Late to the Party

I've still never played Shenmue.

Shenwho?

I've only just started playing Final Fantasy 7, I'm liking it way more than I thought I would, the annoying fanboys clearly blinded by nostalgia and all the other people saying it's crap and overrated kinda put me off trying it before now but I love it, it does deserve a lot of the praise it gets.
It's no Final Fantasy 9 though No I am not blinded by nostalgia

I've never played either of the Shenmue games, or Typing of the Dead, or SEGA Bass Fishing, or Seaman or Sonic Adventure 2: Battle. I'm a bad, bad SEGA fan.

Balladeer wrote:

Shenwho?

ShenGetYourselfADreamcast

Just thought - I only started playing Final Fantasy II about five months ago. What is the latest you've ever been to the party?

you people should be made to play shenmue ans other sega games

I've been meaning to track down a copy of Shenmue for donkey's years. sporkhead beat me to it last Summer, and as far as I recall he enjoyed it very much.

the 2nd is better, get the xbxox version if thats easyer to play (as its 360 compatible)

Oh I don't know if the second one is better (never did finish it) its larger scope put me off a wee bit but I suppose it made sense in terms of the stories progression.

Couldn't recommend Shenmue enough.

I'm not sure which game I prefer out of the two (I played through Shenmue 2 first), but while Shenmue 2 is much better mechanically, I found the original to just about pip it as an experience. Shenmue 2 is a lot better as a game, though, and has far more cool things to do within it.

Either way both games are fantastic.

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I was late to the party with the Idolm@ster games, though over the past year I've managed to catch up, playing through The Idolm@ster 2, Idolm@ster SP and Idolm@ster Shiny Festa. But I got the worst ending in my first playthrough of Idolm@ster 2 because I didn't get my idol group up to enough popularity (though one of their hit songs did reach the top 20 in the charts). Really engaging micromanagement/sim/raising games, they are.

Tempted to pick up the DS instalment, Dearly Stars.

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WarioWare on GC was another game I was late to discovering its sheer excellence, having played and purchased it for the first time around a year ago. Can't believe I shrugged it off back in 2004 when it was even released at a budget £20. Hopefully Game & Wario will have the same sort of manic multiplayer mahem.

Just today I beat Klonoa: Empire of Dreams (2001) for the first time. That's the oldest game I've played through from start to finish since Gargoyle's Quest last year.

beemoh wrote:

I've just bought Super Mario Galaxy!

I didn't play Super Mario 64 until 2007 - do I win?

OoT until 2003... So yes, Dusty, you win.

I had never played an N64 game til about 2008/09, so I must super win!

I never really played a nes or snes, in till about 2004

Not playing N64 games, especially ones as good as OOT and SM64 does not count as winning.

Didn't play A Link To The Past until 2003 when the GBA SP was released (if I remember correctly the GBA port was released on the same day). Boy I had been missing out on so much.

I had never played the original NiGHTS Into Dreams until last year!

Drunky Knackers.

Dusty Knackers wrote:

I'M THE GREETEST LOL

Well, you do say "hello" a lot.

beemoh wrote:

Dusty Knackers wrote:

I'M THE GREETEST LOL

Well, you do say "hello" a lot.

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Balladeer wrote:

Drunky Knackers.

Nah he's always as sober as the new pope on Sundays.

Which makes his post even more disturbing.