06-16-2015, 06:53 PM
Alright peeps, time to talk about the game that has literally made people cry with the announcement. As Bumblee said we should probably make our own threads for this so I thought I'd "kickstart" the Shenmue thread.
If you haven't played or at least heard of Shenmue before the announcement something is seriously wrong with you and I suggest getting medical help in two Dreamcast doses.
Seriously tho'. This is the perfect time to get into the series if you haven't. I'll give an adbriged version of the story. You play as 18 year old Ryo Hazuki who came home one day to find his dojo broken into and a mysterious man fighting his father. After the mysterious man threatens to kill you, your father finally gives the man what he wants and in doing so the mysterious man kills your father. You don't mourn, you don't cry. You get revenge.
As for how to play the first two games. They can be emulated fairly easily on NullDC (if you need help setting up PM me). The first game has English voice acting, while the second game doesn't but has english subs if you play the PAL version. Recently though you are able to take the Xbox Audio and play it on NullDC, although the sound is very low quality.
The second game is on the Xbox and if played on a 360 can be upscaled to 720p. This version you can't emulate but is a lot more common and easier to use. If you can't emulate them or afford them for either Dreamcast or Xbox, but own a Dreamcast. You can easily burn Shenmue onto a disc and play it on your Dreamcast (As long as it was made before October 2000)
Anyhow, enough of the first two this thread is mainly for discussion of Shenmue 3. Even though I think I'm the only person who actually gave a crap, this thread can also be for discussion of Shenmue 1 and 2.
Personally I think Ryo looks very weird in what they have shown. I get it's still concept and we're 2 years or so from it being released but I just hope they sort it out. I also hope that Corey Marshall and all the other VA's return to voice the important characters. There is a side of me that wants Shenmue 3 to have bad voice acting like it did in 1 and 2, but for that to happen it might hurt the reviews of the game since it would be a factor that people would pick up on. I'd settle for the original VA's moreso than anything though.
Anyhow. If you guys are going to play Shenmue 1 and 2, look over some videos, some gameplay (and try to watch the HD ones recorded via NullDC) and see for yourselves if this is a game you'd like to play.
If you haven't played or at least heard of Shenmue before the announcement something is seriously wrong with you and I suggest getting medical help in two Dreamcast doses.
Seriously tho'. This is the perfect time to get into the series if you haven't. I'll give an adbriged version of the story. You play as 18 year old Ryo Hazuki who came home one day to find his dojo broken into and a mysterious man fighting his father. After the mysterious man threatens to kill you, your father finally gives the man what he wants and in doing so the mysterious man kills your father. You don't mourn, you don't cry. You get revenge.
As for how to play the first two games. They can be emulated fairly easily on NullDC (if you need help setting up PM me). The first game has English voice acting, while the second game doesn't but has english subs if you play the PAL version. Recently though you are able to take the Xbox Audio and play it on NullDC, although the sound is very low quality.
The second game is on the Xbox and if played on a 360 can be upscaled to 720p. This version you can't emulate but is a lot more common and easier to use. If you can't emulate them or afford them for either Dreamcast or Xbox, but own a Dreamcast. You can easily burn Shenmue onto a disc and play it on your Dreamcast (As long as it was made before October 2000)
Anyhow, enough of the first two this thread is mainly for discussion of Shenmue 3. Even though I think I'm the only person who actually gave a crap, this thread can also be for discussion of Shenmue 1 and 2.
Personally I think Ryo looks very weird in what they have shown. I get it's still concept and we're 2 years or so from it being released but I just hope they sort it out. I also hope that Corey Marshall and all the other VA's return to voice the important characters. There is a side of me that wants Shenmue 3 to have bad voice acting like it did in 1 and 2, but for that to happen it might hurt the reviews of the game since it would be a factor that people would pick up on. I'd settle for the original VA's moreso than anything though.
Anyhow. If you guys are going to play Shenmue 1 and 2, look over some videos, some gameplay (and try to watch the HD ones recorded via NullDC) and see for yourselves if this is a game you'd like to play.