The problem with Shenmue 2

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Drathnoxis

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Is that there are thousands of lines of dialogue in the game, and 80% of them are asking for directions. It's weird, you can ask tons and tons of people how to get to the same place, and they'll all tell you how in a slightly different way, but there isn't ever an option to have them tell you something interesting about anything else.

It's so strange to waste the resources recording dozens of lines, from multiple actors, that are pretty much functionally identical. I guess it's not as bad as Skyrim though, where they have dozens of actors all read the exact same lines for some reason.
 

Phoenixmgs_v1legacy

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Hmm... I guess it's so you can actually navigate the game world without needing markers or whatnot like just about every game nowadays. I'm guessing Shenmue didn't have such things as I've never played one of them.
 

Maximum Bert

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Would be nice if they remasterd Shenmue and Shenmue 2 or just released it for modern systems so people get a chance to play it. Gutted I never bought Shenmue 2 on Xbox when I got the chance or Shenmue on dreamcast for that matter.
 

BreakfastMan

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I mean, the Shenmue games are definitely games of their time. Neither of them have aged particularly well...