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Its twice as good if you're into Shenmue. I enjoyed the experience of the first game, admired the ambition of it all but in the end I didn't care to spend all day walking around and looking at stuff till a VF Lite battle took place. Shenmue 2 to me was just more of that.
The next chapter after the one you are on is the best for gameplay, and then it takes a hard left for the last chapter which is very serene, and character oriented. Which you prefer depends on you.Quote:
Originally posted by mattvanstone
Uhh...the camera in most fights sucks ass in this 'game'.
I'm meeting Ren now, when exactly does it get good?
Personally I couldn't disagree more with your taste in games, so I'm not sure you'll like either.
This free fight camera sucks. It would be better to have a locked camera, rather than one that rotates around and seems to pick crazy angles.
So far, it's a tad better than Shenmue (70/100), and, though I do enjoy the skipping of some parts (such as going to a location instantly in some areas or passing time waiting instantly), there is still much monotony.
In progress judgement: 75/100.
also, twice as good as if you like it, that's what is known as a Chau-ism.
"This game is great, I like it, though you may not like it if you don't like this type of game. If you do, then you will like it."
The ones who say its twice is good are the Shenmue fans. Twice the size, twice the story, twice the fights, twice the cutscenes, twice the walking, twice the looking! Though there are improvements in Shenmue 2, the gameplay and structure remains the same, so if you didn't like the first one you won't like the second one.
I understand that, but, that's hardly objective:
If you like it, it's 2x better.
If you don't like it, it's 2x worse.
I think some good additions have been made to the game, but, that fighting view needs work. The pacing isn't too bad, a bit better this time around. I'm not digging the story so far, not on a level some seem to.