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   From: weaponx013@yahoo.com   
      
   Zomoniac wrote:   
   >> Scott H wrote:   
   >> I especially wish that people's imaginations weren't so short-sighted   
   >> that Shenmue 1+2 failed to do what they were intended for.  A genre of   
   >> genuine city simulators (with actual people doing actual things) that   
   >> nevertheless contains a narrative and interesting characters, combat   
   >> controls, RPG elements, etc, is something that gaming today sorely   
   >> lacks.  Zelda 64's engine spawned a genre, Shenmue's should have also.   
   >   
   > I was watching IGN's video review of Assassin's Creed last week and the   
   > guy said that GTA3 invented the whole living 3D city. That pissed me   
   > off, and it seems to be general consensus as well. It's like Shenmue   
   > never existed.   
      
         Most people will apparently consider a game irrelevant if it fails   
   to sell, their friends didn't like it, or it just didn't smack them on   
   the forehead correctly.  That includes journalists, if it isn't caused   
   by them.   
      
   -   
   Scott   
      
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