The big 3 for Shenmue lll (Metacritic, Sales, purchase)

[DonFerrari]

shikamaru317 said:

DonFerrari said:

Strange thing is that the user review is very high, 84.

I don't really think it's that strange. Shenmue fans were obviously going to love Shenmue 3, the game was tailor made for them. Critics on the other hand are unable to get over hangups they have about the decisions that Yu Suzuki made, decisions to purposefully make the game feel outdated and hyper realistic so that the tone of the game wouldn't feel incongruous with Shenmue 1 and 2. Critics can't seem to realize that Shenmue 3 wasn't made to win over new fans, it was made to cater to the existing fanbase of Shenmue. And several of these critics have never played a Shenmue game before, you can tell that by looking at their reviews.

There were 16 3 or less score with all claiming to be fan or paying for the kickstarter.

If the game is enough to get a 84 on fan then it should be at least some 60 meta, so the 40 and 50 are still lower than should. Will only be more certain when I play it.