Shenmue (DC) Reviews

Shenmue has certainly tested the Dreamcast’s capability and has proved to be the best game that has been released to the DC. When I first heard about this game in a DC magazine I thought it looked really good and I couldn’t wait to buy it. I rushed home and stated playing it and I can firmly say that I wasn’t disappointed ...  Read the complete review

Uppon gazing at the pictures on the back of the Shenmue box, many unexperienced gamers or playstation punters may say, 'pah, look - it's just a movie! anyone can do that...' But sure enough, Shenmue is not a movie. It is the most interactive game ever, with each and every of the 500+ characters having there own look, name, voice and ...  Read the complete review

When you first glance at the games opening scene you think or you know that shenmue is one of the most, fine crafted games on the Dreamcast altogether. The clip explains the story pretty well and you soon know what you’re going into. On graphical terms the game is brilliant with detail and cool colours at every turn, which in a way ...  Read the complete review

In this genuine Dreamcast block buster, you play a young Asian man with “attitude” who has to explore a huge town, searching for clues about who murdered your farther and learning how to fight. The more your skills progress, the bigger and more intense the battles you get mixed up in- from alley fights to full on brawls. An exciting ...  Read the complete review

Never has a game attempted to do so much. Never has a game been this realistic. Never has a game made me giggle like a schoolgirl. Until Shenmue. If you haven't been introduced to Sega's first Saga-Adventure game, Shenmue has been hyped for years to be the "game to end all games." I was supposed to be the most realistic ...  Read the complete review

Shenmue is not an RPG. Shenmue is not an action adventure game. Shenmue is something that everyone can experience, something quite fantastically original and yet tactful sane, but it pushes on the boundaries of gaming, stretching them for new games to push out on. When something is described as a revelation you know that it’s more than good, ...  Read the complete review

Imagine with me the following scenario: after playing a friendly game of darts with the geeky arcade owner of your local town, you leave the darkly-lit establishment, stroll down the bustling main street while doing your best to avoid leg-powered vehicles, only to be jumped by two unruly sailors which you quickly polish off with your physical ...  Read the complete review

Shenmue is a great game - it just has a lot of flaws. The plot is interesting, and the characters are quite a lively bunch. Unfortunately, like many rpgs, the characters don't seem to remember what they've already told you, and will happily spend hours repeating themselves like parrots. The dialogue is fun though, especially when ...  Read the complete review

“He shall appear from a far Eastern land across the sea. A young man who has yet to know his potential. This potential is a power that can either destroy him, or realize his will. His courage shall determine his fate. The path he must traverse, fraught with adversity, I await whilst praying. For this destiny predetermined since ancient ...  Read the complete review

Shenmue is a fighting game. Shenmue is an arcade game. Shenmue is an RPG game. Shenmue is even a driving game.... what can we call it?? well Yu Suzuki has created a totally new genre called FREE (Full Reactive Eyes Entertainment). You play Ryo Suzuki, a Japanese school boy who lives with his father in his family dojo. His father is a ...  Read the complete review

Shenmue is a revoulution in the gaming industry but the question is is it that bigger deal ? Well i believe that Shenmue is. You start off when you see your father being killed when you return home by a bunch of chinese men who are asking him for a legendary mirror. He refuses to give the mirror to him until he threatens him with his sons life. ...  Read the complete review

The word on the street is that there was only ever one reason to buy an N64 and that reason was goldeneye. Shenmue is the dreamcast equivilant. It has the sort of gameplay and graphics to keep you locked up to your dreamcast for the foreseeable future. The best bit about it is the continous story. The game is abit like a book you can't put ...  Read the complete review

Lovely graphics aside, this game promised us intrigue, interactivty with everything, and over 80 hours gameplay, or so that's what the magazine reviews said. For many months, people with Dreamcasts waited in great anticipation of a new breed of RPG. Well after many many months it finally arrived in the UK in time for Christmas. It was top of ...  Read the complete review

This is a role-playing game unlike any other. It is also a stunning show case for the depth of the Dreamcast, proving that it can be platform for innovation not just accurate conversions of arcade games. This is a game that will revolutionise the way you think about games and has been heralded as 'the best game ever' by a number of varied ...  Read the complete review

I have finally completed Shenmue. (after many hours!!) I think that this is the best ever game to be designed in the world, and cant wait for the next.There are 12 in all and will be brought out over the oncoming years. I will definitely be purchasing the next edition without a doubt.This game comes so close to real life and the graphics are ...  Read the complete review

Shenmue has been the most extraordinary video game experience I have ever had. The latest game from Yu Suzuki (F355, VF2 etc) is nothing short of a masterpiece. I don't want to spoil it for you by telling you what happens, but the game is like an interactive world - everything is up to your discretion, and its as though you're ...  Read the complete review

This is my first opinion which that i'm going to write and I hope you like it! One day I was walking through the town centre having a little look around and then I saw it! SHENMUE! I had been looking forward to seeing this game on sale now for about one and a half years and I didnt have any money! I was walking around for about 30 minutes ...  Read the complete review

Sometimes some things become to big to ignore. It could be that rather large spot on the end of your nose or maybe even global warming. But neither of these things are what im talking about. What im talking about is a game known as Shenmue. Over the last 1 and a half years this game has been recieveing more attention than any ...  Read the complete review

Shenmue is the best RPG of all time when I first heard of this game I wanted it and when I finaly got my hands on it I was well impressed. The graphics are beutifull and the gameplay is fluid and so easy to pick up and play. When you First start to play it, it realy feels good as you start your search of your house for items of use ...  Read the complete review

Shenmue - even the title speaks volumes, you see this is perhaps one of the most "Japanese" games available on the DC, indeed many predicted that it would be a flop in the uk as a result. But these gloomy soothsayers could not have been more wrong because Shenmue simply oozes quality. This is the game that could well make the ...  Read the complete review