As someone who doesn't play JRPGs or hasn't touched the Yakuza franchise before, I mean hell I don;t even write reviews.

But damn this game makes me want to play more. Having watched a friend play Infinite Wealth and then seeing there was a Pirate Yakuza coming out (I'm a sucker for Pirates, bite me), recommended I start here to get at least the run down into the new game. I was not left disappointed.

Yeah the start was slow with all the cut scenes, but it only intrigued me more about the characters and the story, watching them grow throughout, and as the chapters rolled by, I just kept getting sucked more and more into the game. The last 15 hours of this game, I simply did not want to put the game down (which is annoying when at 2am you realise you have to be up at 7 30 and you ACTUALLY need to sleep). The story always knew how to keep you on your toes, and yeah like i'm sure it did with many others, the ending broke me.

I'm so torn on whether I just move onto Infinite Wealth or head all the way back to Yakuza 0. but all I know for sure is that when I do come back round to this game for a second playthrough/100% achievements, I will enjoy it as much as I did the first time round.

This game alone has persuaded me to play through the whole Yakuza saga and I can't wait to see where that takes me.