Why does Shenmue remind me of the holidays?

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Re: Why does Shenmue remind me of the holidays?

Postby KiBa » Tue Oct 23, 2012 9:16 pm

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Re: Why does Shenmue remind me of the holidays?

Postby mue 26 » Tue Oct 23, 2012 9:35 pm

Ha, yeah I feel CJ on this. It's funny how this old game can invoke different feelings and emotions within us. I often think of Shenmue whenever I travel abroad or even see a plane in the sky. It's partly thanks to those wonderful moments in S2 when the game luxuriously takes the time to pause everything and interrupt your rushing about, just to show a scene of Ryo gazing up at a passing plane. Those scenes combined with the overall strong "gaming tourism" vibe of the series, definitely left an impact on my much younger self who at the time had yet to travel abroad or step foot on plane. I guess I kind of felt Ryo was just like me looking up at those planes and wondering where they could be going, or what it must be like to be on one.

So in a way Shenmue is synonymous with all holidays abroad for me, but I definitely feel you about the Christmas vibe too.

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Re: Why does Shenmue remind me of the holidays?

Postby JamieLM » Sun Oct 28, 2012 6:57 pm

As it's almost November, and I have just got my Dreamcast out of its box, I think it may be time to play Shenmue again this year.

It definitely isn't just you, it is a game that you want to play during Christmas, mainly for the snow in Dobuita and Sakuragaoka. Shenmue II feels more like a summers game to me, if only for the warm colours and seemingly hot weather in the game.

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Re: Why does Shenmue remind me of the holidays?

Postby Peter » Sun Oct 28, 2012 10:11 pm

Always good to see someone return to Shenmue Jamie :nice!:
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Re: Why does Shenmue remind me of the holidays?

Postby Who Really Cares? » Mon Oct 29, 2012 3:18 pm

Ill replay both when i get a VGA cable for my DC.

Remember i got mine Christmas day but for some reason i had to go with my mom to show her which one to get thinking she would buy it later[We went the day it came out]. But no she bought it right then and said i had to wait till Christmas day to have it. :evil:
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Re: Why does Shenmue remind me of the holidays?

Postby MiTT3NZ » Mon Oct 29, 2012 3:27 pm

Lend me Blood Money and TToSH n I'll lend you my Dreamcast scart cable.
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Re: Why does Shenmue remind me of the holidays?

Postby JamieLM » Mon Oct 29, 2012 5:12 pm

MiTT3NZ wrote: Lend me Blood Money and TToSH n I'll lend you my Dreamcast scart cable.


It's all about the DC scart cable... Or even better? RF Aerial!
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