Shenmue 1 is slow in comparison. At GDC, you mentioned that Shenmue 2 is where the real story begins. In that sense, Shenmue 1 serves as an introduction to the saga. Shenmue 1 isn't really an introduction. Shenmue 1 is Shenmue 1 - a complete story.
China is so interesting a country - very historic, very large and with many people.
It's a good place - maybe the story will be better as a result. We'll also take a few gambles in developing Shenmue 2 . I see, I see. Moving on . . . Shenmue brings so many different elements from so many different genres together - you know, a little bit of RPG, a little bit of adventure.