So this is what happened to the Shenmu engine huh?,,, so which one should I play if Ive never played the series?
I'd probably suggest picking up this one if you haven't played any of the previous Yakuza games. This one has made some minor changes over the previous that Austin has mentioned, and plus if you ever need reference to the previous games they pretty much have all the cutscenes from the other ones packaged in.
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