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Playing through Shenmue 1, they did a really good job capturing the vibe of the area. Looking at random points in Yokosuka just feel like Shenmue. https://www.

Playing through Shenmue 1, they did a really good job capturing the vibe of the area. Looking at random points in Yokosuka just feel like Shenmue. https://www.google.com/maps/@35.2781594,139.677597,3a,75y,279.91h,91.8t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1s9BMtJmpsfLmf6eDTU9g7GA!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fcb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile%26w%3D900%26h%3D600%26pitch%3D-1.7996999832817977%26panoid%3D9BMtJmpsfLmf6eDTU9g7GA%26yaw%3D279.90910171972325!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDMxMC4wIKXMDSoJLDEwMjExNDUzSAFQAw%3D%3D https://www.google.com/maps/@35.2781594,139.677597,3a,75y,27...

soupfordummies 2y ago
Looks like a good spot to practice my moves... If you google "Shenmue locations in real life" there's a lot of cool stuff. They really did do a great job on that and the ERA as well.
pkdpic 2y ago
Also playing through on Steam Deck. Steam QTE problems really haven't hindered my enjoyment at all. Kind of shocking how well it's aged overall and how different it is playing through as an adult. I am waaay better at driving that forklift 20+ years later. The foreman loves me now.
- jncfhnb 2y ago
  I too discovered that the forklift was in fact very easy as an adult. That was a shocker.
- drooopy 2y ago
  I replayed Shenmue on my Deck about a year ago and I had the same QTE problems. The solution was to download a custom, community-made control scheme from the Steam workshop.
pandemic_region 2y ago
Is it typical for Japanese towns to have all the electricity wiring above ground? Is it on purpose, maybe related to historical earthquake trauma?
- Daz1 2y ago
  Yes and also there is zero aesthetic thought put into japanese towns which is why they're so ugly, everything is functional
  - pezezin 2y ago
    I would say that functionality requires a minimum sense of aesthetics. Most Japanese towns are not even functional, they are just a chaotic maze of tiny streets and ugly buildings. I know because I live in one.
    - stavros 2y ago
      Looks exactly like Greece!
      - tech2 2y ago
        Athens being its own special hell, looking across the city from Lykovounia and seeing everything in the city at the same ~5 storey level of dark concrete.
- lmm 2y ago
  > Is it typical for Japanese towns to have all the electricity wiring above ground? Yes > Is it on purpose Yes? Electrical wiring is built deliberately, of course it's on purpose. Where else would you put it, and why? You're implying it's somehow normal to bury it? That sounds like it would be expensive, both to build and to maintain.
  - wahnfrieden 2y ago
    You wrote condescendingly without even apparently knowing why
    - lmm 2y ago
      I did, and I'd do it again. The idea that someone might put up electricity cables not on purpose warranted it.
pezezin 2y ago
Pretty much all Japanese cities look like that.
dfxm12 2y ago
Hasn't changed much since 1986, either. Speaking of Sega games set in Japan, the Yakuza games do a good job at this as well, at least for Kabukicho and Dotonbori. I even knew to get crabs at Kani Doraku because of the games! It's like virtual tourism in some ways...
indrora 2y ago
A friend of mine through sheer luck happened to be able to take a two month trip to Yokosuka nearly all expenses paid. She spent the first week or so just plotting out the map of Shenmue and the local map to see how much was rearranged. The town is definitely Different but recognizable in a lot of ways. Lots of small landmarks that were gently adjusted or changed to make it simpler

soupfordummies 2y ago

Looks like a good spot to practice my moves... If you google "Shenmue locations in real life" there's a lot of cool stuff. They really did do a great job on that and the ERA as well.

pkdpic 2y ago

Also playing through on Steam Deck. Steam QTE problems really haven't hindered my enjoyment at all. Kind of shocking how well it's aged overall and how different it is playing through as an adult. I am waaay better at driving that forklift 20+ years later. The foreman loves me now.

jncfhnb 2y ago
I too discovered that the forklift was in fact very easy as an adult. That was a shocker.
drooopy 2y ago
I replayed Shenmue on my Deck about a year ago and I had the same QTE problems. The solution was to download a custom, community-made control scheme from the Steam workshop.

pandemic_region 2y ago

Is it typical for Japanese towns to have all the electricity wiring above ground? Is it on purpose, maybe related to historical earthquake trauma?

Daz1 2y ago
Yes and also there is zero aesthetic thought put into japanese towns which is why they're so ugly, everything is functional
- pezezin 2y ago
  I would say that functionality requires a minimum sense of aesthetics. Most Japanese towns are not even functional, they are just a chaotic maze of tiny streets and ugly buildings. I know because I live in one.
  - stavros 2y ago
    Looks exactly like Greece!
    - tech2 2y ago
      Athens being its own special hell, looking across the city from Lykovounia and seeing everything in the city at the same ~5 storey level of dark concrete.
lmm 2y ago
> Is it typical for Japanese towns to have all the electricity wiring above ground? Yes > Is it on purpose Yes? Electrical wiring is built deliberately, of course it's on purpose. Where else would you put it, and why? You're implying it's somehow normal to bury it? That sounds like it would be expensive, both to build and to maintain.
- wahnfrieden 2y ago
  You wrote condescendingly without even apparently knowing why
  - lmm 2y ago
    I did, and I'd do it again. The idea that someone might put up electricity cables not on purpose warranted it.

pezezin 2y ago

Pretty much all Japanese cities look like that.

dfxm12 2y ago

Hasn't changed much since 1986, either. Speaking of Sega games set in Japan, the Yakuza games do a good job at this as well, at least for Kabukicho and Dotonbori. I even knew to get crabs at Kani Doraku because of the games! It's like virtual tourism in some ways...

indrora 2y ago

A friend of mine through sheer luck happened to be able to take a two month trip to Yokosuka nearly all expenses paid. She spent the first week or so just plotting out the map of Shenmue and the local map to see how much was rearranged. The town is definitely Different but recognizable in a lot of ways. Lots of small landmarks that were gently adjusted or changed to make it simpler