I first heard of Shenmue in 2003 or so. A friend of mine sold me a CIB copy for $5. I went into it not knowing anything about it and was absolutely blown away. It looked better than a lot of the sandbox type games I had played prior to that such as Vice City and Morrowind.

With that being said I recently played Shenmue II on the Xbox and its still one of my favorite games. So I dont consider myself a bandwagon jumper at all. I do think its the ultimate hate it or love it game.