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It is baffling how when I first played Yakuza on the PS2 years and years ago I was laughing at how bad the game was. What with it's horrible dub and the wannabe Japanese GTA aesthetics. I shunned the series entirely and never gave it a chance despite even owning the rare original PS2 copy of Yakuza 2.

Years and years later I gave the series a shot for the first time when I heard a lot of positive buzz about Yakuza 0. Needless to say my outlook on the series changed completely after playing Yakuza 0 and I was willing to give the entire series a shot. 2020 was also the perfect time for me with a lot of free time in my hands and the entire series being easily accessible on the PS4. Lo behold it has been one of the highlights of my gaming life in 2020.

It is ironic how being a huge fan of Shenmue was what led me to playing Yakuza in the first place but then I wrote off the series completely as something that is not for me. But then if you ask me now? Yakuza has far surpassed Shenmue in ways I would have deemed incomprehensible back then. Oh how the student has become the master. Infact the student would beat the everlasting daylights out of the master now.