This is the first Yakuza game I have played and it is amazing. It's a prequel so definitely a good place to start for someone who hasn't played any games in the Yakuza series.
Very good gameplay, excellent story, amazing soundtrack and a lot of fun minigames.
The only issue I have with this is that the audio seems to be a bit glitchy at times and sounds kinda fuzzy and distorted. This only happens for a few seconds every now n then but still kinda annoying. Please patch this and fix the issue.