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I bet I would really like those games so I want to buy them whenever I have the chance.
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They are very good games...though quite different from the Yakuza/sleeping dogs type of games. More kind of like a quanticdream game (heavy rain, indigo prophecy) with more of an emphasis on action.
It's more or less that you're playing a movie. You even get jobs etc. It's quite "rpg", and sometimes "days" of what seems like monotonous activities pass just to service the storyline unfolding.
They have an excellent combat system though, and some great fight scenes as I recall. A few quicktime events which are not my favourite thing, but well
integrated into the action in a way that lets you keep watching.
There are *some* elements that are a bit boring...for a game...though it's worth seeing through. The good far outweighs the bad.
While it may look like one, don't expect a hugely open world couple of games - there's a bit of free roam, paths to be chosen - but they are still somewhat linear at the core. Linear painted very nicely.
Semi-complex but at the same time super user friendly interface.
I feel like this is a game that just about anyone could pick up and play comfortably regardless of their playstyle or preferred game type. It's intuitive.
Beautiful, authentic scenery. Nice 80's setting (there's even an arcade with full playable SEGA arcade games) reeeeeeealy good cinematic musical score and maybe the most "martial arts movie" of a plot ever seen in a video game.
You get a great storyline here, a really memorable couple of games.
I myself have waited for news of a re-release or hd remake of these, since hearing that #3 was finally at least "underway" after a massive crowd funding return.
Can't speak highly enough of them. Despite a few faults, honestly among the most rewarding games I've ever played.
All I can say is - it's been a long wait for closure...when (and you really should) you play through these two, you will see what I mean.
Long time coming.
I speak for any gamer that's not an idiot.
The Shenmue series is absolutely, in every way, worth playing.