hey guys, so, my friend that is living in south korea found working 99min cd-r's and mailed me a set of shenmue 2 copies that he burned
the audio is deifnitely not full quality, but it's not horrible either. definitely playable. and seems to vary a lot?
seems like regular npc dialog often sounds better than cutscenes(whenever there's letterboxing)
here's a kinda crappy quality sample of how it sounds, filmed off my tv with my cellphone
https://www.facebook.com/kingmunch/videos/10100781983006896/?pnref=story
Thanks for posting that, man! This might be the sole video/audio sample of the 99min version on the net.
Anyway, I realize it's just a cellphone recording, but the speech quality sounds absolutely flawless to me on that thing. Night & Day coming off the 80 minute mod. Having just played through that version in its entirety, I imagine the speech quality probably matches the quality of Disc 4 of the 80 minute version. It's damn near flawless once you hit Disc 4. There is just an ever-so-slight hint of tin in Shenhua's voice, and that's it. Having suffered through Discs 2 & 3 of the 80 minute version, where the speech quality itself really becomes especially unpleasant and grating to the ears (women & children, especially), and subtitles are required anyway since half the voices are completely indecipherable, it may as well have been lossless audio when I finally got to Disc 4. I hate to say it, but the audio quality really does detract from the experience in the 80 min mod.
In short, I want that 99 min version! Disc 4 was such a tease!