Spaghetti wrote: An old, beat-up slot machine in the arcade inside the warehouse might be nice. I don't expect a proper slot house, though.
khmlight3 wrote: I'm not sure if this has been confirmed or not?
drunkensailor wrote:khmlight3 wrote: I'm not sure if this has been confirmed or not?
they should put it back in but only for money instead of stupid tokens.
Himuro wrote: Someone please tell me the appeal of slots in Shenmue. I've never really messed with them. All you can do is win tokens so I never bothered. What can you win?
ShenGCH wrote:These mightn't count, but the fact there is a mahjong parlour that doesn't feature any kind of mahjong mini-game, and the Slot House rewarding tokens instead of real money. What these two things have in common is the reward for succeeding in either should be money, but, of course, that would severely skew the balance in terms of story and progression. For example, players could simply go all-in, get lucky, and win huge amounts of money, and repeat the process until they're millionaires. (And if they screw up? They can simply reload their save file.) But what does this mean in the long-run? Well, it would completely nullify the fact that Ryo doesn't have enough money to afford an aeroplane ticket to Hong Kong - a pretty big plotline - as money would no longer be an object, effectively wiping out much of what happens on disc three.
It's almost as if the mahjong parlour and the Slot House were originally intended to be fully-fledged establishments where players can make some money, but, in practice, it simply wasn't viable where balance is concerned. Of course, they could have just imposed a limit on how much you can make, but it would have to be pretty low in order to make sense, but it simply wouldn't make sense. There are so many ramifications.
Himuro wrote: I'm still not understanding the slot house's appeal.
Spaghetti wrote:Himuro wrote: I'm still not understanding the slot house's appeal.
Personally, it's just a nice bit of extra texture to the world. Do I visit the slot houses often in Shenmue/Shenmue II? Nah, but it's nice that they're there.
Like I said in my earlier post, a beat up slot machine in the warehouse arcade in III would be nice; if only because it would add to the lived-in feel.
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