I mean no disrespect. That's not what I'm doing. There's hundreds of articles and videos stating Shenmue 3 is bad. But yet I'm only talking about this specific video, because I do believe in what I'm saying.
@spud1897 From where I'm standing it seems I cannot voice my suspicion about a youtuber making a video about Shenmue 3 with ill intent.
But Vasid can call forum users mad and fanatics.
This doesn't seem right.
Because people don't change their opinions over years? Why should I believe you are not a disgruntled fan? It's a possibility.
What does being on this site longer has to do with anything?
I've been a long-time lurker.
Not at all. I know Shenmue is a niche series. But it's a niche series that broke a Kickstarter record.
Not a lot of people played a Shenmue game, but most of them have at least heard the name and have an idea what it's about. You're making it smaller than it is.
The crowd of people who hate something and want to see it fail isn't as small as that. That's usually the same crowd that hates on everything with a chance of failure.
You find it everywhere as they get off on stuff like this. They are fans of Yatzhee and Jim Sterling and such other people who prey on mindless hate mongers.
They don't hate it because it's Shenmue specifically, they just want to see another “something” fail.
You know perfectly well what I mean. If that isn't disingenuous, I don't know what is.
People can already say that, if Shenmue was any good then there wouldn't be all these negative reviews and the cherry on top is this video: "even a longtime fan hates Shenmue 3".
Try to argue reasonably with such people. These things matter, in time, this negativity will be everything any non-Shenmue fan will remember about Shenmue.
The way he presents his points, the way he distorts facts to suit his agenda, the way he makes cheap psychological/emotional tricks to make him seem like just a disappointed fan, the way he makes fun of it, the way he titled the video. There's no honesty here.
Just because he made a video about Shenmue in a more positive light before, does not mean he's being fair. You build something up and then you destroy it, it's a very common marketing technique. It works.
Anything about one of the most popular cartoon ever will get such kind of views. It's not a fair comparison.
clickbait
noun
informal
Content whose main purpose is to attract attention and encourage visitors to click on a link to a particular web page.
There's no need to have a bait and switch to be called clickbait.
Hate draws views. This video is on any feed that searches for Shenmue right now.
Considering I'm not allowed to express myself without being labelled mad and fanatic, you're going on a rather hypocritical tangent.
People can express themselves all they want. Plenty of other reviewers didn’t like Shenmue 3 and explained why without resorting to underhand tactics such as making fun of it or hyperbole. They were fair in the way they presented their points.
Some years ago, no one could criticize Shenmue in these forums, the fans were quite defensive of everything negative.
This wasn't good for many reasons.
But now we're going in the extreme opposite direction.
Which isn't good either.
This is the only video I am commenting about that I disagree with and I am immediately called mad and fanatic to have my opinions dismissed.
It seems the Shenmue Dojo is going the way of so many other websites that are being infiltrated and destroyed by politically correct BS.
All of this is simply false. I said it once and I'll say it again, Vasid's posts seem to appeal to emotion (by quoting fan stuff like DAN and saying he expects better from us) to dismiss any criticism of this video. I find it insincere. I can be wrong, but his heart doesn't seem to be in the right place.
This video in addition to many others, will hurt Shenmue in the long run. There's nothing of value to be gained if the only discussion going around a title/franchise is about how much it sucks.
I've said my piece. If I can't express myself without breaking the rules, then there's no need to be here.