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what do you think about SHENMUE II (X-BOX)

Aoi Sa'tan - Nov 16, 2002

		Aoi Sa'tan		Nov 16, 2002
			well you see the topic i been playing shenmue II for x-box the last week and i think that is a master piece, of course shenmue2 has his faults (what game not) but well its a must have for all the owners of x-box but in the reviews of ''renamed'' magz, like electronic gaming monthly, the score was 6...so whats up there......Ok...shenmue II maybe dont have the best graphics in the biz (its a dreamcast game...and a year old game so its logical) so for x-box are no the standard graphics right.....but the game has one of the mos detailed envioroments of all, has a detail that few games have but the guys of that magazine dont think that, just see the graphics and play the game for about 20 minutes and thast all ok...the dub its not´perfect....but....i think that the main chracaters have decent voice acting, and other thing that i was thinking is that the voice actors have to pronounce chinesse and japanese words so not every actor its familiar with that. but the music score is awesome , is one of the most beutiful orquested soundtracks that i ever hear on a game so dont complain but well what do you think pal's

		Raijin Z		Nov 17, 2002
			Renamed? EGM has been EGM since issue 1. I'd give Shenmue 2 a four. +10 because it's Shenmue 2, -6 because it's not on Dreamcast (in the US), THUS ELIMINATING THE POINT OF PLAYING THROUGH THE FIRST ONE.

		RevQuixo		Nov 17, 2002
			I think he meant renowned. I hope.

		Taelon		Nov 17, 2002
			Well, Raijin, you can always import Shenmue II for your beloved Dreamcast from Europe. Plus, you might as well say that nobody has an incentive to play Shenmue II either, as there may or may not be a Shenmue III, and even then the chances are slim for Shenmue IV and V to ever come into existence. That, and I wonder: how are all the poor XBox fanboys going to get into the story if they get no Shenmue I to start off with?

		googlefest1		Nov 18, 2002
			because it comes with the shenmue 1 movie - thats how most of those reviews in all the gaming mags have something against M$ thats why they always review M$ games badly but what they don't get is all the reasons they ate M$ for Sony was and is worse - same with nintendo

		Pearl Jammzz		Nov 18, 2002
			Nah, they give it a bad rating cuz they are only down with the "cool" things. that's why they liked games like Splashdown for PS2. It got RAVE reviews, yea it was fun for 15-20 min. Afetr that u had mastered the game and were like "wow, this is cool.....I payed 5 bucks to rent this?" Just play what u like and forget what other ppl say.

		googlefest1		Nov 19, 2002
			WOW i got my game informer mag yesterday and almost every xbox title was rated high - i also expected that steel batalions game to be ripped up but no finaly nice to see games for that systems rated more fairly not that i go buy rating of any sort - i make my own up but i know many people out there go by them and i dont want to see the xbox fall to soon - im still waitin for the rpgs though

		Cloudkill		Nov 19, 2002
			EGM has lost all creditability ever since they sold their soul to sony. I remember a couple of years back, when the saturn was still around, they gave very few good reviews - even games that were good were often rated poorly or only average (the main one I can think of now is shining the holy ark). Never trust gamming mags....

		googlefest1		Nov 19, 2002
			YEA i remmebr that - i just seemed to me that everything i liked was being rated bad personaly i think those reviwers are basing thier opinions on who gives the better gifts !! - it had to be something like that i just coulndt belive bad ratings for fantastic games on a "particular" system

		Cloudkill		Nov 19, 2002
			The thing which annoyed me most was that in the shining the holy ark review, the reviewer complained and ranted about the long spell animations. I went and took a look at their FF7 and 8 reviews. NO complaints whatsoever about the ULTRA long animations THOSE games had (whose summon animations annoyed the HELL out of me - the long summon animations in FF8, in particular), which were FAR longer than anything in StHA.

		Jaded God		Nov 19, 2002
			Nothing makes me more angry... Shenmue 2 is a DC title! It never made it to the US *I do have the European Import* But it will get all this credit on the X-Box and most peopel who play it will just be in love with it and not realize it was first for the DC... And those are usually the people who are like "Dreamcast sucked man." ??? And here is the worse part.... The X-box version has nothing changed... it is an exact port of the DC version. Damn Microsoft!

		Ratamahatta		Nov 19, 2002
			I dont see why you guys rip the xbox, that game was released for the box becasue its the most logical step, dc is dead, so they ported it over to a living system. if you dont own a box, too bad, and if you do own a box, stop your whining.

		googlefest1		Nov 19, 2002
			ditto

		Jaded God		Nov 20, 2002
			1.) Xbox is a big piece of nothing that no one could even benchpress its that big! 2.) Shenmue will always remain to me a DC title, the original was released on DC and will always be a DC title 3.) All I am asking for is to give credit where credit is due... Not to the Xbox version.

		Taelon		Nov 20, 2002
			Yeah! Agree with Jaded God on all three counts. It isn't about DC being dead (I for one don't dispute that, much as I dislike having to accept it), it's just about giving it credit for Shenmue.

		chakan		Nov 20, 2002
			I could type up a long, long post about it, or I could just put up a link to my review.... Hrrm... Yeah, I think that's the best way to go.

		Taelon		Nov 21, 2002
			chakan, that's a great review. Detailed, balanced, objective, and gives proper credit and mention to the Dreamcast version. Nice job. Enjoyed reading it. But don't count on me getting an XBox...

		chakan		Nov 21, 2002
			Something I've just learned of... exclusive to the Xbox version (afaik) is a specific treat you can earn concerning Joy and her... crush. It concerns how they met. If you played through the game on the DC, you know who I'm really talking about!