Shenmue was a free roaming sandboxy game set in Hong Kong that was the most expensive game released when it came out.

Unfortunately the desire for sandbox games just wasn't around, and the dreamcast wasn't a popular enough system.

*Shenmue may have also invented the Quick Time Event, again before everyone else stuck…

How about some Football inspired games?

FINAL FANTASY XII
Interview with Hiroyuki Ito:

People who want to watch Football. There have been many complaints from fans about this over the years.

Sega, always ahead of their time...

if Dive-kick can make it, then STOMP KICK can too!

On SENSE

It's not just GENES or MEMES, but the essence of what makes him an individual

Solid Snake cannot pass on his SENSE like GENES or MEMES, but he can inspire others to lead a live where they can possibly feel what he feels too.

A Brief History of Metal Gear Solid Designs
"How do you like your snake?"

...but Sniper Wolf put on a coat when she went outdoors

And then the acrobatic vampire man slides in, pulls his loooooooong knife out of the sheath he keeps between his legs, and begins to stab the cyborg prettyboy as white fluids splash about.

Yeah? And here's the sniper's MALE COLLEAGUE SHIRTLESS IN ALASKA

Have you seen how Kojima portrays MEN in the military?


Vulcan Raven: SHIRTLESS IN ALASKA

Vulcan Raven was bare-chested in ALASKA

Quiet wearing a bikini in the desert is fair in comparison.

Dude you should've mentioned Wolf Smoke Studio, they did "Batman in Shanghai" and it's regarded as the best of the DC animated shorts

I wouldn't say it's sickly in sweetness, it's definitely not as sweet as regular soda. I posted a pic of it on wechat and got positive responses from all the Chinese girls.

Well, this explains your reaction to Evangelion Q, hahah.

Yeah, folks should remember that even the Japanese developer fish personally insulted at IGDC doesn't have any ill will towards fish, and is encouraging fish to come back into games:

http://hokutoandy.kinja.com/target-of-your…

Japanese have a great attitude to competition, it's just like one of my shonen animes, hahah.

Even the Japanese guy who fish told "your games just SUCK!" has no hard feelings towards him, and is actually trying to get fish back into games because he sees him as a rival to surpass.

http://hokutoandy.kinja.com/target-of-your…

Japanese have a great attitude to competition, it's just like one of my shonen animes,…

It's cool to see a western company tackle the style of 90's console RPG's!

Start with FF4