Shenmue was one of the first games to wow people of the dreamcast graphical capabilities and still to this day is beautiful.
with the exception of mgs 2 and mgs 3 splinter chaos theory and halo 1 and 2 there are no other last gen games that really up one on shenmues graphics.
shenmue to the dreamcast is to what mgs 1 was for the playstation 1 it showed of the systems true capabilities when pushed to its absolute limits and did what really no other game could do for its system.
shenmue has some of the most lovable and memorable characters ever in a video game and an amazing story thats simle and colmplex at the same time.
The game starts you off as ryu hazuki located in japan in 1986 returning home only to find your father getting beaten by a superior martial artist by the name of lan di.
Little is known of who he is or his relation to ryu's father other than he collected a mirror from ryu's father and accused him of killing a a man ryu has never heard of.
You start your journey the next day injured from lan di in search for him in the streets of japan and meet a cast of characters and events truly unforgettable.
The gameplay is what you would expect from ''the guy that made virtual fighter'' made an action/adventure game with cool QTE
[quick time events] that are one of the highlights of the gameplay.
Overall this is an amazing game so good in fact it worth a purchase of the dreamcast if you dont already have one
there is final fantasy 7,mario 64,mgs1 and others on the top video games of ALL TIME and if you look on that list you will see shenmue as for the only thing holding shenmue back from the popularity of other amazing games is the limited console user base that had access to this beautiful gem of a game.