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badgenome on 06 January 2017

d21lewis said:
I hate to be that guy but...Shebmue wasn't that good. It was good on a technical level and it was very ambitious for its time but that's is it. I get it. It was amazing to play in a living breathing world. I had that magical feeling 16 years ago, too. I still have my copy but Shenmue has aged horribly.

It was outdated two years after it came out.

You are not wrong, but I'm still hyped.

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d21lewis on 06 January 2017

SegataSanshiro said:

d21lewis said:
I hate to be that guy but...Shebmue wasn't that good. It was good on a technical level and it was very ambitious for its time but that's is it. I get it. It was amazing to play in a living breathing world. I had that magical feeling 16 years ago, too. I still have my copy but Shenmue has aged horribly.

It was outdated two years after it came out.

I will be that guy. You're wrong. Still one of ths most detailed and most atmospheric games ever made. Music is still amazing. Fans still discover new things. A good game is a good game and Shenmue is a good game.

Fair enough.

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Nem on 06 January 2017

I'm afrwid its gonna be better looking than shenmue 3 if they make a good job...

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nuckles87 on 06 January 2017

SegataSanshiro said:

d21lewis said:
I hate to be that guy but...Shebmue wasn't that good. It was good on a technical level and it was very ambitious for its time but that's is it. I get it. It was amazing to play in a living breathing world. I had that magical feeling 16 years ago, too. I still have my copy but Shenmue has aged horribly.

It was outdated two years after it came out.

I will be that guy. You're wrong. Still one of ths most detailed and most atmospheric games ever made. Music is still amazing. Fans still discover new things. A good game is a good game and Shenmue is a good game.

I'd say you are both kind of right. Now, I'm a big fan of Shenmue, but while I don't think it was outdated two years after it came out, I think gamers being introduced to the series now won't really get it. By today's standards, very little about it is special. A lot of what made Shenmue what it was was it's technical feats, scale, and detail. Stuff that just isn't that impressive anymore. The game also has a fairly slow start, a heavy focus on QTE sequences, and poor voice acting. I DO think Shenmue 2 holds up a lot better, and handles pacing a lot better. The multitudes of jobs and mini games are also nice. That crate moving mini game with Delin was WAY more fun than it had any right to be.

I think, if the games do get re-released, reviews will be average at best and we will have many gamers new to the series calling it crap, because they don't have our nostalgia goggles.

That being said...I do think Shenmue was great game for 2000. Heck, I think it was still a great game in 2005. It does have loads of detail for a game of it's age, it does have a great atmosphere, an amazing soundtrack, an even a pretty good story in my opinion. But a lot of 3D games from that era haven't aged well, and I think Shenmue is one of them. I just hope Shenmue 3 isn't too attached to its predecessors, and is willing to get with the times.

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d21lewis on 06 January 2017

nuckles87 said:

SegataSanshiro said:

I will be that guy. You're wrong. Still one of ths most detailed and most atmospheric games ever made. Music is still amazing. Fans still discover new things. A good game is a good game and Shenmue is a good game.

I'd say you are both kind of right. Now, I'm a big fan of Shenmue, but while I don't think it was outdated two years after it came out, I think gamers being introduced to the series now won't really get it. By today's standards, very little about it is special. A lot of what made Shenmue what it was was it's technical feats, scale, and detail. Stuff that just isn't that impressive anymore. The game also has a fairly slow start, a heavy focus on QTE sequences, and poor voice acting. I DO think Shenmue 2 holds up a lot better, and handles pacing a lot better. The multitudes of jobs and mini games are also nice. That crate moving mini game with Delin was WAY more fun than it had any right to be.

I think, if the games do get re-released, reviews will be average at best and we will have many gamers new to the series calling it crap, because they don't have our nostalgia goggles.

That being said...I do think Shenmue was great game for 2000. Heck, I think it was still a great game in 2005. It does have loads of detail for a game of it's age, it does have a great atmosphere, an amazing soundtrack, an even a pretty good story in my opinion. But a lot of 3D games from that era haven't aged well, and I think Shenmue is one of them. I just hope Shenmue 3 isn't too attached to its predecessors, and is willing to get with the times.

You nailed it.

My post was much longer with "bullet points" about things that were great then but not so much now. Then I said "Why am I putting a hit on a game I loved?"

My comment about it being obsolete was because a couple of mags at the time called GTA III "Shenmue done right". I don't agree with that but I see what they meant. An open world where it felt like you could do anything.