Why aren't you playing Judgment/Judge Eyes?

What have you heard that turned you off Judgment? I've been a fan since the original two PS2 games and I think it's one of the best in the series.

Go look up some no commentary gameplay of like the third or fourth chapter since the game starts out quite slow and see if you like it. It's set in the same area and world as the Yakuza games but outside of very minor references which you have to even know that they are there's nothing to spoil you on that. The minigames are enjoyable, the Side Cases are all quite funny (Though they're filled with tailing a lot of the time), and the characters and story are all great.

If you want to give a Yakuza game out give PS2 1 a try even if it's one of the older games it's still fun and it will give a very small baseline look at how the games work. You can also give 0 a try if you want as that's more modern plus it's usually on sale on both PS4 and PC nowadays so the barrier of entry is quite low.

I'm waiting for it to hit steam so I can get my free copy

Nipples.

beat it.
good story but everything a lot of the other shit is pretty boring.

Yakuza 0 is still the magnus opus of the series

I just finished it
It was great

2 will always be my favourite, but I agree that 0 is probably the best game overall.

Judgment has by far the best story, but 0 is the better game because it's high quality in several aspects which is not something you see in the other Yakuza games.

Waiting for the PC release my man.