After visiting the jazz bar and getting owned by some sailor wannabes at a game of pool I was unsure where to find the other bar I was suggested. After a night of hunting I couldn't find it as it wasn't on the map and no one was giving me any more information, I finally found it tucked down a stair way opposite the motorbike shop. Now that I had to wait for a few until 7 pm so I needed to find something to do, after a little running around I found a slot house! I never knew that Shenmue 1 had a slot house so I had to give it go and went about losing 1500 yen and just missed out on a 4000 yen win due to me not betting enough. Finding the game much more enjoyable already so bring on the next play session.

More Game Journey Shenmue Edition coming soon..

The questions ryo asks always gives me the giggles, they way all of his response can be "hmmm" I know this is a translation error again as in Japanese this response would most likely be "I see". Also the run around you have to do just to find where sailors are is incredible, each person will give you one tiny bit of information. For example someone will say this person knows about sailors, then that person says bars, then barmen say try these other bars. Surely bikers would be able to say they saw them last night at the jazz bar etc. Can't wait for gameplay to pick up a bit.

The introduction does seem to get lost in the translation of the game as the writing so far is pretty random with none of the conversations feeling natural. Still it has it's charm from awkward encounters with Jamaican hot dog sales men and non Chinese, Chinese people. The setting still has a great atmosphere around it with plenty of people going about their daily lives and each building adds something to the environment. My only complaint so far is that there hasn't been any action or such over the past hour of playtime which is making the introduction feel very long winded.