After having no prior experience with the series, I'm in the middle of playing Yakuza: Like A Dragon, and it's not at all what I expected, which has turned out to be a nice surprise. Formerly known outside of Japan as Yakuza, the Like A Dragon series has been a long-standing pillar for Sega. Although its acclaim has been well-known to me for quite a while, actually getting into the series is – or was – a bit of a conundrum.