https://nitter.ca/Marc_Normandin/status/1558080676120895488#m

I wonder if he was thinking specifically of Metal Gear Solid or something similar.

  • UlyssesT [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    Some of the fiercest treat defending that I have ever received offline and in person was about Shenmue.

    The fact that the games have such a long "hard work and patience" period and build up very slowly to nothing made me feel vindicated with each sequel.

    • alcoholicorn [comrade/them, doe/deer]
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      2 years ago

      Is it really bad?

      I've only ever heard praise for how groundbreaking it was from games journalist types, which is convenient when hardly anyone in NA had a dreamcast.

      The game's budget exceeded the sale price multiplied by the number of consoles.

      Surely with a budget like that, the game did things no other game of the time could do?

      • UlyssesT [he/him]
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        2 years ago

        I've seen some very extensive reviews of it that are almost beat by beat, hours and hours of grinding forklift driving and other minigames to maybe learn a shrug or block move, and the payoff at the end is... a cliffhanger, to the next game, and repeat in the next, and ultimately, no real story payoff. It just fizzles into nothing.