6527kg
2005
Really damn good
1999
Amazing atmosphere and amazing puzzles but combat is bored, had to use cheat codes to finish because I ran out of ammo and softlocked (early adv/horror game syndrome)
A fairly fun collection of older McMillian games, he truly is the craziest motherfucker to make indie games
2012
Loved this game when I first played it even though I used a guide, think I grew out of it but it's still amazing
2008
Story mode alone gets a 5 but the community (rehosted in Beacon) bumps my favorite childhood game to god status
1994
That's why he's the GOAT
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.
Whatever is compelling me to be obsessed with this game is black magic, for this game is the best damn Souls game in existence.
A beautiful environment and an interesting story that was unfortunately bogged down with extremely poor performance, a lack of build customization, and slightly shallow combat that heavily favors parrying over everything else.