Shenmue III

Push Square

Sammy Barker·Dec 16, 2019

Critic70/100

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Shenmue III is a game lost in time, but that's probably the greatest compliment you can pay this long-awaited sequel. Newcomers will be utterly bemused by its slice of life-style idiosyncrasies, but for franchise fans this is the faithful follow-up that they've been waiting almost two decades for.

Kotaku

Kotaku Staff·Dec 3, 2019

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Its charm ultimately wins out in the end, but the finale is bittersweet. The pieces are set up for something grand but there’s a sense that most of our time was spent putting them into place for a climax that may never come. If it took this long for Shenmue III, why get our hopes up for Shenmue IV?

GameSpot

Heidi Kemps·Dec 3, 2019

Critic50/100

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Shenmue III hasn't changed much from its Dreamcast-era roots--and it can't reach its full potential as a result.

Rock Paper Shotgun

Matthew Castle·Nov 26, 2019

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For better and for worse, Shenmue III is a perfect continuation.

PC Gamer

Andy Kelly·Nov 26, 2019

Critic83/100

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So was it worth the eighteen-year wait?

Game Informer

Andrew Reiner·Nov 26, 2019

Critic60/100

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After 18 years, Ryo is back and he hasn't learned a thing in his time away.

IGN

Kyle Hilliard·Nov 22, 2019

Critic59/100

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Rejoining Ryo Hazuki’s quest to avenge his father is exciting, but Shenmue 3 feels like a game that has ignored the innovation and progress of the last 20 years of video game development.

GamesRadar+

Justin Towell·Nov 22, 2019

Critic80/100

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A magnificent, authentic, totally uncompromised sequel that crucially ignores virtually every gaming trend of the past 18 years.

Eurogamer

Martin Robinson·Nov 20, 2019

Critic80/100

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Against all odds, here it is. 18 years on from the last episode, and well after most had given up hope that Ryo Hazuki …

Polygon

Laura Kate Dale·Nov 20, 2019

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You really can’t go home again