Shenmue

Free roaming game from Sega. Played on Sega Dreamcast, also available on Xbox.
Pretty much the godfather of quick time events, Shenmue follows Ryo's quest to avenge his father by finding the man who killed him. An adventure game at heart, Shenmue has an unprecedented level of interaction with your environment; you can play the lottery, play on arcade machines, etc. It emulates things you can do in real life, but at the same time is clearly not real life; the non-player characters' hilarious acting and voice acting is testament to this. In fact they are more reminiscent of dubbing in old 70's ninja movies: which at first seems like a flaw, but actually gives the game extra cult classic value. The game's quick time events are also an amazing addition to gaming; pressing button prompts during cut scenes is necessary to progress in fight scenes for example, although some mistakes can be forgiven, so there are numerous possible outcomes to each situation.
While dated now, it remains an awesome and original game. 8/10