by code l name » Thu Feb 05, 2004 2:52 am
Like already said I don't really hate anything in the games (The cloest aspect being the English voice-acting) but there are certainly parts of both games I could see a huge rom for improvements and changes.
-Voice acting/dialogue. For a game as cinematic as Shenmue I really feel the English VA and dialogue at times pulls you out of the experience. I understand it's not an easy task when there are so many characters but even some of the central figures have some pretty horrible voices, which can quickly get on the nerves of anyone. A bigger problem I see is the way dialogue is conducted and used. Some of the writing is very cumbersome, and if there was some script changes made it could certainly be to the benefit of the cinematic experience.
There are some gameplay lulls, boring errand runs, and of course some lame jobs (Thank god moving crates was optional) but they are all minor annoyances.