155: Shenmue (with Luis Aguasvivas)

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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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