It will be 19 years since Shenmue 1 first made it's debut to the world and revolutionized gaming as a whole despite the naysayers that argue against that. Reception of the game was mainly positive and ranked amongst the best games that year with IGN giving it a remarkable 9.6. As the years have gone by it's insane to think gamers have changed and that Shenmue starts to become technically less impressive with older technology that is the Dreamcast but till this day I hold it as still being unique, visually stunning and completely playable in it's original form.
With the critical outcry on Shenmue's so called "boring and mundane requirements such as waiting for events which may indeed be removed from the game entirely based upon recent claims this may hugely benefit Shenmue HD's reception from reviewers and people that play them for the very first time. I really want this collection to be reviewed highly and properly, my guess is that the game will inevitably from mid 7s to possibly an 8 if people are generous. Metacritic I would say in the 70s range.