Let's Get Sweaty wrote:Himuro wrote:No offense.
If sticking these two words on the end of your post makes it okay to talk down to someone, then just put them in your signature and save yourself some time.
Some people defend Yu's vision for Shenmue because that's what they've waited 16 years for. You might have been content with a sequel by someone else so long as it was a good game and you got an ending, but I think most fans have been holding out for the ending, and that can only be defined by Yu Suzuki. It very well might turn out to be something you enjoy less than you expected, but nonetheless, that's the story. That's Shenmue 3. If you wanted someone else's version of it that met your own specifications, there was always fan fic.
That isn't what I said at all and you talked down to me more than I did towards Bluecast. I'm looking forward to Yu's vision. It's why I gave hundreds of dollars to the project; it's why I've been on this forum for 11 years. But just because I'm looking forward to his vision doesn't mean I have to accept and like every single part of it. There has been absolutely zero justification or reason for a half man half spider and expecting every Shenmue fan after a decade of unanswered questions and our own ideas of the franchise to sit and swallow such a change just because it's "Yu's vision" is bs and shallow. If we are not allowed to have our own opinions on the franchise what's the point of having this board in the first place? You could say "play a different game/read a fan fic" but every Shenmue fan has the right to be heard at Shenmue Dojo so long as they discuss things in an amicable manner.
The second I fight a giant spider in Shenmue is the second the series - in my mind - has jumped the shark, and that being Yu's vision doesn't change that for me. It's just another video game with a stoic main character beating up fantasy creatures and then loses its appeal to me. This doesn't make me less of a fan, and that doesn't make Yu's creation untouchable either.
I'm saying all of this despite having the position that the Beefcake guy in the update isn't that big of a deal. I'm just saying that "Yu's vision" is not the indestructible argument many think it is. This doesn't mean I'm not looking forward to Yu's vision. Nuance is needed here and I think your post is greatly lacking it.