I have to keep reminding myself that the Shenmue 1&2's huge budgets are the reason why Shenmue 3 is like this.
I took for granted how much of what makes the old games special is due to how much money was spent on them. There's a lot going on in Shenmue 3 that's inexplicable, even if it is a much smaller-budget game. The rain sound effect is a rubbish loop that lasts about three seconds and you can hear the cut; when someone's speaking, the music suddenly drops to a lower volume instead of fading a bit; there are maybe four human templates so it looks like an incest simulator; kids often look like adults which creeps me out; the fonts look cheap and the UI is weird(L1 for the menu!?!?)...
But then there are the understandable cuts - you can't just speak to random people, for example.
When you leave the village and go to the next place, it's pretty stunning and feels much more like Shenmue. I'm often standing around just gawping at how beautiful it looks. I didn't care much for the village, although Shenhua's garden at night is gorgeous and so dream-like.
I recently started playing Zelda BotW so Shenmue 3 is sitting there waiting patiently but posting about it here is making me want leave Link hanging and dive back in with Ryo and FriendsTM.
I took for granted how much of what makes the old games special is due to how much money was spent on them. There's a lot going on in Shenmue 3 that's inexplicable, even if it is a much smaller-budget game. The rain sound effect is a rubbish loop that lasts about three seconds and you can hear the cut; when someone's speaking, the music suddenly drops to a lower volume instead of fading a bit; there are maybe four human templates so it looks like an incest simulator; kids often look like adults which creeps me out; the fonts look cheap and the UI is weird(L1 for the menu!?!?)...
But then there are the understandable cuts - you can't just speak to random people, for example.
When you leave the village and go to the next place, it's pretty stunning and feels much more like Shenmue. I'm often standing around just gawping at how beautiful it looks. I didn't care much for the village, although Shenhua's garden at night is gorgeous and so dream-like.
I recently started playing Zelda BotW so Shenmue 3 is sitting there waiting patiently but posting about it here is making me want leave Link hanging and dive back in with Ryo and FriendsTM.
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