Funnest Ways to Play Shenmue

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Re: Funnest Ways to Play Shenmue

Postby Pyke » Thu Dec 12, 2013 2:41 pm

jalvarez82 wrote: I've been focusing on having a complete capsule toy collection before I get deep into the story. My daily routine for the time being is I wake up, give Nozomi a call, go to the Dojo, check on the kitty (pet it, feed it), talk to whichever kid is there, buy a few toys by Abe, walk through Dobuita and talk to random people I come across, buy a soda from the machine next to Tomato, walk to the parking lot and practice my moves, buy more toys near the arcade, play some arcades, buy more sodas (hopefully get a winning can), ...and that's about it. I call Nozomi every night when I get home, and I pray to the altar right before I go to sleep.

I've been doing this for a couple weeks now.


Keep doing only this and Lan Di will come back to Ryo´s house and Kill him! You cannot avoid the story for too long, otherwise will be game over.
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Re: Funnest Ways to Play Shenmue

Postby Fenix » Thu Dec 12, 2013 4:15 pm

My savegame actually have all techniques at max lv. I'm working in the last day with the forkilft and buying all capsule toys. I can only work til 16:45 because if I pass in a place in the harbor, I'll activate the cutscene that leads me to the end of the game.
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Re: Funnest Ways to Play Shenmue

Postby BlueMue » Thu Dec 12, 2013 4:31 pm

Probably the funnest way to play Shenmue besides the typical route of triggering all the hidden cutscene, training and collecting until the cows come etc. is to let Ryo act like a fool by failing at every point in the game where it won't result in a retry. I call that a "Failzuki" run.
Shenmue has a handfull of scenes where you can do that, like getting beaten during the schoolgirls QTE in the harbor or acting so stupid during the forklift training that Mark will give up to teach Ryo how to operate it properly.

Shenmue II is much better in this regard and that's where I originally coined the term "Failzuki". There are a ton of scenes after losing fights or failing QTEs. Especially the whole quest of getting the stolen bag back is full of them.

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Re: Funnest Ways to Play Shenmue

Postby Giorgio » Thu Dec 12, 2013 6:55 pm

SpinDash wrote:[...] acting so stupid during the forklift training that Mark will give up to teach Ryo how to operate it properly.

Never knew about that. I have to try it!

Also, the battle with Chai on the YOU Arcade, the drunk sailor in the red light district (where he hits Ryo with a bottle); failing all these cutscenes will have Ryo in his bedroom and Fuku-san taking care of him (probably hidden from Ine-san, so as to not get her worried...)
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Re: Funnest Ways to Play Shenmue

Postby BlueMue » Fri Dec 13, 2013 4:09 am

Yeah, if you take to long he drives away as he has to go back to his work.
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Re: Funnest Ways to Play Shenmue

Postby Fenix » Fri Dec 13, 2013 6:36 am

That's the Failzuki style?!?!

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Re: Funnest Ways to Play Shenmue

Postby Radar » Sun Dec 15, 2013 3:27 am

Japanese knows the "funnest" way..
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Re: Funnest Ways to Play Shenmue

Postby ShenmueTree » Sun Dec 15, 2013 5:58 pm

So the funnest way to play Shenmue was to stock school girls, follow them home, hide under the steps and perv out for underskirt. Who knew? Silly.
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Re: Funnest Ways to Play Shenmue

Postby ThyDarkAngel » Mon Dec 16, 2013 1:50 pm

^No. It's spending more time than you should admiring Joy's cleavage. Well duh. But that' Shenmue II, so carry on.
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Re: Funnest Ways to Play Shenmue

Postby ShenmueTree » Mon Dec 16, 2013 4:05 pm

I really wish they were one game and the engine adapted to which part you're playing. Then you could do both. :rotflmao:
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Re: Funnest Ways to Play Shenmue

Postby shengoro86 » Tue Dec 24, 2013 10:48 am

I always liked taking the game nice and slow to capture that Shenmue essence. Its especially nice on a rainy or snowy day. I also like to take my time to talk to Ryo's friends.

When it comes to the forklift though, its fun to drive like an asshole and beep the horn for hours.
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