I remember reading about Shenmue (AM2 of CRI, Sega, 2000) in the magazines back in the day and really marveling at how cool it all sounded- a revenge/investigation story, a town with characters that live their own lives outside of interacting with you, life in small-town Japan...but I didn't have a Dreamcast, so I never got to play it and eventually forgot about it as everyone else seemed to move on too. But over the past 5 years, I've also become a huge fan of the Yakuza/Like a Dragon series, and I eventually decided it was finally time to play Shenmue. Listen in to the discussion to hear what we think!
Guest info: Luis Aguasvivas. Find his writing and games criticism at https://aguaspoints.com/ and more at https://linktr.ee/laguav
TIMESTAMPS
* Intros/Personal Histories/Opening Thoughts 0:22
* Story Setup/Setting 14:37
* Gameplay/Closing Thoughts 39:51
* SPOILER WALL/Thank Yous 1:16:24
Music used in the episode
* Shenmue - Sedge Tree (Takenobu Mitsuyoshi)
* Hip De Hop (Yuzo Koshiro)
* Working Man (Osamu Murata)
* Hazuki Residence (Takenobu Mitsuyoshi)
* Tears of Separation (Ryuji Iuchi)
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