/vr/ - Retro Games

>>7112310
>being such an impatient ADHD-addled zoomer that you can't immerse yourself into Shenmue's rich and vibrant and dynamic world

I feel bad for you.

>>7112310
I never played these until fairly recently so have no nostalgia for them but I quite liked the first one, even played it through a second time when I got the PS4 collection (first time was on emulator.) It was a great feeling walking through that small coastal town with some fun characters and events along the way.

Second game started out OK but I'm sad to say ended up being a complete and utter slog to get through. Way too big, boring and samey environments, that gameplay just didn't work when scaled up.

Started playing the third one but was so disappointed after the second one I had no desire to continue.

Also with the possible exception of Deadly Premonition it has some of the worst combat I have ever seen, I really don't understand why they spent so much effort on that part of the game with all those special moves and shit.

>>7112373
yeah the combat in shenmue is janky and the training aspect is boring. I never played it either and was expecting something like the tekken 4 forces mode or yakuza, the adventure aspects are really good tho

>>7112321
most people don't need to immerse themselves in a rich and vibrant virtual world because they're already fulfilled in their day to day life.

>>7112525
DUMB

>>7112623
>having a fulfilling life is dumb
this might be one of the hottest takes ive ever seen

>>7112310
Walking sims aren't the same thing as adventure games. So you exposed your ignorance instantly.

>>7112627
No your take is what's dumb. You don't have to have a miserable life to enjoy video games you fucking dope.

>>7112310
You've obviously never played it. This game is tons of fun. Part 2 as well, except for the last part.

>boring

ADHD confirmed

>>7112310
I recently started building up a bit of a dreamcast collection and Shenmue is the only one that disappointed me. I haven't even touched Shenmue 2. Regretful purchase.

Literally the only problem with Shenmue 1 is that you are forced to spend half your day driving a forklift once you get past a certain point in the game.

It's the closest to reading a book that I've ever experienced in a purely audio/visual form. RPG/adventure games that use instanced fighting game matches for combat are way too rare a breed.

>>7112884
If you didn't even like the first game there's no way you're getting through the second one, not even worth trying.

>>7112931
Forklift was kind of fun though, especially the morning races.

you have to play it like an adventure game and then its pretty fun seeing where the story goes. Keep in mind there were no games like this one at the time it was released.

>>7112310
You can play space harrier and hang on in the arcade.

>>7112992
>Keep in mind there were no games like this one at the time it was released.
Grim Fandango was the superior 3D adventure kino.

As someone from the Millenial/Zoomer era ('94)
I almost put down Shenmue until i got thru the first half of Disc 1 because its incredibly mundane and boring but improved dramatically after that.
Was it AM2's goal to make a 3D point and click game with elements of entire library at that point? I think so.
Shenmue is an incredible only flawed by such a boring introduction.

>>7113712
I enjoyed early game. Having a soccer ball kicked at my face and failing felt so satisfying.

>>7113165
Fandango doesn't even deserve to be called 3D, there's no contest here.

>>7112310
most people share your thoughts OP
only autistic losers enjoy Shitmue games because they have social life
this is normal people plays Yakuza instead of Shitmue

>>7112884
Bad taste

>>7115246

Its either total autists or people with really good taste, no real in between.

>>7115246
>only autistic losers enjoy Shitmue games because they have social life
what the fuck kind of retarded opinion am I looking at here

>>7112710
>You don't have to have a miserable life to enjoy video games you fucking dope.
yeah but you do anon init?

>>7112321
>>being such an impatient ADHD-addled zoomer that you can't immerse yourself into Shenmue's rich and vibrant and dynamic world

>forklift sim and shopping for daily items

>>7115773
>needing to post constantly in order to prove to a bunch of internet autists that you have a life outside of posting

keep owning yourself anon it's funny

>>7112373
>Also with the possible exception of Deadly Premonition it has some of the worst combat I have ever seen,
Play Virtua Fighter you dumbfuck
>>7112523
>yeah the combat in shenmue is janky and the training aspect is boring. I never played it either
Then shut up niggerfaggot

The first Shenmue is really weird. It feels like that prologue chapter of an RPG where you just go around your hometown running errands to learn the mechanics, except stretched into an entire game, and then Shenmue 2 is the actual game. It's still very good in spite of that, though.

>>7115246
>only autistic losers enjoy Shitmue games because they have social life
>this is normal people plays Yakuza instead of Shitmue
Why are Yakuzafags so retardedly obnoxious.

>>7116359
>It feels like that prologue chapter
>What is the subtitle CHAPTER ONE: YOKOSUKA

>>7113165
not even close

Shenmue is a great zoomer filter

Waaaaah game have to have deep mechanics and action oriented gameplay waaaaah

>>7115246
>most people share your thoughts OP
WE all laugh at you, WE stand in a giant GROUP of people and point at you and your singular self. It is US who ALL agree that you, the lonely minority of one person, is incorrect when compared to OUR opinion. The big PLURAL drove of SEVERAL people shares the view that you, a single individual, is ridiculous.

>>7116352
I think he was talking about the combat in Shenmue III specifically. And he’s right, it’s shit.

>>7112310
> boring piece of shit walking simulator
hey man that was a revolutionary boring piece of shit walking simulator with a world scale and character detail never seen before in a video game.

>>7116741
>WE stand in a giant GROUP of people
you and the other 6 or 7 fags who cares about Shitmue?
join the real world anon everyone with a brain in their head plays the superior Yakuza
we had more 10 Yakuza games and we're still begging for more while you cunts were begging for a third game for almost 20 years and it was trash like the other two and now no one of you is begging for a fourth game because deep inside you know too well Shitmue was never good

>>7117729
Yakuza has very little in common with Shenmue, take your meds anon

>>7117872
Its more like an adaptation of style and mannerisms and settings. Including gambling themes and other stuff. SEGA of japan hated shenmue, it was basically the CEO who wanted this game to happen and coughed up the dosh for it. Probably wanted to not lose something like i dunno probably 20-30 million bucks.

>>7112992

Id say its more like an art piece to get entrenched in the quality of the world, music and mood. A life simulator. So it appeals to autists who thinks its a good game, and people who really appreciate art. So its an extreme polarity if someone likes it. Dunno whether to hit them or want to have a conversation with them.

>>7112310
because it takes place in 80s japan, the most soiface inducing location for "critical" gamers. if this game took place in any other context or was made by westerners it'd be decried as muh ess jew dubloo trash today

>>7112637
yes. "walking simulator" is an adventure-game-that-i-dont-like buzzword for retards still trying to resurrect gamergate in 2020, and adventure is an actual genre

>>7118227
They could have at least kept it in japan and have it make sense without speaking japanese in china. For such a big budget they could have thought about that detail, making sense and all.

>>7116352
I never played shenmue when it originally came out is what I was saying
its weird that you are so butthurt over someone not likening a game or in this case a few aspects of a game namely the combat and some of the life sim elements

>how do people still pretend it's good?

[citation needed]
nobody thinks Shenmue is a good game, its just has good graphics and world-building, but everyone agrees that the gameplay is crap. Not even sega fans consider Shenmue the best game of the Dreamcast

>>7117872
>Yakuza has very little in common with Shenmue
ofc, the masterpiece of Yakuza have nothing in common with a terrible cum dumpster of a game like Shitmue
SEGA made the right call in burying that piece of shit after it caused the death of Dreamcast due to it's low sales

>>7118227
>because it takes place in 80s japan
not an argument
Yakuza 0 set place in 80's Japan and it's a million times better than Shitmue

>>7118408

If shenmue was yakuza when it came out it probably would have saved the dreamcast. that and making it a karaoke machine not breaking the security.. its still in its own right for the production values a piece of work, but not mainstream at all.

>>7118424
and what's more funny is that Shitmue 1 budget was 70 million $ while Yakuza 1 was only 20 million $ and it ended up being faaaaaaar better and more successful
it's really a shame Yakuza didn't came earlier to save the Dreamcast and secures a future of more SEGA consoles

>>7118403
Anon I’ll give you a (You) solely for your dedication to this character