I first played Shenmue in 2003 as a 10 year old, and from that moment I had a favourite video game that would last decades. I adore this game so much, there is nothing quite like walking around Dobuita at Christmas time, spending ridiculous amounts of money on Tomato Store lottery tickets, or gachapons. Regardless of how "cringey" the dialogue may seem to some (it is a 90s game set in the 80s after all), the pronunciations are quite good, and there are definitely more recent releases with more questionable dialogue, but hey sometimes we need a bit of cringe dialogue for fun right?!. The music is fantastic especially when it comes to the tension building music. The QTEs also still have me on edge 20 years later. I don't think this will ever leave my top 3.