Shenmue 3 Kickstarter

[BogusMeatFactory]

I so wrote that post in the wrong thread hahaha.....wow. Shenmue is a giant mirror maze for me. No matter where I go to post I just end up here again!

[Blu]

We already hit the first stretch goal. Cinema Shorts will happen. I'm surprised the average contribution is around 80 dollars.

[avensvvvvv]

So I just started Shenmue 1 on the Dreamcast, should I play Shenmue 2 Pal version on the DC or the US Xbox version? I kind of like the cheesey English dub.

Definately Dreamcast. It feels much nicer to import your save and continue on exactly as you left off.

Xbox version also gets the gender of one of its characters a little...confused in the western dub.

It has some nicer filters and a camera mode but that's all I remember about it. Maybe quicker load times?

Can I import a save from an NTSC Dreamcast Shenmue 1 to PAL Shenmue 2?

Yes you can, with this.
http://www.theisozone.com/downloads/dre ... converter/

Or this
http://bswirl.kitsunet.org/vmutool/rele ... g=en&menu=

[ninjainspandex]

Can I import a save from an NTSC Dreamcast Shenmue 1 to PAL Shenmue 2?

No. You have to have pal all the way through sadly

NOPE! I found out you can burn this disk and it will convert your NTSC save to a PAL one

http://www.theisozone.com/downloads/dre ... converter/

OH HAPPY DAY!

[RyaNtheSlayA]

I was thinking about how all those supposed Shenmue fans will have to put their money where their mouth is.

And they did. So well done.

Not going to lie I definitely didn't think it would ever happen. My Twitter went nuts.

[dsheinem]

Maybe the third time will be the charm and a game that doesn't suck will bear the Shenmue name.

Doubtful, though.

Any news of what vastly superior arcade titles will be playable in-game?

Hahahahahhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahhaahahhaahahahahahahahaha.

Sorry. I'm laughing at you, not with you.

I am far from alone in thinking the series is vastly overrated. It is a divisive pair of games, to say the least. I happy for you I suppose, but I think most of the acclaim the series gets is misplaced.

So I just started Shenmue 1 on the Dreamcast, should I play Shenmue 2 Pal version on the DC or the US Xbox version? I kind of like the cheesey English dub.

I'll spare you the trouble. Here's what to do to get the experience:

1) Spend an hour wandering around your town, occasionally asking people if they have seen any sailors.
2) Go to your closest arcade and have fun for a couple of hours.
3) Flail your hands and feet about towards the air in the vicinity of random people. Try to look humorously menacing.
4) Ask your local high school English teacher if you can read an example of "B" quality student creative writing. Read all of it but the last page.
5) Salute the Japanese flag.

There you go, that's pretty much the Shenmue 1/2 experience in a nutshell. You can get it done in a few hours and spare yourself lots of bad voice work, subpar visuals, lacking direction, flat characters, and tedious "gameplay".

(also: I suppose if you have access to a forklift you could drive that around to your destinations starting with step 2.)

[ninjainspandex]

Damn Dsh, way to be a debby downer. I played a few hours last night and I really was impressed with the game and am quite enjoying it.

[BogusMeatFactory]

Damn Dsh, way to be a debby downer. I played a few hours last night and I really was impressed with the game and am quite enjoying it.

Don't mind Dave over there. He doesn't like things. I am glad you are enjoying it though.

The biggest piece of advice I have to give you is to take your time. Explore everything, open everything. Don't necessarily run through the plot points. Just take things in. Shenmue 1 is a much more mellow experience than Shenmue 2 so you have that opportunity to really take things in. When you get to 2, things speed up a lot and again... you have to try and just set time aside to explore.

There is so much that you probably won't see through your initial play through and that is kind of the point. Keep talking about it and enthuse with me!

[ninjainspandex]

I must admit one of those hours was spent buying capsule toys

[BogusMeatFactory]

I must admit one of those hours was spent buying capsule toys

One of many. Also, there may or may not be a point of time in your life where you spend your entire day at the Tomato Convenience Store participating in raffles to get yourself a sega saturn.