30-01-2026, 10:57 AM
(30-01-2026, 10:49 AM)Jassassino Wrote: It kind of blueprinted NPCs having lives which adhered to times and schedules. Honestly, absolutely insane. Imagine being the programmer they ask to do that? You're essentially going into uncharted territory for the sake of a player's immersion.
I was about to say Majora's Mask but then remembered MM came out in 2000-a few months after Shenmue. Mad that SEGA and Nintendo were innovating the same thing completely individually of one another for such different games.



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