i'm at the point where i want a "Yakuza collection" of the PS2 games!

I was on the 2nd disc of FFXIII when I got Y3 and I haven't played anything else since! I found Y3 to be much more like Shenmue then the other Yakuza games. There's even a cats side mission! Plus the whole mysterious man who looks like Kazuma's father, who shot Daigo thing...

Yakuza 3 is my favourite game 2010 with God of War 3 and maybe Final Fantasy 13 =)

I'm a big fan of the series I finished all its games inclusing Kenzan! and now bought the 3rd one English just to support the game :P.

Porcupine_I said: i'm at the point where i want a "Yakuza collection" of the PS2 games!

Same here!  The short cinematic summaries of Yakuza 1 & 2 at the menu isnt enough.  We want moar!!!

yeah , i only played Yakuza 1 , Yakuza 2 , Yakuza 3 , Shenmue 1 , and Shenmue 2.

i didn't play any of them lol

yeah, yakuza 3 is amazing, not as good as shenmue though :(
more people should get the demo and try it out

Spoilers should be edited

Do I have to play 1 and 2 to understand Yakuza 3?

The fights still happen when walkling on the streets?

i'll post what i said to Boutros

there is a brief "cinematic" story videos in the main menu that tells the story of Yakuza 1 and 2, even if you don't want to watch these, the start of the game actually will make you understand more about the story by some events happening such as at the start he will visit somewhere that will make him remember stuff happened to other characters, and also other characters will be "hey remember that guy that did something because of something something"

it does a great job in giving the storyline to new comers, that people who PLAYED the older games will be like "Yeah , why are you being so specific man? i already know..."

and about those random fight they're still here, but not as common as Yakuza 1 , and you can't find them anywhere just the gang places or the poor neighboors.