Yakuza 0 was not what I had originally thought. As someone who has gone back to this game after finishing future Yakuza (Now, Like A Dragon) games I have had a realization, this game is honestly not the starting point everyone says it is. This game contains a lot of fan service and references to it's other numbered games. This game is a complete game and serves it's function of being a love letter to the fans of the series as I now see. I had gotten my friend into the yakuza series by playing this game and he does agree he does not fully understand what is happening in the main story sometimes. In summary I believe Yakuza 0 to be a competent story game with a good fighting system, though I do not understand the reasoning why people think this is honestly the best game to start with, I wish I had gotten to this game at a later entry than number 3 in my playthrough.