by Jacob Marley » Mon May 05, 2003 3:25 pm
I think I've made known my feelings about the whole Street fighting/impress the scout section of Shenmue II....that is, I HATE IT!!
To me, that has to be the worst part in any of the Shenmue games. The battles are so drawn out and it just takes so long to do, that I dread this part of the game. To me, the game flowed well up until that point..with a nice blend of exploration and problem solving. It just seemed to me that the developers, while rushing to get Shenmue II ready for release, suddenly realized that there wasn't enough fighting in the game for those gamers who lack any sort of an attention span. So they added a huge block of mandatory fighting into the game which totally destroys the flow.
The 70 man battle wins hands down as the best fighting sequence in the series, especially when compared to the poorly done Street Fighting in Kowloon. No comparison!