I absolutely love Shenmue, have played through many times, and this still seems crazy to me.
I have Shenmue III. Do I need to play the other two to understand, or can I just jump right in?
Definitely play the others before 3.
Thanks!
The absurd mix of some legitimate and appropriate choices, some completely unqualified recent releases that haven't even had time to exert an influence and a winner that is completely bizarre and out of left field is absolutely something else.
Shenmue? Really?
Shenmue makes as much sense as other real top spots (not counting KCD2, Skyrim or BG3 - just dumb to include). It was one of the first games of this kind and others took plenty inspiration from it which fits the original intent of the vote.
kcd2 being on here is so fucking funny
I've never heard of this game.
Fully deserved in my opinion.
Also why is KCD2 and BG3 on the list? That must be a mistake.
I think it was an open vote at first so KCD2 might have been an effect of brigading for a marketing effort. Capitalism is why we can’t have nice things, again.
Could also be explained be recency bias.
You’re right, some people probably thought „most influential” = best and that was the best game they played recently. What this game could influence when it just came out - who knows ;)
Wait Bafta did this?? I grew up in the UK in the 80s with a ZX Spectrum, why no 'Manic Miner' or 'Jet set Willy'? Those were pretty influencial and actually British. Doom wasn't originally on console and super Mario is definitely from the 80s, wtf?
Struggling to think of games influenced by Shenmue.
Yakuza series for sure.
But yeah, I wouldn't put it at the top of the list, personally.
Why are there 21 games?
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