Yeah, they should have made the jobs and minigames more playable, and less random overall, like the Forklift of Shenmue I.

I like them both the night music suits the night just as the day music suits the day. I agree with Miles that The best music is in Kowloon. The best music is in Guilin IMO, and since there's not a difference between night and day there, end of the debate :D (kidding, of course) Between Kowloon and ...

It was good in order to try the new moves, and practice the complicated ones, but I agree it was boring *having* to train so much in order to max out the moves. A quicker (or less range) progression would have been better IMO in Shenmue I, but on the other hand training should have remained an optio...

Flame me, but I don't think neither Nozomi nor Joy are really important characters to the series. Just look at how, in those old prototype videos and photos of Shenmue (the Saturn video, Project Berkeley, Shenmue II locations in Shenmue I, etc.) lots of characters are shown, like Ryo, Ren, Xiuying, ...

Shenmue 3 does have something to worry about as far as changes, both Shenmue 1 & 2 took place in areas that were highly populated. But shenmue 3 will be taking place in the middle of nowhere. I hope they find a way to keep the game action up to par. I prefer story over action, but I'd still like to...