Shenmue and Skies of Arcadia

[Antiriad2097]

And I dont get how people can hate it.

I don't hate it, I just don't like it.

[Mootown]

I used to love working the Forklift job. Goddam I was good at driving that course. I should have got a rise.

[samhain81]

In my opinion though I do pity anyone who hates or doesn't get Shenmue. Its there opinion, but no amount of arguing will make them understand what they have missed.

Perfect. This is my new sig

[GarryG]

As expected Shenmue seems to be stealing the limelight here, but come on people they are remaking 'Skies of Arcadia' WoooHooo... I hope the random fights are calmed down from the original DC version though. For me that was the only slightly wobbly part of an otherwise very close to perfect game, and I'd say there's only been around two or three 'perfect' games!

[DigitalDuck]

As expected Shenmue seems to be stealing the limelight here, but come on people they are remaking 'Skies of Arcadia' WoooHooo... I hope the random fights are calmed down from the original DC version though. For me that was the only slightly wobbly part of an otherwise very close to perfect game, and I'd say there's only been around two or three 'perfect' games!

Well, Legends reduced the number of random battles and added quite a bit of new content. I hope this remake's based on Legends, because it'd be a shame to lose those improvements.

[ToxieDogg]

As expected Shenmue seems to be stealing the limelight here, but come on people they are remaking 'Skies of Arcadia' WoooHooo... I hope the random fights are calmed down from the original DC version though. For me that was the only slightly wobbly part of an otherwise very close to perfect game, and I'd say there's only been around two or three 'perfect' games!

Well, Legends reduced the number of random battles and added quite a bit of new content. I hope this remake's based on Legends, because it'd be a shame to lose those improvements.

Me too. I'm a bit concerned that they might do what they did with Sonic Adventure though & have all the extra stuff that they added to the Gamecube version as DLC you need to pay extra for.

[ALK]

Didnt the DC version have a sorta DLC thing for Arcadia?

[SonicTheHedgehog]

The Dreamcast versions music & sound quality was better than the Cube's as they had to compress the sound to make the game fit onto 1 Gamecube disk and it was noticeable too especially through earphones.

[ToxieDogg]

Didnt the DC version have a sorta DLC thing for Arcadia?

Yeah, there were a couple of downloadable bonus weapons for Vyse and Aika, Hamachou Island, and an extra giant monster to fight...nothing too important or was vital to the game or storyline, but nice little additions nonetheless.

Skies Of Arcadia Legends had all of the above, and also extra discoveries, characters and sidequests. Really wouldn't surprise me if they're cut out and put up as day one DLC.

[RMLF]

Shenmue, add me to the it's rubbish side of things

Basically It's not a good game. So they have beautiful graphics and added retro? Long and dull exposition, tedious cut scenes, and game play that well is fundamentally dull add up to an experience I'd rather forget. Some one put it too me that playing Shenmue is like playing a bad top down 16 bit RPG, with Dragon Lair QTE's: Without the graphics you'd be playing a game that would roundly be panned for its awfulness and boring nature, yet this one is celebrated as being some kind of master stroke. It really, really isn't a master stroke, not by a long shot, why people love it so is beyond me

[ALK]

Maybe, but I don't thing the Sonic Adventure DLC was too pricey, and I think it may of gone down in price.

Oh well, there's always Sega XBLA sales that spring up every so often if they charge too much for DLC...

[Nemesis]

Shenmue, add me to the it's rubbish side of things

Basically It's not a good game. So they have beautiful graphics and added retro? Long and dull exposition, tedious cut scenes, and game play that well is fundamentally dull add up to an experience I'd rather forget. Some one put it too me that playing Shenmue is like playing a bad top down 16 bit RPG, with Dragon Lair QTE's: Without the graphics you'd be playing a game that would roundly be panned for its awfulness and boring nature, yet this one is celebrated as being some kind of master stroke. It really, really isn't a master stroke, not by a long shot, why people love it so is beyond me

Agree with this 100%!

[Sir Hilary Bray]

I absolutely love Shenmue, so I'm really looking forward to this.

[samhain81]

I absolutely love Shenmue, so I'm really looking forward to this.

ditto.

Can't wait to see what acheivements/trophies they have lined up for the port =)

[DigitalDuck]

Can't wait to see what acheivements/trophies they have lined up for the port =)

*** NOTE: Not official in any way whatsoever. Just made up out of boredom. ***

Little Kid - Phone the emergency services needlessly. - 5G
Pet Lover - Look after the kitten. - 20G
Woah, A Winner - Get a winning can. - 10G
Stroke of Luck - Win a raffle prize. - 10G
Feat of Skill - Win an arcade prize. - 10G
QTE Champ - Win a prize in either Excite QTE 2 or QTE Title. - 20G
Avid Gamer - Play every arcade game. - 10G
Pro Gamer - Win every arcade prize. - 50G
I See - You saw. - 0G
Snooker Loopy - Pot a ball in pool. - 5G
Alcoholics Annoyingmous - Beat up a drunk. - 5G
Starting a Collection - Buy a capsule toy from every machine. - 10G
More Luck - Win a raffle prize at every store. - 10G
I Had Too Much Money Anyway - Collect every capsule toy. - 50G
Ryo Wimpzuki - Get beaten up by schoolgirls. - 5G
My Favourite Punching Bag - Spar with Fukuhara 10 times - 10G
Chaimpion - Beat Chai. - 40G
Forktona - Win a forklift race. - 10G
Kataomoi - View every event with Nozomi. - 30G
I Have Nothing More To Teach You, Grasshopper - Learn every move. - 10G
Let's Get Sweaty - Complete the 70 man battle in less than 6 minutes. - 20G
Weatherman - Finish the game in Actual Weather mode. - 10G
Game Over - Play until April 15, 1987. - 20G
And Thus, The Saga Begins! - Finish the game. - 30G

This is absolutely unsourced from anywhere else, I was just incredibly bored. But I'm feeling good on my powers of prediction. I hope the Achievements list does look something like that, though, mainly because I like the idea of Achievement whores spending years at the capsule machines trying to get that last Dreamcasko.