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- Shenmue
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Hey everyone, it's been a while that i wanted to make this thread, a thread to talk about the essence of Shenmue, sometimes on the internet i see people talking that Shenmue is archaic, outdated, that aged poorly, that Shenmue is stopped in time and many other things, maybe i have a unpopular opinion.
I disagree a lot with this and i don't use this words to talk about arts. I don't use this words to talk about music, movies, animes, games and much more. For me games are art, they are not archaic, outdated, they don't age poorly and they are not stopped in time.
Imagine if today i decide to play the original FFVII, then later i decide to play the remake, i will think that the original is outdated and aged poorly? no. Of course that many things have envolved in the gaming world, now is possible to create games with more realistic graphics and things like that, but that doesn't mean games are outdated and age poorly.
Imagine if i decide to make a RPG in the old school style, with graphics and gameplay of the SNES era, i will release the game and the game will be already outdated? this things in the gaming industry don't make sense to me.
I feel sad because maybe there is no place for creativity and originality anymore. Some people criticized Shenmue III saying that it is archaic and outdated, that Shenmue stopped in time, some people say that Shenmue should be like Yakuza, that should be like every other modern game, and i really disagree when people say that because Shenmue have it's own essence, Yu Suzuki have it's own style of doing games, and what made me love Shenmue so much was this essence that only Shenmue have, Shenmue games are so unique, i never played anything like Shenmue.
Shenmue III have the Shenmue essence but have new things too, things like the Food system, we can change Ryo's clothes, we can have phone calls in a easy way, we can collect herbs, we can fight in Dojos to level up kung fu and many others things, this things was really nice, only the food system that need some adjustments because it runs out so fast, this is my only complain about the food system, i thought it is a great addition, it have so many different foods, what i am saying is Shenmue didn't stopped in time, Shenmue III continues to have the Shenmue essence and brought new things for the franchise.
I disagree a lot with this and i don't use this words to talk about arts. I don't use this words to talk about music, movies, animes, games and much more. For me games are art, they are not archaic, outdated, they don't age poorly and they are not stopped in time.
Imagine if today i decide to play the original FFVII, then later i decide to play the remake, i will think that the original is outdated and aged poorly? no. Of course that many things have envolved in the gaming world, now is possible to create games with more realistic graphics and things like that, but that doesn't mean games are outdated and age poorly.
Imagine if i decide to make a RPG in the old school style, with graphics and gameplay of the SNES era, i will release the game and the game will be already outdated? this things in the gaming industry don't make sense to me.
I feel sad because maybe there is no place for creativity and originality anymore. Some people criticized Shenmue III saying that it is archaic and outdated, that Shenmue stopped in time, some people say that Shenmue should be like Yakuza, that should be like every other modern game, and i really disagree when people say that because Shenmue have it's own essence, Yu Suzuki have it's own style of doing games, and what made me love Shenmue so much was this essence that only Shenmue have, Shenmue games are so unique, i never played anything like Shenmue.
Shenmue III have the Shenmue essence but have new things too, things like the Food system, we can change Ryo's clothes, we can have phone calls in a easy way, we can collect herbs, we can fight in Dojos to level up kung fu and many others things, this things was really nice, only the food system that need some adjustments because it runs out so fast, this is my only complain about the food system, i thought it is a great addition, it have so many different foods, what i am saying is Shenmue didn't stopped in time, Shenmue III continues to have the Shenmue essence and brought new things for the franchise.
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