6527kg
Sincerely the best multiplayer game ever made, where you actually feel like you're playing with other people and not just playing the same single player game with them. So much creativity shown off in a game that is usually written off as a cash grab
2018
In January of this year (2023) I was going through an extremely bad period of my life. My depression was at an all time low, and I started to show a few symptoms of being schizotypal (which have since disappeared a little bit). Around the same time, the next game in my backlog was this game.
As I was playing it, something strange happened. I started to feel extremely happy. Shenmue taught me about the intricacies of life: how to keep a schedule, how to be more friendly towards people, how to explore and interact with the world around you, and so much more. It does seem silly to talk about how a game has changed the way you act in real life, but it happened for me.
For a game to do this to a human means it transcends the lowly status of being a "video game". Shenmue I & II is a magnificent sprawling work of perfection that rarely shows its age. Everyone should play it; not just gamers, but salarymen, wives, children... everyone.
As I was playing it, something strange happened. I started to feel extremely happy. Shenmue taught me about the intricacies of life: how to keep a schedule, how to be more friendly towards people, how to explore and interact with the world around you, and so much more. It does seem silly to talk about how a game has changed the way you act in real life, but it happened for me.
For a game to do this to a human means it transcends the lowly status of being a "video game". Shenmue I & II is a magnificent sprawling work of perfection that rarely shows its age. Everyone should play it; not just gamers, but salarymen, wives, children... everyone.
2015
Amazing story (par some yakuza familial connection confusion; a family tree would have been nice!) with some alright gameplay and some of the worst side content ever
2017
Horrible balancing and the only thing that's worse is the community. A moderator (AcidDownpour) fucking doxxed me because he thought I was a troll, lorded his admin power over me, and told me to kill myself like 12 times. Fuck this game
Don't care what anyone says; perfect game
1999
I would highly recommend this to people who want to get into RPGs; the RPG elements are very easy to understand and have a lot of depth to them. Final level kind of sucks but its not a huge deal. Flawed yet wonderful experience.
1997
Really cool mechanics, visuals, and gameplay loop... wish I was smart enough to play it well enough....
2000
Took me 25 hours and a 1cc to finally appreciate this game; forget the wacky plot and characters, this is the most technically deep Metal Slug game with lots of deep fights and mechanics
2012
Worst vacation ever
2008
Story mode alone gets a 5 but the community (rehosted in Beacon) bumps my favorite childhood game to god status
Whatever is compelling me to be obsessed with this game is black magic, for this game is the best damn Souls game in existence.
1994
That's why he's the GOAT
I want a hug from nights
2012
Great art and some charming characters, but puzzles were really obtuse at times (the stupid funnel-dart puzzle) and I hate Rufus.
2016
Clearly the ideas are there but:
- Exploration and worlds are boring
- Art makes me want to vomit (mod that removes portraits but I am still reminded of the fact that I am playing something made for gooning)
- Bosses take upwards of 10+ minutes and any attempt can go down the trash can in 3 hits
I'm too old to want to grind games like this. Life is so short and I would rather have a challenging game that provides more difficult sections in shorter segments like Super Meat Boy.
- Exploration and worlds are boring
- Art makes me want to vomit (mod that removes portraits but I am still reminded of the fact that I am playing something made for gooning)
- Bosses take upwards of 10+ minutes and any attempt can go down the trash can in 3 hits
I'm too old to want to grind games like this. Life is so short and I would rather have a challenging game that provides more difficult sections in shorter segments like Super Meat Boy.