south carmain wrote:^ i think the reason shenmue gai hasn't made it to the west is because Yu doesn't have the money to translate it
I don't want to go completely off topic here, but I see that you've played Yakuza... what do you think of it? I've played very little of the 3rd entry on my mates PS3 (who's now moved country), but if I were to get into it I'd want to try the first 2 entries on PS2. But how close is it to Shenmue? Is it really a spiritual successor and would you recommend it?
The game that I've played that closely resembles shenmue for me is definitely l.a.noire (though it definitely lacks more of the 'real' free roaming element shenmue had, as it's a linear game in an open world environment really (which is a shame the game would have been an absolutely incredible 11/10 if you could just visit places play, eat, etc like in shenmue, though mind you I'm only half way)
As far as consoles go, I have a (1x working!) dreamcast, xbox, xbox 360 and PSP (which I rarely use for playing games if ever)
Sorry if I've gone off-topic guys