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It's a game I dreamt for a long time ago because the screenshots in a magazine made me think it was the baby Shenmue of Sony.
Yakuza vs sleeping dogs psp#
I'm currently discovering it on PSP tbh and I'm enjoying it. I have both an original xbox and a psp to play it on, but is it still worth checking out or has time not been so kind to it? Also, in what ways is it similar to shenmue? :-) Shadow of memories sounds interesting, never heard of it. Yokosuka wrote:Shadow of Memories, Life Is Strange and Yakuza 5 are the closest games I know. Instead, just appreciate it for the things that it accomplishes on its own or that even shenmue couldn't do, and you'll leave with something worthwhile :-) Just note that for all above games, your enjoyment will largely depend on accepting that each game is very much standalone and going in and throughout expecting something shenmue-esque may likely leave you dissapointed, as it has with me. I played about 1/3 into the first game years ago before stopping because I didn't really enjoy it, but I recently played the 3rd game and I much enjoy that one and the similarities are there. Sleeping dogs means more so to GTA for sure, but it has a few nice nods and the location makes a nice change (I enjoyed this game despite not really liking gta type games, and it's the closest to shenmue alongside l.a. noire is closest in terms of scale, ambition, authenticity and well as some of the mechanics. imo Yakuza is the closed in terms of gameplay, minutae in details and story and vibe. Imo how you'll end up percieving the above games will greatly depend on what aspects of shenmue were your favourite.
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Heavy Rain/Fahrenheit are worth mentioning though imo they don't quite fit in the above scale. in game time is a huge one which definitely impacts gameplay and heightens the sense of immersion). Yakuza is very much a spiritual successor, but nothing is quite like Shenmue in every single aspect since there are so many systems that I feel are pivotal and are not implemented in the above games (e.g. The above model is a rough idea on how I think that games outside of both open world extremes (shenmue and gta) are related.