Maybe this has already been posted but: General advice for people playing 5 for the first time.
--5 is a huge-ass game. It's still the biggest Yakuza game and is easily at least twice as big as 0 in terms of total gameplay content. It's probably the reason they settled on no more than two playable characters and two cities per game afterwards.
--Each of the characters has this entire significant side quest that's as long as their main quest and involves some wacky day job. The gameplay in each is okay but I actually got swept up in them because I got invested in the characters.
--'lotta Majima backstory in Yakuza 5.
--The prison Saejima stays in is based on a real prison that featured in a documentary and at least one Yakuza movie back in the 70's or something.
--You're gonna wanna do some of the side combat training stuff as Kiriyu, otherwise the final boss (who comes out of fucking nowhere) is gonna be almost unbeatable.
--5 is a huge-ass game. It's still the biggest Yakuza game and is easily at least twice as big as 0 in terms of total gameplay content. It's probably the reason they settled on no more than two playable characters and two cities per game afterwards.
--Each of the characters has this entire significant side quest that's as long as their main quest and involves some wacky day job. The gameplay in each is okay but I actually got swept up in them because I got invested in the characters.
--'lotta Majima backstory in Yakuza 5.
--The prison Saejima stays in is based on a real prison that featured in a documentary and at least one Yakuza movie back in the 70's or something.
--You're gonna wanna do some of the side combat training stuff as Kiriyu, otherwise the final boss (who comes out of fucking nowhere) is gonna be almost unbeatable.