i love yakuza 0, how is shenmue?

[HoboForEternity]

i heard there are alot of similarities:
-small, but detailed open world instead of ♥♥♥♥♥♥ sprawling field of nothing
-focus on martial arts/melee combat
-linear story with alot of sidequest/minigames
which are what i love about the yakuza games.

[Tr0w]

There's a lot of similarities but differences as well, Shenmue has less combat and more exploration, item, hunting, and question asking. Yakuza 0 has more combat, better combat, more side quests. more minigames, and a better main story.

[ThorLak]

Shenmue has a better main story, Shenmue is very mystic

[KenW77]

There are some basic similarities (like the ones you mentioned) but they are still quite different games. Shenmue is basically an adventure/detective game with life sim elements and a little fighting here and there. Yakuza is more of an action RPG.

Their stories are also completely different. Shenmue 's story is basically a murder mystery/revenge story with a lot of influence from Hong Kong kung fu movies and Chinese legends.Yakuza is a crime drama.

[Citizen Cook]

Yakuza is tonally inconsistent, often times ridiculous, sometimes hyper voilent.
Shenmue is more grounded in reality. It’s less chavy (english word) more mature in themes and character development.

Shenmue is about one young man’s jouney into adulthood and a larger destiny.

[Hapless]

I enjoy both games but they are very different, Yakuza is an action brawler whilst shenmue is more of an adventure game with little combat but a far more engrossing story.

[Stnank]

Don't get me wrong, I love Shenmue to death, but the similarities are just in overall structure of the game. They don't play alike at all.

Shenmue is way more down to Earth, and -boring- in a sense. It's very mundane, but that's part of the charm. In Shenmue, you have a basic revenge plot, but our protag is just a highschool kid. Aside from defending himself in fights, he doesn't do crazy things. He plays arcade games, he works part-time jobs to save money, and investigates.

Fight scenes are scripted to happen when they happen, there are no true random encounters like in Yakuza, so you have a finite amount of fights you can get into (In Shenmue 1 anyway).

It does indeed have a similar drive when it comes to how the story is handled, you walk from person to person, trigger cutscenes, advance the plot, ect. Sometimes a fight or QTE happens.

As for sidequests, there really aren't sidequests in the traditional sense like in Yakuza. It's more like optional things that have little no consequence as your days pass, like feeding the Kitten. If you keep up the kittens health, you'll get a few scenes, but no reward outside of feeling good. Sometimes a person will ask you to do something, and it may lead to a cutscene or fight. So it's kind of a grey area. Just different from Yakuza.

Eitherway, I hope you enjoy the game.

[HoboForEternity]

seems like my kind of thing, thanks! i will just wait though because my schedule is full as DQ XI is coming, thank you for the answer!

[Stnank]

Oh, and as much as I loved and grew up with the English dub, if you're coming from Yakuza, make sure you select the Japanese audio.

This is my first time playing with, and even hearing the Japanese audio, and I've been enjoying the game in a new light. The games' scenes are much more serious now and it's tonally consistant. Just thought I'd give you a heads up.

[HoboForEternity]

anyway are the plot supernatural? i thought it was about a murder or so. i like mystery drama and i can tolerate some mystical elements as long as it dont turn into full fantasy or something.

not that i hate fantasy, i just think good ol mystery drama doenst need the supernatural

[KenW77]

Originally posted by HoboForEternity:

anyway are the plot supernatural? i thought it was about a murder or so. i like mystery drama and i can tolerate some mystical elements as long as it dont turn into full fantasy or something.

not that i hate fantasy, i just think good ol mystery drama doenst need the supernatural

It is about a murder yes. You are basically investigating your father's murder and finding out who killed him and why. There definitely are some mystical elements but most of the story and game is fairly realistic.

[Tr0w]

Originally posted by Citizen Cook:

Yakuza is tonally inconsistent, often times ridiculous, sometimes hyper voilent.
Shenmue is more grounded in reality. It’s less chavy (english word) more mature in themes and character development.

Shenmue is about one young man’s jouney into adulthood and a larger destiny.

>Grounded in reality
>We must keep this amulet that can open a gate and let a monstrous creature into our world out of the wrong hands.

Pick one.

[Pass_the _M]

People need to stop describing Shenmue as boring when they are trying explain why you should play it lol

If you enjoy exploration and finding out as much about the world as you can it isn't boring at all. Besides this is not console pleb world we have alot more games that are "boring" and alot more people who enjoy them.

It's like Shenmue fans have anxiety from showing casual console plebs the game back in 1999 lol Also trust me casual console plebs think Yakuza is boring too, they think there is too much talking. lol

[HoboForEternity]

so it's about really investigating the murder kind of talking? really sounds like my kind of gig tbh, i can get around this in october or so

[KenW77]

Originally posted by HoboForEternity:

so it's about really investigating the murder kind of talking? really sounds like my kind of gig tbh, i can get around this in october or so

Yes. Think of it like a simpler version of LA Noire if you know that game.

[Citizen Cook]

Originally posted by Spr1ggan:

Originally posted by Citizen Cook:

Yakuza is tonally inconsistent, often times ridiculous, sometimes hyper voilent.
Shenmue is more grounded in reality. It’s less chavy (english word) more mature in themes and character development.

Shenmue is about one young man’s jouney into adulthood and a larger destiny.

>Grounded in reality
>We must keep this amulet that can open a gate and let a monstrous creature into our world out of the wrong hands.

Pick one.

Look up the meaning of verisimilitude