Frayed wrote:I hold most of Guilin in pretty high regard, but I have to make an exception for the ending. My main objection (by no means my only objection) to it is that the magical effects are extremely overstated, which has the dual effect of making the scene completely unbelievable and cheapening the supernatural element to the level of your typical run-o'-the-mill DBZ fireball.
I didn't really have any gripes with the previous supernatural/quasi-supernatural scenes in the Shenmue series (for instance, the "dandelion" scene or Ryo's mysterious premonitions of Shenhua) - mainly because they were a good deal more subtle.
I completely agree. The visual effects in the final scene were way too overexaggerated and unrealistic. I mean, there was some kind of freaking magical dust crap floating around a sword spinning in mid-air. It was just too much.
I can handle the "dandelions scene," because I'm willing to accept the fact somebody could be so in touch with nature that they can do amazing things like that. I still feel that it's somewhat unrealistic, but I'm willing to suspend my disbelief for something like that. But the way they handled the final scene, visually, was very out of place for the Shenmue series.