When you use that argument for Alex your opinion of the game that comes after gets a little side eye. Jim really doesn't deserve to be associated with that dude as an act.
I kinda want to see Jim's line of herbal supplements now
When you use that argument for Alex your opinion of the game that comes after gets a little side eye. Jim really doesn't deserve to be associated with that dude as an act.
no wtf no this is noIs Jim Sterling the Alex Jones of video games? Too woke for this millennium.
Yeah, and it's a good example of why Shenmue fans get so annoyed. We're constantly insulted for liking the game with talk of playing just for graphics or nostalgia or some other shit. It's okay to not like the game as it's clearly not for everyone, but to act like fans are deluding themselves for enjoying it is just trolling.Saying people enjoyed Shenmue just for its graphics however is factually wrong.
Come on now, we all know how Jim Sterling operates. His schtick is precisely that."Inflammatory" apparently means "Not liking something popular"
The gaming community really needs to get over its sacred cows.
Are these dudes in the comments serious? 100 plats dude is straight up embarrassing, like get another hobby or something.
I had a great time with Shenmue and I disagreed with many of the points from Jim's review.
Know what I did next? I went on with my day and continued enjoying what I like.
Shenmue is a grotesque waste of time, and is interesting from only the most clinical perspective. It's one thing for a game to establish a sense of place and explore the mundane, it's another thing entirely for the game to make wait for fucking ever to grab your cruise ship tickets, then just fuck with you by going "oh can you come tomorrow instead" for no other reason than the designers going "Isn't that annoying?! Isn't that frustrating?! Just like real life, maaaannnn!"
I take zero issue with Jim giving it shit.
Looks like Jim will have enough material for his next episode based on this thread alone...
Impressive.
Agreed! He is always offensive in his videos, and when something comes back to him he makes videos like these. Those who makes such comments are also allowed to have an opinion, it's not you alone Jim Sterling! And if you can't handle that with your provocating and offensive videos, than fucking stop making offensive and provocating videos!!!
Yakuza is like Shenmue but shit. It doesn't even have a weather/night cycle, NPC scheldues and who can be properly talked to, most buildings can't even be entered and let you observe items with your hands.
In reality,Both games are effective at what they try to do, and Shenmue is instead a detective/life sim game and comparing them so simplistically is very dull.
The original video was about Jim getting worked up about people who have liked a game for 20 years and feeling the need to review what's like a life sim game when he doesn't even like that genre.
They're creating this disingenuous narrative, and despite Shenmue having objective qualities that make a good and well made video game within its genre. I can't help but feel that maybe part of it is because they are Jim fans and want to agree with everything he says.It doesn't make one right because they have different preferences for enjoying a video game. Saying people enjoyed Shenmue just for its graphics however is factually wrong.
Honest question, kind of inspired by the "What's up with ERA and Giant Bomb?" thread...
What's up with ERA and Jim Sterling? It seems like every time he puts up a video there's a new thread with a couple hundred replies.
As if what you said is some definitive consensus, and acting as those who like it are wrong for liking what can be considered good things. LMAO! In what capacity is it a bad videogame? Is it bad mechanics? Bad visuals? Bad story? Bad UI? Bad value proposition? Bad music? Bad voice acting... yeah I'd probably agree with anyone who brings up the voice acting ;)I mean shenmue is a bad game, but I understand why people like it. People are salty bitches overall.
There are those people, and then there are those people who appreciate that there is no other game out there like Shenmue despite all the attempts to critically homogenise it, especially by comparing it to Yakuza. There are super-fans of everything, dude.I like Shenmue, but the fans act like it's some holy grail. I don't really like Jim Sterling, but asshole Youtube comments deserve videos like this. This is pretty good.
its almost like its a gimmickLike he's actively smug about the fact he is a pathetic human being and an absolute scumsucker with the laziest content imaginable.
He used to be really well liked, but sometime last year the tables turned and so now basically every thread about a video of his gets a tonne of posts by people who hate him. I don't personally think Jim changed, but people got tired of his shtick I guess. His shtick being ranty sometimes controversial videos about games and/or the industry. He also got a lot of haters for infamously giving BotW a 7.Honest question, kind of inspired by the "What's up with ERA and Giant Bomb?" thread...
What's up with ERA and Jim Sterling? It seems like every time he puts up a video there's a new thread with a couple hundred replies.
That's the Sterling cycle. Sheesh there's several classic games I don't like but you don't see me dress up in a powdered wig and throw a show about it.
Lmao ooookay then......As if what you said is some definitive consensus, and acting as those who like it are wrong for liking what can be considered good things. LMAO! In what capacity is it a bad videogame? Is it bad mechanics? Bad visuals? Bad story? Bad UI? Bad value proposition? Bad music? Bad voice acting... yeah I'd probably agree with anyone who brings up the voice acting ;)
No-one is forcing anyone to get riled up, however alot of Jim's content is intentionally inflammatory, in the title he literally calls it a rubbish game
There's quite a lot of issues that requires patching but I was lucky enough to run into almost no issues beside maybe a single crash.Weirdly enough this whole kerfufle has me more interested in trying out Shenmue. Is it playable or should I wait for it to get patched?
Imagine getting this worked up over someone dressing as an 18th century Duke to make fun of man-babies who can't handle criticism and don't know how to spell.
leave video games alon lol.
Yup.
Jim has the biggest fucking persecution complex on the planet, jesus.
I like Shenmue, but the fans act like it's some holy grail. I don't really like Jim Sterling, but asshole Youtube comments deserve videos like this. This is pretty good.
i'm pretty sure Shenmue was a bit of a mixed-bad even out the door on Dreamcast. Like it got reviewed well enough, but it was always pretty awkward — and it was certainly bound to get worse after so many years.
I think Jim's not trying to be hyper-critical (well...), but Commentocracy only reveals how far people have their head up the buttholes about their own hobby. He's satirizing how seriously people take this "entertainment hobby" and sound like they've been PERSONALLY offended as if they made the game. It's fine to be passionate about something you love, but it's so easy to take it too far (and now we got an extreme culture on the internet that goes into harassing people).
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