I seriously can't believe I am having an absolute blast with a Yakuza game. After being the biggest fan of Shenmue, I played Yakuza 1 and 2 with very high expectations. Dropped both of them, a few hours into it because of excessive boredom. Yakuza 3 was just as bad and so I labelled the series, as not my cup of tea. I own Yakuza 4 as well but never tried that one. 5 being digital only didn't help matters and it is the only game in the series I don't own. Didn't think much of it then but I think I really want it now.

Yakuza 0 with all its raving critic and user reviews still kept me skeptical about ever playing it but now that I have, I didn't realize the series has evolved so much while ironically not changing the formula much at all. I guess polishing gameplay and its mechanics goes a long way in video games.

Unless the game implodes from here on out, it may just end up being one of my favorite games from 2017, the undisputed best year in gaming.

Was I really too hard on the first three games? Or is Yakuza 0 just too damn good in comparison? How is 4 and 5?