Shen-who?
Christmas day came and I unwrapped shuenue, so unhyped it was only a stocking filler and I put it to one side, later that night I had watched all my DVDs and decided to put on shemue.
Little did I know what lay ahead.......
The opening cutscene began...Holy HELL!!, The music, the graphics I was hooked, I walked out into this massive world and I was amazed...WHAT THE HELL! I paused the game and ran to the case. I couldnt believe I hadnt heard anything about this game.
A few hours or so later and I was exploring a beatifull lil 'cosy village and taking in the atmosphere as day turned to night, embarking on interesting characters and kicking ass with an actually decent combat system. I felt apart of the world and was hooked deeply, I moved the tv near my bed and played none stop till I couldnt stay awake. My sister had been watching it along side me and I was in no way alowed to continue the game without her...
boxing Day Came and I got a call from a friend, Holy crap I said Im playing this game called shenmue. My friend didnt even know what a Dreamcast was, or shenmue infact, there was nobody I could share it with. I was the only person in the whole world with a dreamcast and a copy of this hidden gem, this unknown, Epic and revolutionary masterpeice. Such feeling sucked me into the game even more as the only opinion was my own
Insert disk 2.....OMG, Disk two. I must find the killer of my father on disk 3??
I start working at the docks and getting myself into silly fights, at the time this dock area looked real as heal and I couldnt believe this game was real, graphics aside I still couldnt belive it. Shemue was full of content. Eventually I came to the end of this epic a few days later, dissapointed that I never found my father...yet shaking all over with euphoria. How the hell had such a amazing game slipped my radar!! Who else has played this?? OMG. Is this the future of games??? Is this where its heading...is there gonna be a shenmue 2??
All in all, I still feel very odd about shenmue, it seems about 99% of gamers that talk all big playing there open ended games and rps are completely unaware of this amazing game and sadly it still kicks the crap out of the. Shuemue is one true hidden gem!!