| Guitarguy said: I had a Dreamcast at the time it was in production and whilst the graphics were amazing at the time, I remember feeling that all I had to play were arcade ports aside from Sonic Adventure and a handful of other games(Shenmue had not yet been released). Even at the time of Shenmue's release, it was panned by many for simply being too boring and mundane, the QTE's were also criticized. |
Mundane and boring? It got a 9.7 at IGN.
http://www.ign.com/articles/2000/11/04/shenmue
Dreamcast isn't overrated NOW. It was underrated THEN. I was 20 when that console came out and when I got one, I was enjoying it so much, PS2 didn't even phase me. Hell, when it launched, I use to flip it off in the stores and laugh with my friends. We seriously didn't care because Dreamcast was that awesome as far as we were concerned.
I think the majority of praise it's getting now is from people who weren't around then. Because if the Dreamcast was this popular in 2001, we'd still be playing Sega consoles today.
