AndrewJ

I'll second the Paladin option (I'm running Oath of Devotion). It's a little less vanilla than a fighter and can output some serious damage with buffs and Divine Smites etc, but not quite as complex as a full caster. And as Kal mentioner, the high Charisma lets you pass a whole lot of persuasion checks in conversations etc. I'm also not sure there's an option for an NPC paladin in your party, that's readily available. Edited to add: You do suffer fairly significant consequences for failing to uphold your oath, so choose it carefully. (And that's why I went with Devotion over Vengeance. I thought I'd likely be more forgiving of transgressions, rather than exacting vengeance for any wrong-doing)

So as a new player on XBox... the game really seems to be pushing you towards using Ilithid powers. I've mostly been resisting so far (used it once to get an advantage in a conversation and relented when prompted to consume one of the worms after killing an opponent with one). Without getting too spoilery...should I trust my gut and resist the temptation?

Yakuza 0 is where you jump in. It's the first game chronologically, one of the best and one of the more modern entries in the franchise.

I never played Zero. But my introduction to the series was watching a Giant Bomb East playthrough of it at release. I've played many of the subsequent games. And the story of Zero has some really powerful stuff in it later on and it probably remains my favourite entry in the franchise for that reason. Later games (chronologically) are good, but they just don't hit quite as hard. So, it's possibly worth persevering with (or maybe not, if it's just not your thing).

What I read was the person you have highest affinity with will be in The Eye (Andreja for me) and the person with second highest will be in The Lodge (Sarah).

I haven't played yet, for a bunch of completely uninteresting reasons (my pc is less powerful than console, Starfield in looming, limited play time). But from what I've read and watched, while trying to resist hitting the "buy" button on Steam - you earn Inspiration points for taking actions that are in line with your "background. Eg Folk Hero will earn points for defending the weak etc, And I believe you are capped at 4 points at a time - so use it or lose it.

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