Still to this date, Shenmue is one of the best games ever made.
Since then this game holds a very special place in my heart.
Recently I thought that I would dust off my old, beloved Dreamcast and play some Shenmue, but at first I was a little afraid to do so, because I thought that maybe it wouldn´t give me the same sense of wonder like it did way back then.
How wrong I was. After just a short while I was totally captivated and couldn´t stop playing. Sure, I wasn´t as stunned as when I played it for the first time, but the experience was almost better this time, I paid more attention to detail and had a more profound gaming experience. I even more appreciated the labour of love that this game is from Yu Suzuki.
For me personally it´s a tragedy that Shenmue I&II didn´t reach the mainstream audience, because a lot of people have missed out on a truely unique gaming experience. The fact that so few people bought this game (because so few bought the DC) probably means that the world will never see Yu Suzuki making Shenmue III and that is... Pure tragedy *tear rolls down my cheek*.