I'm here to say that the original Shenmue is very unique and of its's own kind, well kind of, we all know this very well but how are they different and why?
Shenmue 1 is without a doubt more environmental and a day-to-day experience. No two Shenmue days are the same with Ryo able to practice in depth the moves he learns whilst also being able to collect many things and pet a kitten and also bizzarly communicating with his girlfreind.
Shenmue 2 makes up for what the original had to offer and thus polishes it in return for limited environments so that Ryo is unable to truly go through that day-to-day experience which always feels different but the more open world hong kong makes up for this, therefore we do not notice much. Not to mention the fact there are more orphanes and women in this game compared to the first. The people are all different and not just moderately rich Japanese people from Shenmue 1.
Shenmue 1 is a different type of game in comparison to two, this is due to the timex timey time thing where the days go faster. Shenmue 1 is like no other whilst the second game ditched that by adding time skip and making days go by slower. Man Shenmue 1 and its environment with full on dialogue wiith every unique NPC is something we may not see again, Shenmue 3 bring it back because Shenmue 1 is so superior to 2 and if you dont think so I fnd that unusual since Shenmue 1 was damn unique. To be fair Shenmue 2 is epic but the gameplay is not as realistic and much of an experience in terms of the nostalgic area and high end NPC dialogue. Of course they're both great however we all have our preference. Funny how both the two games not similar in terms of small things like in game time. Shenmue 1's biggest flaw is not being able to save anywhere though, they had their reasons for that though I guess.
When the night falls in Shenmue 1 I honestly love it, Shenmue 2 however not so much. The 7pm night fall in 2 is not as great, sadly. What are your thoughts about the difference in the two games?
Sorry that the title is quite out of context about what I'm on here but mabye you didin't even get what I said in the first place anyway, heh.