Only registered users may post messages Want to register ? Topic  Re(2):Shenmue - I can't think of a good title by Mosquiton 11:08   Sun 15 Dec Forum   Your UserName: Mosquiton Your Password:   *required - forgot your password ? Message Title: Your message: Icon selection: posticon BakedSquid 16mac1 BoiledEgg Before CutletDinner CandyBowl Clip Clipboard DC_Vm4 DC DishSoap2 Fc01 DC_b2 Dice1 Eggplant Disk_1 Disksys DuntPan Edamame KitchenKnife Fami_2 Fan1 Fc_FBasic Fc_PG Fc_cart1 Fc_cart5 GBP_silver Gameboy Garbege Gba2 Logo_NeoCD Linux Logo_Nintendo64 Logo_NeoGeo MailBox3 Logo_PS MailBox PaperBag MisoSoup OpenBox PCE Pad_DC2 Pad_PS Pad_Pce Pad_Sfc Pad_fc1 cocktail1 PetitTomato Pin-white Pockepika Pretzel SauceLadle Scale2 SegaSat SodaBar SoftCream ShavedIce-Strawberry StrappedBox Take-out Ws_3 alert angry apple arrow art attention beer biggrin book burger candy carrot cars chart chick chick1 chick2 chick3 chicken construction cocktail2 coffee digdug cpu download dosei duck dq1 dq2 dq3 icq-offline mp3 e3 egg face ff-cursor file film floppy fries frown gesselaf goemon1 goemon2 goemon3 happa health humor icecream icq-away icq-dnd icq-free icq-invisible icq-na icq-occupied oba-q pad icq-online icq-seek idea jojo_do jojo_go keylock library mahjong mario meat melon microphone mmcafe monitor multimedia music netscape1 netscape2 netscape3 netscape4 newspaper newswire questionmark opaopa pig pointer posticon pow powerbox pudding question redface sad science search smile smile2 smile3 smile4 sports strawberry sunrise theweb thumbdown thumbup travel upa_milk upa_pig yellowpages or view all icons here. [QUOTE]This is how I've long felt about films and comics, and more and more about games. It's just that games are such a time sink compared to movies, so it's harder to be forgiving.[/QUOTE] That's true, it can take a lot of time to get the full experience or even just the real essence of a game. And it can be hard to forgive when a game seems to be wasting your time (i.e., you're putting a lot in without getting much out). But like you said, sometimes a game can create a world where it just feels compelling to simply be there. I need some space (usually years) between viewings/readings of my favorite movies/novels, but I will absolutely hang out in a great RPG (or RPG-esque game) for days or even weeks on end. [QUOTE] Today, Yakuza/Ryu ga Gotoku is very much the distilled version of Shenmue, and aside from the different setting and hilariously giant scope, I think you'll be hard-pressed at this point to determine what Shenmue 3 will try or even be able to do better.[/QUOTE] If I could tell Shenmue one thing, it would be this: "Remember, you only need to compete with one person: Yourself." Delete? To delete this post, check this box. Delete subthread too ? To delete all replies to your message, check this box (currently disabled) Show Signature: include your profile signature. Emoticons: disable Emoicons in this post.