are these the only 4 reviews we know of that are pending?
yes they are, if you ever want to check whose verified go on here
3D Juegos writer is long time fan of the saga and I actually meet him personally, I can understand why the score and I was guessing something around 6-7 before reading it. If you read the review you can agree or not, but there is not cheap-easy angles on it, longstory short of the article is that S3 is inferior to S1 and S2 in several aspects.
Sucks that IGN has such a huge viewership with that lovely 5.9.
I don't know yet since I am still in Bailu, but I can understand what he does not like about the game (even when I am loving it I can see the problems in it)I read it via Google Translate and pretty much agree with everything he said.
Shenmue 3 suffers from hamfisted exposition, tedious repetition, monotonous grinding, and a heap of other fundamental flaws that are inexcusable in 2019. However, its environments are so confident in their sense of place that exploration is a capable redeemer, and the game is at times, on that ground alone, worth playing.
2.5/5
Everytime the score goes up on metacriticThis was a great day with a lot of 8s and then came out this 5 to ruin it