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- Somniis, on 10/12/2007, -19/+124***** WoW.
- ShaneApex, on 10/12/2007, -1/+84Do you know where I can find some sailors?
- MrBabyMan, on 10/12/2007, -2/+64Shenmue was truly awesome. While it lacked a bit in storytelling, it made up for it in a total immersive experience that to this day hasn't been duplicated.
- arunforce, on 10/12/2007, -6/+61[insert shut the ***** up joke here]
j/k - AXNJAXN, on 10/12/2007, -8/+60[insert Duke Nukem Forever joke here]
- chicken101, on 10/12/2007, -6/+54[insert retort to duke nukem forever joke, here]
- Innagadadavida, on 10/12/2007, -1/+49@gamer31
You're coughing URLs. You might want to get that checked out. - elitexero, on 10/12/2007, -12/+49"doesn't compare to WoW's $200 million budget"
Yeah but wow's ***** gay. - toast1226, on 10/12/2007, -3/+31[insert penis here]
....oops wrong box! - Somniis, on 10/12/2007, -4/+31WoW != Shenmue. Why WoW was even brought up here is beyond me.
- whiteguysamurai, on 10/12/2007, -1/+25Shenmue will forever be one of my favorite games.
And even though very few people "get it" i still think it was worth every penny.
Yu tried to transcend the usual game, turn it into an art form.
Something no other company has the guts to do.
Instead we have 20+ final fantasy games, or mario playing golf.
Shenmue was original. - gamer31, on 10/12/2007, -6/+29you may be right, but let me say these few things.
Which game makes you pay 15 dollars a month to play?
Which game is an MMO that lets you play with millions of others?
Which game already had a familiar type of game play that people would already know and not be afraid to try?
Which game do you think had to buy hundreds if not thousands of expensive servers and also bandwidth?
Sure WoW did cost more to make, but Blizzard was sure as hell that it was going to work, i mean they already had a fan base. Shenmue was completely original. - whiteguysamurai, on 10/12/2007, -2/+24"I regret to say I have not tried it. Is the Xbox version backwards compatible with the 360?"
It is now. - jackpot, on 10/12/2007, -2/+24The Most Expansive Video Game Ever
- N080dy, on 10/12/2007, -2/+24[I really like brackets]
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+21Sorry to burst your bubbles guys, but FF7 took $45 million to create. Plus a $100 million marketing campaign from Sony.
"Work on Final Fantasy VII began in early 1996. The development budget for Final Fantasy VII was reported to be a whopping US$45 million. Never before had so much money gone into the making of an RPG. Over a hundred artists worked on producing the most amazing computer graphics ever seen in a video game. Beautifully rendered full-motion video (FMV) sequences were woven directly into the gameplay, and the game played out pretty much like a movie. Pre-rendered backdrops graced the screen throughout the entire game world."
"The game's release in North America was preceded by a massive three month marketing campaign for which Sony allocated a US$100 million budget. The high-profile campaign consisted of three 30-second television commercials on major networks, a holiday promotion with Pepsi, and printed ads in publications such as Rolling Stone, Details, Spin, Playboy and comic books published by Marvel and DC.[61][73][74] In 1998, a PC version of Final Fantasy VII was ported to Windows. This rerelease featured smoother graphics, though it suffered from various glitches.[61][75][76]"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Final_Fantasy_VII#Development
http://www-cs-students.stanford.edu/~geksiong/papers/sts145/Squaresoft%20and%20FF7.htm - WiZZLa, on 10/12/2007, -2/+21Mixed reviews? They make it sound like half the reviews were negative and half were positive.
According to http://www.gamerankings.com/htmlpages4/198621.asp the average ratio is 89%, pretty good average in my opinion; 40 of the 69 reviews rate it at 90% or more. - MrMcGuire, on 10/12/2007, -0/+19lmao! Yeah, Shenmue was quite boring. I found myself playing the end battle quite a bit, though. What's strange is that no matter how boring it was, I couldn't put it down. Maybe it wasn't all that bad? I'm so confused. All I know is that I was the king of Shenmue darts!
- mutants, on 08/17/2008, -0/+18/claps
Ryo did seem to be fixated on Seamen, eh?
I think I spent enough time on that game to qualify as college credit. - whiteguysamurai, on 10/12/2007, -1/+18http://www.amazon.com/Shenmue/dp/B00004S99R/sr=8-1/qid=1166844253/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/105-8686711-1791654?ie=UTF8&s=videogames
- VeganG, on 10/12/2007, -1/+16Heart Shenmue.
We can't talk about Shenmue without linking this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgmCdt4EgxU - ZippidyDoo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+14Haha, my first job was driving the forklift in shenmue! Best job ever.
I loved the game, shenmue 2 as well. - teljax, on 10/12/2007, -0/+13I remember when i first put shenmu in my DC. my wife who was my girlfriend at the time who was never interested in video games suddenly was sitting beside me watching everytime i put the game in. it was the game that made her understand why i love games.
- whiteguysamurai, on 10/12/2007, -0/+11I know!
It made me consider quiting my job to drive a forklift, because i was damn good!
Damnit! I'm off to play some shenmue. - gamer31, on 10/12/2007, -10/+20*cough* http://torrentspy.com/torrent/488486/Shenmue_4_CDs_includes_passport_disc *cough*
- beelz, on 10/12/2007, -0/+10http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shenmue
- MackPrime, on 10/12/2007, -1/+10yeah, but someone actually bought and enjoyed Shenmue.
- CROWMST311, on 10/12/2007, -1/+9i count eternal darkness in this category also
- jutendouji, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8I must say that Shenmue is my favourite game of all time, unmatched by even other amazing games in my book like MGS2 and MGS3, or even FFX. Shenmue was an experience. It was a world living and breathing, it was fascinating to turn around and just look at what happened around you. You'd explore and explore and explore and not get tired about the sheer vastness of the game world. The sounds, the music, the LIFE of the game was just insanely engrossing and breathtaking. The characters? You cared for them deeply. You grew with them and they grew with you, they responded to you and what's best? You became the characters in a way that doesn't happen in another game. When you play GTA or Bully, you don't want to be LIKE the character, you don't do the things the script writers thought the character should do. You do much more that just goes in a complete opposite direction. In Shenmue, you became so involved that you fell RIGHT into the role of Ryo Hazuki and you identified with him deeply. You didn't try to go do crazy *****, you just were honestly trying to find answers and trying to live the life of this guy. That was just amazing to me. It was one of those experiences that are unique in your life, even if they are just a game, or a book, or a movie, it's definitely a game that changed the way I look at video games. I finished Shenmue I about 4 times and LOVED it all 4, like watching a good movie over and over. I beat Shenmue II twice because it was much bigger than the first installment. And I pray to the 4 gods that Yu Suzuki finds a way of giving us the 3rd installment somehow... and in my heart, I wish it's on the Dreamcast. To this date, I don't think the graphics are dated or anything: it's just perfect the way it is, because you cannot compare it to anything else: it's unique in every sense of the way and as thus, it's timeless.
Shenmue will always hold that special gaming place in my heart forever. Here's to hoping that Shenmue III comes out to finish the saga the way it deserves *cheers*. - jeszus, on 10/12/2007, -9/+16But Wow sucks
- micro506, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8And the funny thing is, it won't be able to come anywhere near Shenmue in terms of quality.
- cakestick, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7How 'bout a game of lucky hit?
Would you like to play lucky hit?
How about some lucky hit? - basebaII, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7How about a game of lucky hit?
- tastypastry, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6I loved Shenmue. It was one of those games were you either loved it or hated it.
- gamer31, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6Can we throw in factors like more advance hardware that ups production cost please? Oh advertising too.
- Advenger, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5^Cracked me right up. I've never played it all the way through, I loved the detail of the training sessions explaining the moves and their effectiveness.
- Arkz, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6Dammit Krag you had to break the line!
- garyc83, on 10/12/2007, -0/+520 mil was almost unheard of when Shenmue was under production, so at the time it was truly groundbreaking in scope. These days, 20mil for a AAA title is becoming the norm (with a 2-2.5 year dev cycle). 5-12 mil is considered low-budget, which blows my mind.
I'd like to see more time and money invested in original properties, sunk into developers who actually have something to lose (forcing them to sink or swim, aka MAKE A GREAT GAME or disapear.) - iamanalog, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6Shenmue is without a doubt my number 1 game off all time, the detail, the storyline, the game play...everything about the game is amazing. Yu Suzuki is an absolute genius. i only wish others liked the game more, sure the first game took a couple hours to get in to some action, but that's the beauty of shenmue, i absolutely loved how it played out like a movie.
i know that I'm going to do everything i can to be able to play shenmue online. i really hope that if the shenmue saga doesn't continue on the video game media, that Suzuki will complete the story on something else. - nubnub, on 10/12/2007, -3/+7http://www.duggmirror.com
- ericeman, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4What should I name my kitty Ryo-San?
You should name it 'Mi-Mi.'
Brilliant game... I have yet to complete the second one but I hope they finish up the saga! - jutendouji, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5@turpenine
No, because Final Fantasy wasn't THE FIRST RPG. and even if it was (which it wasn't), it's based on RPG models created way before in pen-n-paper RPGs as a main construct (albeit absolutely worked on and changed in a way it's almost not distinguishable).
Shenmue was unique. 100% original. was never made before, EVER. Not even SOMETHING like it. It was an open ended experience where you could win or loose, change the way progressed through the game, the way the characters were to you and the way YOU experienced the game. It has a gabillion sub things you could've never ever found if you weren't looking for it, if you weren't LIVING Ryo Hazuki's life. Shenmue was unique, it's an unmatched experience and gave the gaming world something absolutely amazing that was sadly never fully appreciated by the world.
Don't get me wrong, I love Final Fantasy myself. Just saying they are COMPLETELY different ballparks no matter how you look at it, and FF's originality isn't comparable with Shenmue's. - ZippidyDoo, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5http://www.jda.go.jp/JMSDF/info/event/cm_p/16cm.html Found the sailors!
- whiteguysamurai, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4He's been quoted as saying it will be completed, one way or the other.
And if i need to buy the books, then i will buy the books.
Must know what's behind that door in the cave! - gamer31, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5I never finished Shenmue either, it was impossible for me.
Remember at the end of the game when you were paid to drive the forklift? yeah well i think it was day 6 or something of the job, when you should get jumped by the gang...well they never came and I gave up when i was on work day 253 or something and never played the game again.
It was kind of disappointing for me, Shenmue 2 was good though. - strictlybogart, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3[insert 4 step method to get rich]
but haha, duke nukem forever was definetely the first game that came to mind. props. - Distroia, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3I found myself calling his brother *****-You-San.
- r0b0, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Sorry if I sound like a fanboy but Shenmue and Shenmue II have to be one of the greatest games in history. I'm so happy Shenmue II finally works on my 360
BTW Sciontuner, the sequel was released on the dreamcast... in japan and europe (Damn you Sega! - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3This is a weird coincidence...I was just playing Shenmue II the other day. Shenmue one remains to be my favorite game of all time, Yu Suzuki is a genius and a master at storytelling. The gripping tale the game tells really needs to be completed with Shenmue III but...I've been waiting 5 years for that game, and I'm a big tired of waiting.
- joehobbes, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Shenmue was an amazing piece of work that actually started on the Saturn (not sure if the article mentions it since I can't even get the mirrors to work)
You really need to see on the Dreamcast VGA adapter to see it's full beauty:
http://www.racketboy.com/store/dreamcast-vga-cable-box.htm -
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