Just to clarify, Shenmue is not a 5 star game in 2022, but it is in 1999. Shenmue was innovative and set the foundation for many of the great narrative games we see today. Things like opening a drawer and buying gacha toys were just unimaginable at this time. There's a reason this game cost so much to make. It's definitely outdated at this point but I still recommend giving it a shot.

Reviewed on Nov 29, 2022


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1 year ago

Undeniably it is an greatly influential game and despite it's age it has not lost (all) the charm it had. That said, by the second game Yu Suzuki should have realized he was making a boring series.