Review: Shenmue 3 (Sony PlayStation 4)

Review by Matt S.

The development story behind Shenmue is a long and convoluted one, and well known enough that I'm not going to repeat it here. What is pertinent is that, many years after SEGA pulled the plug on the series, leaving it on a narrative cliffhanger with Shenmue 2, Suzuki Yu was finally able to give fans hope by successfully taking the third chapter to Kickstarter. Thankfully, this game has turned out better than I could have dreamed, and sits with the likes of NieR: Automata and Death Stranding as one of the most powerful bits of "big budget" art that I've played on my PlayStation 4.

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