FatManElvis
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I didn't have a Dreamcast, so my first Shenmue game was Shenmue 2 on the Xbox.
My first experience of Shenmue 1, was the separate DVD included with the Xbox copy of Shenmue 2, which condensed the story down into a 90 minute movie (It was called Shenmue: The Movie).
Shenmue 2 showed me just how good story driven adventure games could be, and it proved to me that games didn't need to be fast paced and action driven to be interesting, and that a slow paced story driven game, when done well, really does work.
At the time, there wasn't really many games that paid attention to all of the little details like Shenmue 2 did, so that aspect also interested me.
The fact that the world was alive in the background, with NPCs following their own timetable, and how much detail was put into the little things (Being able to pick up and view objects, the details of the objects themselves etc) really captivated me.
I thought that was incredible.
Not to mention the very likeable cast of characters.
Looking back now, I honestly believe that both Shenmue 1 and Shenmue 2 were very much ahead of their time.
My first experience of Shenmue 1, was the separate DVD included with the Xbox copy of Shenmue 2, which condensed the story down into a 90 minute movie (It was called Shenmue: The Movie).
Shenmue 2 showed me just how good story driven adventure games could be, and it proved to me that games didn't need to be fast paced and action driven to be interesting, and that a slow paced story driven game, when done well, really does work.
At the time, there wasn't really many games that paid attention to all of the little details like Shenmue 2 did, so that aspect also interested me.
The fact that the world was alive in the background, with NPCs following their own timetable, and how much detail was put into the little things (Being able to pick up and view objects, the details of the objects themselves etc) really captivated me.
I thought that was incredible.
Not to mention the very likeable cast of characters.
Looking back now, I honestly believe that both Shenmue 1 and Shenmue 2 were very much ahead of their time.
