Does /v/ like Shenmue? And if you do, what is the appeal

>Does you like Shenmue
Yes

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>>386055232
Do you know where sailors hang out?

Ohhhh ahai Reeeyooooooo

>>386055232
/v/ is too pleb for Shenmue

What's the easiest way to play Shenmue today?

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It's like the perfect open world adventure game, where you need to
>actually find your way yourself instead of looking at a waypoint
>actually decide for yourself who you're going to talk to and try and get info instead of a cinematic or an icon deciding for me
>actually get money by actually doing a shit work or betting money instead of grinding cash by beating up more enemies
>actually fighting peoples with Virtua Fighter kungfu combat instead of Bamham bullshit
>day and night cycle that actually matter
>the level of details going on everywhere (there still some stuff in both games' I've yet to see because of some special requirements)

This game was the peak of videogames for me. Everything else since then feels fake.

Not even gonna talk about the story or the characters themselves, or the games' locations and graphics (at the time) I could go on forever.

I swear to god if 3 ruins this some nukes will be heard.

I love Shenmue. I love Shenmue because it actually feels like a sandbox. Most """"open-world""""" games are transparently shallow and lacking in content, be it in places you can go, unique NPCs and locations, or even things you can do other than move around the map.

Shenmue instead gives you an objective, and you just kind of work towards it whenever. The rest of the time is occupied just exploring and taking in the surrounding, finding unique characters, new locations, getting to know the place you're in, and partaking in the various minigames, item buying, and collecting that you can do. It's pretty comfy and chill, but you have to be the kind of person that is into that kind of stuff. There aren't a lot of games like that. For as shit as it actually is as a game with awful fucking writing, Gone Home would probably be the closest thing I have played as of late.

Pretty hyped for 3.

I played 2 first.

It was one of the very first times I got blueballed at a game's ending. Wanted a sequel so bad. I played one years after that.

3 is gonna suck dick and already looks terrible. You know it's true. I wanted it to be good too, but it's not happening.

Is it pronounced SHEN-MEW or SHEN-MOO?

>>386055232
>>386057418
Do you know where I can find some Chinese people?

>>386059327
>looks terrible
We don't care about graphics. Shenmue fans have been waiting for 3 for ages

>>386058461
Buying a dreamcast.

>>386055232
It's unique and has an atmosphere and feel that stays with you.

>>386059393
>SHEN-MOO

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Ryo in Project X Zone 2 was so ... out of character.

>>386058473
Shenmue has some pretty great storytelling and characterization.

I love how Ren is as much a teacher to Ryo as the martial arts people he meets.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkOAdep-X8E

The music, especially in Shenmue 2, is god tier.

>>386059491
Fancy a game of Lucky Hit?

>>386055232

I don't know. I know I loved it when it came out but if I played it today I don't know if I'd just be bored the whole time. Maybe I'll dig out my DC and find out.

>>386059813
Never heard of it. Fill me in about Ryo being in it

>>386058473
I want to see Joy in HD.

Fascinating how the main character models in Shenmue look better than many of today's games.

Most of the critics back then panned the game because they don't understand openworld which they find boring. Mini-games like the gacha was criticized for not being needed or unnecessary while they like arcade mini-game.

So just like always even back then, journos should not be listened to.

I would go into Pigeon Park Cafe just to listen to the music.

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>>386060449
Yeah in fact I'm even worried 3's models won't even be as good as pic related.
Like seriously

Is there any way to play Shenmue without a Dreamcast?

I love it. I recently emulated both games. didnt realize how short they are when you already know what to do.

the appeal came from the interactivity the world has. there were tons of buildings you can go in and shit you could pick up and examine. you could talk to virtually everyone.

>>386060861
Demul

>>386060768
>the neck
>good
Is this nostalgia? I like shenmue but sayng that they have good 3d models is insane.

>>386060861
Emulator. Otherwise you're shit outta luck.1 was never ported to anything (Unless you had a copy of 2 with the disc that sums up 1's plot)

>>386060951
>tfw shenmue 2 crashes on demul

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>>386060449
>Fascinating how the main character models in Shenmue look better than many of today's games.

What the fuck games have you been playing?

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>>386060449
>tfw no Joy rule 34

Man I'd kill to play Shenmue again but don't have a dreamcast and it emulated terribly for me. Maybe I just had it set up wrong but there were graphical glitches out the ass and loads of textures where transparent and shit. What am I doing wrong?

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>>386060994
Is it really?
>neck
Really?

Shenmue's pretty cool. Specifically II, the first game's good but Shenmue II is just fucking awesome.

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>>386060994
Well, about that

>>386055232
I wish. But I can't stand QTE.

>tfw no big CRT to play Shenmue on
REMASTER
FUCKING
WHEN

>>386062147
But in Shen 1 there's like 3 to 4 QTE scenes. Even less in 2. They're also not shoeorned into actual the gameplay (outside of that one part)

I don't see how you can even like modern gaming if you can't even stand Shenmue's QTEs. They really weren't overused

>>386062565
>Try to replay dreamcast Shenmue 2 on 1080p tv
>get eye cancer

Goddamn.

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Yakuza 0 is about as close to a spiritual sequel to Shenmue 1+2 as you'll ever find.

I'm glad Shenmue III is getting made, but I can't help but think it'll be a disappointment. It definitely won't be a full blown open-world adventure like the originals.

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>>386063503

/thread/

Yeah, I cant see Shenmue 3 being as interesting as the yakuza series. They've been pretty fucking stellar for years. S3 is going to be playing catch up.

Yakuza is better anyway. And in the west we can (hopefully) start getting one every year or two.

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excuse me....

https://youtu.be/ZJ8n_5Un4pE?t=1386

Maybe I should get another

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>>386060861
Yes. Just don't use nulldc.

>>386055232
>what is the appeal to the game for you?
I like the world and how interactive it is and I feel like a private detective going around interrogating people.

>>386055232
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckZlj2p8W9M

>>386063862

Funny how things change. I remember when Yakuza first came out and it was hailed as "The Shenmue killer for the PS2" and then it bombed because nobody liked it. I remember being personally really disappointed too, I never finished it and never bought another Yakuza game. It was a jank Shenmue that was just a little too Jap for a non-weeb and while the jank may be gone for the latest games the weeb has been turned up even higher.

>>386064875
>weeb web web weeeeb, weeeeb

Nice dubstep man.

>>386061140
What I mean is they do more with less, and don't have that weird Mass Effect Andromeda and Bethesda creepy shit and women with man-faces.

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>>386065361

Fuck yourself, weeb.

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um...

>>386064050
And you always did get another.

>>386064148
>Just don't use nulldc.
but it runs perfectly on nulldc
even the arcade games

>>386059327

probably, but I just want to find out what happens next in the story so who cares?

>>386066175
do the save files transfer over as well?

>>386066794
no clue, but maybe vmu explorer can read both

>>386066175
>but it runs perfectly on nulldc
You know full well that this is horse shit.

>>386060395
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sdw-B6O3iuc

>>386067213
there's some slight transparency issues in ryo's hair but the game runs perfect.
and this was on my old windows xp computer.

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>>386067356
>the dialogue
>that music
Hold on anon, I can't feel that fast

>>386062568
Well IDGAF modern gaming no. Shenmue is a button mashing game and I got tired of it.

It is not the game fault but my own. I bought it blind and didn't expect a fighter game. Maybe if they put in a super easy mode, too old and jaded to git gud.

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>>386067356
>ywn ask Kazuma or Majima for help searching for some sailors in Kamurocho

>>386067356
who is his seiyuu?

>>386068673
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4601382/fullcredits?ref_=tt_cl_sm#cast

>>386066008
Ha, you pathetic and unsecure little americunt. Don't worry, other cultures won't eat you alive just yet, cuck. No need to be THIS scared.

I liked the second one better. I wish i could have visited Koowlon IRL once, sounded like a comfy shithole.

>>386067356
Is Ryo autistic?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEStah5hX8w

I was never able to track down a copy of the first game on dreamcast so I only played the 2nd but I remember loving it. One thing stupid thing I remember doing was when trying to find the elevator key, I decided not to check the room next to the elevator but rather go through and kick every single door down on the floor.

>>386059182
I'm so sorry

>>386059327
>looks terrible
That would imply they actually have something to show which, so far, they still do not.

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>>386059393
Katakana under the title list it as シェンムー, which is romanized as shenmuu, with a long u sound. It should be noted, however, that this is a Japanese interpretation of a Chinese word, as Japanese lacks a native "she" (pronounced shay) sound, hence the use of katakana, a script primarily used to express foreign words.

>>386055232
I love it cause it plays like a cheesy 80's kung fu movie about revenge

it's brilliant

>>386061949
hellllllo Shenmue Passport

>>386061949
What was shenmue online?

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>>386055232
>Does /v/ like Shenmue? And if you do, what is the appeal to the game for you?
I liked the combo of Adventure/Fighting/Arcade/RPG elements. At the time it came out, Shenmue was impressive, both graphically, and the interactivity of everything. It made me feel the future of video games was going to be amazing.

>>386070178
>Game contains fights with the strongest kung fu masters of the region
>Toughest fight is some convenience clerk girl.

>>386071069
I've always pronounce it as "shen-moo-E, with the japanese E.

I don't intend to change the pronunciation since its right.

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>>386071654
A Shenmue spin-off MMO that got shitcanned.

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>charming voice acting
>comfy atmosphere
>shops/night time was great
>lucky hit
>those forklift races

sad that shenmue 3 wont be able to capture what made the first two great. still gonna get it.

>>386059491

>>386055232
All I remember was that it had some real nice women in it. Wonder if any of them besides the one with the hat will come back in the third game.

I like it due to nostalgia and really its a silly game with a lot of funny lines, idk if it's due to bad translation or what but it's a good game and I would love HD remakes of the first 2, maybe give it the Kiwami treatment and improve controls too.

i always hear yakuza this or that whenever shenmue is brought up. is it as comfy as shenmue? videos make it out that way but i want to be sure. dont have ps2 so yakuza 0 it is i guess

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Did you fund the Shenmue III kickstarter?
I pledged $250.

>>386072796
Based Pigeon Park Cafe:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2kADjpaqho

>>386074194
Best Shenmue Track coming in:

This track made me feel during the last battle, that last QTE. Perfect Kung Fu movie vibe.

https://youtu.be/5OuIb2hEUmE

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best sidestory?

>>386074587
>forgot about the cat
>fed it once
>it was gone next time i went

>>386074038

I pledged over $500

I like shenmue a lot. I really like how immersive it is. The story moved slow at first but once I got it rolling, it was great. The combat is fun too. I can't wait for 3 but I can guarantee you it'll probably fail sales-wise

>>386075823

Shenmue was never a massive seller.But I think if they give it the same kind of advertising and promotion like they did with Yakuza 0, tons of people would buy it.

>>386062953
its not bad if you use vga

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>>386074349
>mfw Renbro took out the small fry
>mfw just Ryo and Dou Niu
>mfw dat soundtrack
>mfw "You dirty rats!"
>mfw Counter Elbow Assault
>mfw Lan Di circling from the helicopter
>mfw Ryo's 'You're next' look

>>386060116
Right away you knew it was going to be something special
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHa1WuuxRto

https://youtu.be/LS4lgjTjgfk
When some shit went down and the music built up to this, always gave me chills

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I backed the game for $600.00. I don't regret it, but I know the game can't live up to its legacy. I'm still highly interested in seeing how it finally unfolds, but since this isn't the final part of the Shenmue story, something tells me this is the actual end as far as we know. Unless Yu Suzuki manages to make an episodic type game, like what D4 was gonna be.

I still play through the games for my younger cousin and brother from time to time, as we all grew up with it. It's purely a nostalgia thing. I hope in the very least it captures at least the essence of Shenmue. Doesn't have to be amazing. Just passable is cool with me.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Xq-q30Y-IE

>>386077065
That song fucking rips me apart. Especially that ending. You're a good guy.

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>>386077235

It's a real tugger. I always loved how the game just took place close to/ during Christmas. Felt very real in the sense the tragedy just happened on a random day. Not a special holiday or significant event. Just on November 29th in '86.

There just hasn't been a game since Shenmue 1 that captured the grounded, mellow realism it portrayed. Shenmue II almost did, but it got a bit wacky, which I'm completely fine with. Mostly the end scene I'm talking about.

>>386077940
I thought the same thing, I've been wondering if Shenmue 3 will go deeper in that sense

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>>386078267

Yeah, interesting to think where it;s gonna go. Are they gonna retcon or downplay the mystical floating beam sword? Or is the game gonna start getting spiritual? Maybe the ghost of Iwao Hazuki will make an appearance. Could be neat.

>>386078472
Honestly I'm alright with whichever direction it wants to go, all I want is closure. We're lucky we're getting 3 in the first place, beggars can't be choosers. I'm stoked.

>>386078805

Soon, my little suede headed Ryo. Soon.

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>>386077065
>>386075252

>>386079889
Post more rare Toms please

>>386055232
Shenmue 1 is great. It has flaws no doubt but in terms of creating a world that immerses you and sucks you in very few compare to it. The way the locales are designed, the somewhat intentional monotony of it, the fact literally every single character in the game has a biography (some of them really in depth and interesting), etc. It's probably the single comfiest game ever created.

Shenmue II isn't as good IMO and a large part of that is because the setting is just not as good. Hong Kong just isn't as interesting or well thought or engrossing a setting as Yokosuka, none of the characters are as interesting or memorable and Ryo (and thus the player) doesn't have any real connection to it. The story isn't particularly great either.

>>386058847
The problem with a lot of open world games is they think that map size is the end all, be all. Give you a large map to traverse and collectibles to find (towns, tchotchkes, etc.), some small sidequests and you're good. You're given no connection to the world whatsoever and no reason to want to explore. New Vegas is the only western game to get the open world mostly right.

The Yakuza games are probably the best open world games I've ever played in that respect though. The locales aren't the biggest but they make up for it by being jam packed with things to do. There's all kinds of mini games, food to eat, minor stuff to do (looking at/reading actual magazines for instance), the well thought out and written sidequests that help bring the world to life, etc. More games should look at Yakuza in terms of how to design the worlds to more effectively draw the player into the setting and connect them to it.

>>386081618
Shenmue 2 is technically amazing, has more variety, but less minutiae.

>>386055232
I played shenmue 1 and 2 in the past couple years for the first time. I mostly enjoyed it for the ambition it had. It was genuinely fun just going around talking to people and going through the story, I didnt even do all the extra stuff I could've done.

>>386060116
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zt6vDj-z9Q0

I really like the more subdued, ambient take on a lot of the music.

>>386055232
>Do you like games that are all graphics and no gameplay?
No.

>>386063503
People always say this and maybe in terms of the detailed open world/city with lots of mini games it is. But I'd say it's inspired just as much by, if not moreso, River City Ransom. The open world brawling, stat/skill building, focus on gangs and even the fact both contain spinoffs that cast the characters in jidai geki roles point to far more RCR influence.

When are we going to have HD ports of 1 and 2?

>>386074038
Nozomi leaving is probably a sadder moment to me than most other sad moments in vidya. I feel bad for her really. She comes to school, gets bullied, gets protected by an autist who can't notice how wet she gets for him and has to leave to go back to Leafistan (a sad fate) knowing her love will never be fulfilled. We'll never see her or any of the Yokosuka characters again.

Nozomi was one of my first vidya crushes as well. Shenmue 1 has some nice girls.

>>386076361
Probably one of my favorite scenes in vidya bro

>>386083949
I'm betting we'll see them next year. Sega would be absolutely foolish not to release them around Shenmue III and cash in on the hype.

>>386084313
I'd buy all of them personally. I've been buying the Yakuza games just to show support because I know they're been kinda iffy about releasing them in the west.

>>386083949
>>386084313
>>386084610

Not soon enough.

>>386074587
HAHAHA you're so cute

>>386084235
I phoned her everyday.

Nozomi needed cuddles and the Big D, but Ryo was too busy looking for sailors. :-(

>>386084901
Nozomi was needy

Didn't she realize Revenge > Sex any day of the week

I loved being able to practice moves in Shenmue 1. Sometimes you had to wait a half hour for something to happen, you've got time to kill, so you just head over to the park and work on it for a while. Or you fall into a routine of practicing in the morning if there's nothing urgent to take care of. You got some new moves once you mastered others, too.

>>386082490
Shenmue II to me is a case of bigger not always being better. Like I said a big appeal for me with Shenmue is the feeling of being sucked into the world. I got that in Shenmue 1 because like I said the world just seems much more developed. It's much more compact and thus breeds a lot of familiarity and it's fleshed out well in extra material, mainly the character biographies.

The more I think of this game, the more shit I remember that was awesome

Remember that time in 1, where you're fighting with your friend, and then a biker gang surrounds you and you fight 70 of em.

Remember the time you're faced with a QTE and you can't press the button, but instinctively you press it, proving to yourself you're not a kung fu master.

Remember that time in 2 where you saw this bitch kill her enemies without mercy, then you almost flip her to her death, and spare her, while her bookie is pleading for you to save her.

>>386085649
I thought Shenmue 2 was great, wasn't the philosophy behind it that people get flustered and big cities aren't accommodating? While in Shenmue 1 the small town, everyone knew you and liked you.

>>386085916
Shenmue is full of memorable moments.

I sometimes hesitate with these kind of games as it can be really hard or plain dumb to find all the content of the game. So when I get to the ending I wonder just how much I missed.

Its not a good "game" but its comfy and i like the flow of the story and immersing (for lacl of better term) in the world

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>>386085916
>Remember the time you're faced with a QTE and you can't press the button, but instinctively you press it
mfw that indecisive panic in the moment

>>386088245
BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP

>>386058473
3 will almost certainly ruin this

>>386089328
Thats literally everything Shenmue is, I promise everything in that post will be kept intact.

>>386070093
No, he's just Japanese.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMMQEXzKcb4