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Acevil on 16 March 2012
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Ronster316 said:
Aj_habfan said:
Ronster316 said:
hatmoza said:
Why go back and play the dated shenmue when the awesome spiritual successor Yakuzas are superior in every aspect?

Skies of Arcadia on the other hand ... I have no idea what the game is about but boy do Sega fans love to dwell on it. I'm interested in it.


Yakuza superior?

Both Shenmue 1 & 2 raped Yakuza 1,2 & 3 overall when it came to review scores.

Just because there are similarities, it does not mean that everyone is going to automatically like Yakuza.

I had more emotions/feelings for Ryo & Nazomi ALONE than i had for every Yakuza character put together.

Yu Suzuki's Shenmue has been called a masterpiece countless times by countless gaming media giants.

Yakuza on the other hand............. just another game.


Interesting comment, I decided to look it up and see if it was true.

Overall scores according to metacritic:

Shenmue: 88 
Shenmue II: 80

Yakuza: 75
Yakuza 2: 77
Yakuza 3: 79

Seems pretty close to me, I think both of you are overestimating your series of choice.

A lot of Shenmues higher scores have been pulled from metacritic. for example IGN's score.....  http://uk.dreamcast.ign.com/articles/164/164499p1.html 

Also Shenmue 2's scores have taken a hit (and theres only the XBOX version on meta)........... check the USER scores for Shenmue and see for yourself how many people LOVED that game.......... http://www.metacritic.com/game/dreamcast/shenmue

Yakuza is not in Shenmue's league, bottom line___________________


Ya that is true, only in cost of the project! :P