Shenmue 3 finally nailed training which felt unclear in the previous games. It was perfect that you assign a move set and then the game would prompt you to input the commands while sparring. The wooden dummy and 1 inch punch also felt like you were in a world of martial arts. Much much better than just spamming moves in an empty parking lot in S1 or searching for that hard ass grandpa Jainming in S2
Speaking of sparring it was great that each area in S3 let you spar/fight in 5 different areas. In S1 and S2 you hardly had any opportunity to spar with opponents.
Shenmue 3 also had a better job variety, not only was there a forklifts but there was also woodchopping and fishing which was cool and appropriate for the rural setting. S2 probably had the worst jobs carrying crates and running the lucky hit stand which took forever.
Shenmue 3 also made the shops have a purpose which they lacked in S1/2. It was fun searching for the the right items to buy to complete a set and get a new move scroll. It was also cool buying all types of delicious looking food. What’s the point of shops if what’s for sale serves no purpose? It’s just useless set dressing in S1/2.
Obviously Shenmue 3 had better graphics so you could view all the items for sale in the shops with stunning clarity (while searching for chobu Chan’s!)…. try viewing the shop items in S1/2 they look like a blurry mess there’s no point to do so.
Shenmue 3 also had a flighting system that was better suited for fighting multiple opponents… S1/2 always had odd camera issues when fighting a group of opponents and forced you to use the d-pad making it confusing which way you should tap the d pad to do moves.
Story-wise Shenmue 3 also finally explains the history of the mirrors, when and why they were created and how that connects to Shenhuas family. S3 also finally confirmed the man in the picture was Sunming Zhao and explained why Zhao came to obtain the mirrors to begin with. Shenmue 3 gave us some information behind the creation of the mirrors in the quarry implying the project was started by her great grandfather the same man tasked with making the mirrors for the last emperor. S3 also gave us a little bit of history of Lan Di and actually let us fight him. And finally Shenmue 3 confirmed there is another CYM leader and that there is a coming CYM civil war!
Speaking of sparring it was great that each area in S3 let you spar/fight in 5 different areas. In S1 and S2 you hardly had any opportunity to spar with opponents.
Shenmue 3 also had a better job variety, not only was there a forklifts but there was also woodchopping and fishing which was cool and appropriate for the rural setting. S2 probably had the worst jobs carrying crates and running the lucky hit stand which took forever.
Shenmue 3 also made the shops have a purpose which they lacked in S1/2. It was fun searching for the the right items to buy to complete a set and get a new move scroll. It was also cool buying all types of delicious looking food. What’s the point of shops if what’s for sale serves no purpose? It’s just useless set dressing in S1/2.
Obviously Shenmue 3 had better graphics so you could view all the items for sale in the shops with stunning clarity (while searching for chobu Chan’s!)…. try viewing the shop items in S1/2 they look like a blurry mess there’s no point to do so.
Shenmue 3 also had a flighting system that was better suited for fighting multiple opponents… S1/2 always had odd camera issues when fighting a group of opponents and forced you to use the d-pad making it confusing which way you should tap the d pad to do moves.
Story-wise Shenmue 3 also finally explains the history of the mirrors, when and why they were created and how that connects to Shenhuas family. S3 also finally confirmed the man in the picture was Sunming Zhao and explained why Zhao came to obtain the mirrors to begin with. Shenmue 3 gave us some information behind the creation of the mirrors in the quarry implying the project was started by her great grandfather the same man tasked with making the mirrors for the last emperor. S3 also gave us a little bit of history of Lan Di and actually let us fight him. And finally Shenmue 3 confirmed there is another CYM leader and that there is a coming CYM civil war!
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