@kidaamnesiac: I'll take your word for it, I just honestly do not remember reading a favorable review, or talking to anyone that enjoyed playing it back when it came out. Now I knew plenty that were impressed by it's scope and loved that it was ambitious and wanted to see them keep working at it because they felt they were on to something special, but they all found playing the game frustrating.
I did enjoy Shenmue 2 and I think they made a lot of smart little improvements.
Also, I know this is stupid of me... but I keep y elling at the screen for him to lower the load before he starts driving with it! Even though there's not any kind of realistic physics engine in this game that would require him to do so.
@muppio: People have fond memories because it was very ambitious and we'd seen very little like it at the time, but despite people having some nostalgia feelings for it really even when it came out most people and critics agreed it was just a hot mess.
So in short, it is an /important/ game in Video Game history, because of how it helped games evolve, but it was not ever a /good/ game.
I am such a terrible but I keep watching this damn Endurance Run because that this game has drained Alex of his will to live, and this episode finally broke Vinny is just beautiful.
Ok, I feel like this makes me a jerk, and I am not trying to be, but....
Is Dan just 'mugging' for the recording to give Alex and Vinnie an opening to explain stuff, or is he really as dumb as he always seems to come across?
Does anyone else think this looks like it was probably a /completely/ different game at some point and then someone at Sony was all, "Fuck, throw Kratos in it and see if that makes it sell better!"
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