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 - The main reason I will never sell my DreamcastYes that's right, I will always hold on to my Dreamcast, there are a number of classic games I own for it but Shenmue perhaps tops them all. Now I hear a lot of people saying that Shenmue is boring, and you spend a lot of time doing nothing, but I couldn't disagree more. I'm the kind of person who loves to explore in games, i play a lot of RPG's and I like to make sure I find all the secrets in a game (if it's any good). That is the beauty of Shenmue, as well as advanvcing the plot (which is great) I can also spend free time down at the arcade, or play pool etc... it is as close as you will get to real life in a game. Both this and Shenmue II are classics, but I can never forgive Sega for not releasing the rest of the series. I know it was an expensive game to make, but i'm sure there is a huge demand for Shenmue III, I only hope they get their act together and get Yu Suzuki back to working on it again. Back to Shenmue itslelf, the plot is superb, I even enjoyed working at the docks as a forklift driver, while trying to get info on the mad angels. The fighting is superb, both regular battles and the QTE fights (which you see in all sorts of games now), in fact the moves are taken straight out of Virtua Fighter. It also had a great replay value, I completed it numerous times, trying to collect capsule toys and better my scores at the mini games like darts. The best mini game of all though was right at the end, The 70 man free battle time attack. The 70 man battle involved fighting your way through 70 Mad Angels members, including 3 bosses along the way, and was the highlight of the game. Once you had completed the game you could do it again and try to set a best time for it, as with all the mini games you could then enter it on the world rankings. I can't remember my time, but it was at one stage in the top 50 in the world, and I must of tried to beat it at least 100 times. I haven't even mentioned the classic Sega Games you could play at the arcade, Space Harrier (which is impossible), Super Hang On etc.. were all available to set top scores on, there is just so much to see and do. If you still own a Dreamcast and not this, then you are mad, pick it up now, before it vanishes off the face of the earth, classic. Rating:  - Visually great and entertaining but slow in some spotsShenmue is definately a great looking game and it does feature quite a good bit of freedom and interactivity. Though it also does move at a slow pace and having to talk to everyone in town can make for a repetitive experience. Not for anyone who's looking for instant and non-stop action but still quite a fun game that is addictive. Rating: - WowMy friend had bought this game, hes like "Man you have to buy it now serious!!" and I went to the store looked at it, I was like ehh alright then, the graphics look hott. Took it home, damn that whole night was gone!! Gone playing Shenmue lol. This game is one of the best games ever made. But then again its a really underrated game for how good it is. Its better than most games out there right now but its hardly noticed by gaming fans, I would ask people sometimes if they knew what game Shenmue was and they wouldnt know. But this game has one of the best story lines in any game, and it keeps you playing and playing because you want to see what happens next. The fighting is really fun and the QTE battles. One thing I like is that when you need to wait a couple hours for a place to open etc, you can go to the arcade and mess around on the games, thats fun especially the boxing game lol. But you if you have a Dreamcast, buy this game dont hesitate!! Rating: - Yu Suzukies Masterpiece...Shenmue for the Sega Dreamcast may possibly be the greatest video game experience I've ever had in my gaming days(including Shenmue II for xbox). Shenmue is about a young man out for revenge to find his fathers murderer but theres WAY more too it, I won't spoil anything other then this game is flat out beautiful and should be played by gamers that won't wyn about the slow paced action.. Like the title above, this is Yu Suzukies Masterpiece, the man worked EXTREAMLY hard on this amazing game(Shenmue is also known as one of the most expensive video games ever created). Sadly Yu Suzukies hard worked game never made any good sales because of the PS2's launch, I like many others got it at the time it was first released, This game is just pure brilliance. The visuals are some of the best seen in games...This may be the longest game review I've ever done so lets get to it.. Visuals This is one of the if not THEEEE best looking DC game ever made, everything is so detailed and the character models are great. The building, the Atmoshpere, thank you so much Suzukie. Gameplay ok this is probably the reason this game is the most hated/loved game ever created. IT'S EXTREAMLY SLOW PACED, and may turn off some casual gamers but if you can hold on long enough the action will start to come up. The game play is simple and easy to get use to very quickly. The game plays like a mystery novel, ask people question and clues about something and when you find some clues you go ask other people that may know BUT THIS GAME PULLS IT OFF SO WELL IT'S NOT EVEN FUNNY! This game(plus Shenmue II) has THE best fighting engine ever!!! It's taken straight out of the virtura Fighter games. And the Free Battle sequences are extreamly rare yet very fun in the game. Did I mention you can do almost everything in this game? Well not everything but alot of things like getting a job, gambling and alot of the other things that can be done in real life... Sound/music When I say this games music is beautiful IT IS, Ten times better then MGS 1. Especially the main theme which you'll notice alot, it's amazing if theres one thing Yu Suzki did well(other then everything els) it's the music in this game, pure brilliance Controlls I'm really lazy to get into this but there pretty good Lemmi just some it up right now The Good -Superb Visuals -Great Controls -Superb sound -Amazing Inviorments -Loads of things to do -AWESOME FIGHTING ENGINE -One of the most expensive games ever made -A beautiful story about vengence but with alot to it The bad -action gamers will be turned off by how slow paced this game go's -For some long, for some a SHORT game, took me about 13 hours my first time but that's because I just did all the story parts and not the side quests -The sales for this and Shenmue II did so bad that we probably won't see a Shenmue III anytime soon -For anyone looking for a good challenge for this and Shenmue II, look elswere, it's pretty simple an pretty straight forward.. -If you're looking for a unique game try GET THIS GAME, and get it quick because this as well as many other Dreamcast titles are very hard to find these days(and are already out of print and you'll be lucky if you find it used!) Other then that Shenmue is an instant classic with everything on the spot, Yu Suzukie created something more then a game....This game is not just good because it feels like you're acctually in that world and living Ryu'S life.....This is good because Yu Suzukie braught us something that just feels so real, and like as if there really is a world like that....acctually there is, JAPAN, duuhh, but still no other game has hit me or motivated to the point were I HAVE TO PLAY THIS GAME more then shenmue....This game is hands down...One of the greatest video game experiences you'll ever have...... When it all comes down to this, I give Shenmue for the sega Dreamcast a 5 out of 5 stars... Brilliant....Just...Brilliant Rating: - Totally a great game a must have for dc fans.This is a really sweet game. Totally a butt-kicking game. I mean you go around beating people up the game lets you see in real live play beating some one up you know without the pain and nose bleeding.
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