Yakuza 0 continues an old school gameplay with puzzles so it might be annoying, I get it.

It is not requared to play any yakuza games, especially yakuza 0 because it feels kinda out of story even if they meant to make it as prequel, doesnt feel like a natural plot for me.

Infinite Wealth is a great point to start your journey, since you are on Hawaii island so it si a totally different story, I mean even like a dragon 7 is a bit different so you can play it before or after infinite wealth, they are similar in turn based gameplay, and I love them.

Basically:
*Yakuza 0- Kiwami 1-2
**Yakuza 3-5
***Yakuza 6-8 (like a dragon 7, infinite wealth 8)
****Man who erased his name (without number should be actually the 8 game in main series), Pirates on Hawaii
*****Ishin!, here must be the second game in series that is not on steam yet.
******Judgment, Lost Judgment

Its totally different story arcs, you can freely skip them.
You can choose your own arc (two, three or four games with in some ways general plot) however you want.

I suppose you CAN, but you're going to miss a whole lot of the backstory, references, character development, narrative, etc.

Like, about half of this game is about Kiryu and the significance of most if not all of it will go over your head.

I started with Yakuza: Like A Dragon and was able to understand 95% of what was going on in that game and who was who.

However, Infinite Wealth relies partially on Kiryu's backstory of 6 and what happened there, and fully relies on what happened in Yakuza: Like A Dragon, since it's basically "Like A Dragon part 2". It's a bit like seeing The Matrix Revolutions without seeing The Matrix Reloaded.

I would at least play Yakuza Like A Dragon, so you'll know what's going on and why your team members are your team members. You'll miss who smaller supporting characters like Watase, Dojima, Saejima, Majima and Ono Michio are, but nothing else.

at least play yakuza 7/like dragon 1 or how u wanna call it :D its getting a little complicated in names... every game is called like a dragon just english name was till now yakuza.
but if u like games with great story i suggest play them all :D

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at least play yakuza 7/like dragon 1 or how u wanna call it :D its getting a little complicated in names... every game is called like a dragon just english name was till now yakuza.
but if u like games with great story i suggest play them all :D

Indeed, Yakuza games do have dat feelings for you.