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Shenmue
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An action-adventure game set in 1980s Japan that follows one young man's journey to avenge his father's murder. It was praised for its ambitious scope and pioneered several gameplay features such as realistic open-world environments and Quick Time Events.
5 ★ (9)
4 ★ (9)
3 ★ (4)
2 ★ (3)
1 ★ (3)

What this game managed to do on the Dreamcast was very impressive. Now does all that ambition turn into a fun game?

Going back to this game really shows off how much it expected players to take their time. Spend some time just improving moves and exploring the small town they handcrafted with a bunch of details. Su… Read more

An Ambitious Game Which is Better Than the Sum of Its Parts

Shenmue was an ambitious game, and one of the highest budget and most hyped games of its time. Many love it and many hate it, and both sides have valid arguments as to why. The game is very heavily st… Read more

I have three words: Must Find Sailors

Shenmue is a very divisive game for many gamers who have played it. On one hand, you have a group of people who declare that the game’s slow, methodical pace makes it a chore to play. On the other han… Read more

You are Ryo Hazuki

Ryo Has Revenge in his eyesShenmue is a mash up of different types of genre's that come together to create something unique and special. As one of the most expensive games to be made, it captivated th… Read more

My favorite game of all time and will be yours to

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… Read more

Best Game Ever Made

Shenmue's emotive, epic story laid the foundation of how I feel about games and why I play them. The music and story immerse you so much you really feel you are Ryo Hazuki. The game play doesn't fail… Read more

Shenmue

Shenmue for the Dreamcast was a revolution in gaming at the time of its release in 2000 . It combined the action genre with RPG elements and new form of game play called "FREE" ( Full Reactive Eyes En… Read more

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