Shenmue Reviews

This is not only one of the best videogames around in technical terms (graphics, sound, gameplay), but it also pioneers in a way of telling an story. It has a cinematic presentation, many dramatical and emotional scenes, but the viewer lives the story rather than watching it. It's the viewer/player the one who explores the environments, the one who makes the events happen, the one who knows the characters and in some degree influences the relationships with them.

The story itself is a little plain, and in fact this game is more like a prologue to the whole story that develops in further chapters, but even in this case the global immersion you can feel is extraordinary. I strongly believe this model of videogame hides a great potential, and should be developed in time.

First game i remember to have QTE, Quick time button action things. This game was so much fun i still cant believe they never finished off the story with shenmue 3 (they quit making them after 2)

You could do so so soooo much in this game. Goto a corner store and purchase candy, chips, junk food, Bubbles with toys inside...(collectibles) Hell you could even win genesis games and play the damned things on top of the arcade you could goto and play even more games including darts, a QTE punch thing and some others.

You also had to get a job and each day at work started out with forklift races lol it was so awesome. its a 10 in my book for its era i still say the dreamcast was a great system just ahead of its time. loved that damned console.

This game was awesome.

I always wanted to be Ryo... to wear the jacket with the embroidered tiger on the back, to talk like a robot, to beat-up the bullies, and to be heartless to the cute jap girl.