The Civil War At Shenmue Dojo: The Battle Over Shenmue III s Soul

 Real gamers are going extinct.   The current generation are lazy spoiled ungrateful ducks that expect a game to basically play itself like a bluray while they droll and watch the fireworks.  God forbid they have to put their beer down and make sure Ryo eats something to fill his stamina bar or actually get a QTE executed correctly.  I saw a typical post from one of these types of gamers on SD.com and had to respond.  It comes up the state of the union for gaming in 2020.   

I copied it before the forum Nazis taking it down for being too insensitive to snowflakes.  

[QUOTE="Tsukuyomimagi99, post: 105235, member: 802"]

- Most would consider the Tomb Raider reboot to have a fairly decent story

- Never realized people who play Halo don't have any interest in the lore. All those guidebooks expanding the universe was just a waste of time.

- If that were the case, then why does Virtua Fighter struggle to find an audience? Why is Mortal Kombat IX praised for its story?

- Seriously disagree with you about the Arkham games having bad stories, especially Origins.

- Dungeons and Dragons doesn't need a Shakespearean tale, but it would enhance the experience.

Your reasons for enjoying Shenmue are your own, but I would contend that the reason Shenmue III received six million in Kickstarter funds was not because of its minigames or combat. I agree that gameplay is the most important element of any video game. However, a great narrative and lore enhances the experience for the player.

You really need to stop projecting your opinions as facts and assume everyone sees things the way you do.

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Pretty much thumbs down on everything you said.  Virtue Fighter has a HUGE audience in it's native country Japan.  VF 2 was as popular as Pac man was in its heyday.  Virtue Fighter 5 tournaments were still held in Japan with hundreds of players up until the pandemic.   You are really just talking from an insular point of view.   Case in point, the debacle with the Last Of Us Part II.   I played it from beginning to end , hated the story, hated the new characters.  But I have to take my hat off to Naughty Dog , I haven't had this many jump out of ny seat gaming moments since Uncharted 2 on PS3.  The gameplay is THAT DAMN GOOD.  So regardless of the story, I give TLOU part 2 and  8 out of 10.   People on Metacritic are review bombing the user reviews with zeros out of a hundred.   It is a damn shame and it indicates a dark future for gaming.

        I give Shenmue 3 a 8.5 out of 10.   Loved the story, loved the gameplay but there were some issues they need to iron out with it.  There is a cognitive disconnect between the current generation of gamers and the 1990-early 2000 generation of gamers.   The current generation of gamers seem to equated the word " video game"  with "CGI movie"  .  These type of gamers rate gameplay as 10% important to a game and story and cinematic 90% important.

    The legacy of developers like Hideo Kojima who put games on the map as cinematic digital entertainment has been perverted in this current zeigeist.  It's like a dystopian future now seeing how Cyberbullied Neil Druckman is after busting his hump making a phenomenal game.  He is a genius just like Yu Suzuki , and Hideo Kojima .  The current generation just want to set the game on "easy difficulty" cruise  through a game on autopilot and watch cinematic passively.  If that's what you want from Shenmue III then no wonder so much of you are upset with the game. 

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Did I call it or what? The Forum Nazis did not take down this post, but the did DELETE my THREAD POST on a GLITCH I found in SHENMUE III combat, just because it contains a meme satorizing these asshole casual gamers that have beef with Shenmues cinematic cutscene portion of the game. look memes are fair game. In every other forum, Gamespot and Ign concluded, you can post a meme that insults people and it doesnt count as a argumentaive post.  Memes are the universal internet sugar coating of a flame, and they are not privy to the scrutiny of security THEY ARE THE DIPLOMATIC BAGS OF INTERNET AIRPORT SECURITY and they are NOT to be VIOLATED, DISCRIMINATED, or IMPEDED!!! My CIVIL RIGHTS are being violated by these forum Nazis!!! If we don't have freedom of speech, we are no better than the Communists.  This isn't Russia!!!  If we disregard establish internet diplomatic guidelines like letting memes be fair game, we are no better than animals.  This gestapo is making me a martyr.   https://youtu.be/PdlJi3oNtIw 

This is BULLSHIT!!!!  That new mod, SPUD is a damn FACIST.  He is one of the new owners of the site, since the original owner stepped down.  he persistently admonished me to "change my tone" when arguing with these ingrate non-gamer parasites that have been bitching about Shenmue III. Look , I know how to word an argumentative post without violating  the terms of service, or flaming anyone directly.  I've been doing it for years at Gamespot, Ign, Shoryuken.com for over a decade.  A mod doesnt have the authority to ":change someones tone"  . He only can tag you if you flame someone directly.  They are overstepping their authority to demand "changing of tone" and they sure as hell can't violate the sanctity of memes , and are violating my Civil Rights as a poster!  I remember Lan DC on Shenmue dojo used to curse out people directly on Shenmue dojo, and they , made him a mod!!!  that site has gone to the dogs.  The memes below were a "rider bill" I included on my video about the glitch on Shenmue III. I knew Spud would beef about me posting the memes on Shenmue Dojo directly, even though he doesn't have the power , authority or ethical position to do so.  The social status of memes as art are not to be besmirched.  They were only l connected to Shenmue dojo as a link.  They should stay.