Not really completionist but I like to do the substories, might not do so in the 3-5 remastered because those games don't look that exciting apart from story.Yakuza 6 is infamous as being the test bed for the Dragon Engine. Just make sure you learn the layout of the city in Judgement and how most of the key things function in this games as it will share some it's gameplay mechanics (if not all) with the older Yakuza games. With the Kiryu saga being available on pretty much on all major platforms, I'd say it's a great time to get into these games.
The series has picked up a lot of traction post 0's launch and Yakuza LADs massive success. See how it goes, if you feel it's too overwhelming, take a break and come back. Kiwami 2 was amazing IMO. The final boss fight was one of the best I'd say and it's on the Dragon Engine, so you'll have great visual quality. Try out the next game and see how it goes. But if you're just targeting main storylines and nothing else, then it could work. Stories are mostly self-contained so shouldn't be a problem. If you're going for total completion, it's best to space them out with a few titles in between. Honestly, people can play all the games back-to-back, no issues, but it depends on what you're targeting.
Sadly, Kiwami (to me), didn't deliver that experience. With 0, I had spent way more time than I had anticipated and had to pick up Kiwami after a year or so. Personally, I didn't enjoy it as I was fresh off the series and Yakuza 0 set very high benchmark for all future titles. Progression wise, Kiwami would be next in line. I'll play a few games in between this and zero to avoid burnout.Ībout this, how do you think i should go having recently completed zero. I just keep doing the side missions and end up playing the mini games for hrs. Thanks man seeing such positive responses I will give it a go but after some time, I have already put in around 25 hrs in Judgment and I think I have another 15 hrs or so of main story left. It's best that you space these games out to avoid burnout, but Yakuza 0 is something you shouldn't miss under any condition. I mean I could overlook Yakuza 3's PS2-esque visuals (just kidding) in favour of it's storyline. You'd forget about all of this (the technical aspect) when you experience the main story. The heat moves are easily the best and same goes for the variety of movesets and style switching.
It's 1080p 60 frames and is a title which had to scale for both the PS3 and PS4 when it released, so you can't fault it for that. In terms of visuals quality, while in-game, it won't be remotely close to Judgement which runs on Dragon engine, but it's definitely not that bad either. That's the reason I am holding back on The Witcher 3 and RDR2 (already looks awesome but I am sure R* will have an upgrade/director's cut). The frames and fidelity just doesn't do it for me after getting spoiled by playing all these upgraded and next gen games. Yes I want to give it a go but the problem after playing all these next gen games and old gen upgraded versions is that I just don't get the same immersion with old unpatched games.