Hostile Faceoff II: Shenmue II vs SSX Tricky

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Which is the better game?

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Shenmue II vs SSX Tricky

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It's hard to vote a game, to vote a game that's not alright... it's tricky. It's tricky. Tricky, tricky, tricky.

Shenmue 2 it is. I only played this for the first time a few years back. The Dreamcast had died by the time Shenmue 2 came out, by enlarge. I enjoyed this more than Shemue 3. But neither of the sequels are as good as the original IMO.
 
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Shenmue II was great and memorable. I vaguely remember playing SSX Tricky but I have no particular memorable memories of it.
 
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"Shenmue and Layla have been in a committed relationship for 6 years now. Shenmue had being going for long walks with his friend James and not returning for several hours. Play Shenmue 2 today and discover the secrets Shenmue and James hide, that will change Laylas life forever."
 
All I remember about Shenmue games are boring real life stuff like getting a 9-5 job and having a curfew, plus annoying QTEs. It was the anti-video game, mimicking reality rather than letting you escape from it.

I think there was a cat you could take care of in the first game. Literally the only thing I liked about it.

SSX Tricky has you racing against memorable characters through fun courses at high speeds, finding shortcuts, and soaring through the air over mountains doing crazy stunts while listening to awesome music.

SSX Tricky is more of an actual video game than the Shenmue series
 
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lol every time I think I'm putting in a vote for the underdog, I find out everyone actually likes the game I thought they'd hate
 
Never played SSX Tricky, but I refuse to vote for Shenmue 2 because of those obnoxious QTEs. Really ruined the game for me, despite the improved combat.
 
SSX Tricky and it's not even close. Shenmue is and always has been overrated, and only really gained legendary status because it ended on a cliffhanger and was one of the few Dreamcast exclusives that was comparable to the big, popular games that came out in the years after.

SSX Tricky meanwhile is simply one of the best sports games/racers ever made, with flawless gameplay, great design aesthetics, perfect track designs and one of the absolute best soundtracks ever.

 
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Stilton Disco said:
SSX Tricky and it's not even close. Shenmue is and always has been overrated, and only really gained legendary status because it ended on a cliffhanger and was one of the few Dreamcast exclusives that was comparable to the big, popular games that came out in the years after.
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This is exactly how I feel. I always felt Shenmue's status as a videogame classic was overblown. I liked the first game, but it felt like a half baked demo at times and just wasn't fun to play. The sequel just doubled down on the worst aspects of the first game and made it worse.

Besides, why bother with Shenmue when Sega would later make Yakuza/Like a Dragon, which builds on the former's foundation and makes everything much more FUN to play?

 
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This is exactly how I feel. I always felt Shenmue's status as a videogame classic was overblown. I liked the first game, but it felt like a half baked demo at times and just wasn't fun to play. The sequel just doubled down on the worst aspects of the first game and made it worse.

Besides, why bother with Shenmue when Sega would later make Yakuza/Like a Dragon, which builds on the former's foundation and makes everything much more FUN to play?

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And there's legit no fanbase more obnoxious than the last 50 guys on ShenmueDojo who keep running a "SEGA let Yu Suzuki do Shenmue 4," when in reality, Yu Suzuki and that godawful set of fans are the ones holding the series back. There is no fucking improvement in the series. Everything has aged poorly and they just want more games that way. They seethe at the mere mention that Yakuza is just what Shenmue should have evolved to.
 
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To me Shenmue's status resembles Kamala Harris' status today. It feels phony, fabricated and the domain of the mentally ill. It makes no sense. The first Shenmue had great graphics but was so fucking boring. The second one was no different.

SSX Tricky on the other hand was fun distilled to it's most basic form. SSX Tricky deserves to win. Do the right thing here Dpad people.
 
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How much you enjoy Shenmue comes down to how much you enjoy just being in a living breathing world. The graphics at the time were the best we had ever seen, the people had schedules and activities. Time and seasons progressed as they do in the real world. You could get a job and spend the money how you liked. The mini games were fun. You could phone characters in game. The world was full of little details. It really was a special experience, unlike any other.
 
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I almost never play any of these samurai games. Just order some sushi, it's the exact same thing. These samurai never truly have any honor. They do everything in their adventures because they want to retire with enough money for sushi rolls
 
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How much you enjoy Shenmue comes down to how much you enjoy just being in a living breathing world. The graphics at the time were the best we had ever seen, the people had schedules and activities. Time and seasons progressed as they do in the real world. You could get a job and spend the money how you liked. The mini games were fun. You could phone characters in game. The world was full of little details. It really was a special experience, unlike any other.
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This sounds more amazing than it ends up actually being once you sit down with a controller to play a videogame.
 
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Hostile_18 said:
How much you enjoy Shenmue comes down to how much you enjoy just being in a living breathing world. The graphics at the time were the best we had ever seen, the people had schedules and activities. Time and seasons progressed as they do in the real world. You could get a job and spend the money how you liked. The mini games were fun. You could phone characters in game. The world was full of little details. It really was a special experience, unlike any other.
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Grand Theft Auto III gave us a living breathing world without all of the mundane, boring, aspects of real life that nobody wants in their video games. The Shenmue series are games that don't understand the point of games.
 
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SSX Tricky falls into that special category of sports games that are ridiculously fun and accessible to everyone, like NBA Jam, Tony Hawks Pro Skater, and Sega Soccer Slam

It even reminds me a bit of many of the sports games on the original NES. I am not a fan of sports in real life, but I played many sports games on the NES because there were just fun and easy to pick up and play no matter who you were.
 
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There was another SSX game I tried playing that came out in 2012 and man, the fun just wasn't there. It just made me want to play Tricky again.
 
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