Amir wrote:This is what I was wondering when I saw this. Maybe they were unhappy with the direction of the E3 video? I can't see this project being able to afford too many people.

Honestly I'm kind of glad. The E3 video didn't evoke Shenmue's cutscene style at all, though I know it was produced rather quickly.

Neat update. Though we all know something bigger is coming on the anniversary of the Kickstarter... ;) Another stepping stones QTE? Hm... Either a nice callback to Shenmue II, or that harebrained theory about Shenmue III actually retelling Disk 4 of Shenmue II might be happening. EDIT: Kenji Itoso w...

I believe "Dobuita-size" was in reference to Chobu. But he later compared it to Kowloon, which is bigger, but who knows. He has upgraded the size of the wilderness around Bailu from 2x2 km to 4x4, which is a good sign. When did Yu talk about the size of the Bailu wilderness? In November w...

Can we expect the traditional "Shenmue experience "? Suzuki : Obviously it's the true sequel to Shenmue 2 so you can expect a lot of detail. For example, one thing we have right now is, if you hit a guy blood sprays out and hits the wall and drips down. It looks really nice. This bothers ...

Their updates have been horrible. I am mostly dissapointed with them. We had 2 updates regarding wether or not the kickstarter exclusive rewards should be included in the paypal campaign... The others just regurgitate stuff we have already seen before. Is it so hard to interview one of the programm...

I believe "Dobuita-size" was in reference to Chobu. But he later compared it to Kowloon, which is bigger, but who knows. He has upgraded the size of the wilderness around Bailu from 2x2 km to 4x4, which is a good sign. Yeah, that's right. UE4 is very good at generating terrain, so it's no...

If memory serves, Suzuki was pleasantly surprised by how much easier Unreal 4 generally made things, development-wise, hence the possibility of implementing a few additional (unachieved) stretch goals. Win. Yeah, that's more or less what I'm referring to. We already know they've been able to make t...

How much longer is the paypal going and when is the deadline for final budget confirmation and new game feature implementation? PayPal will probably go until the end of the year, maybe longer. For game features though, we know they're experimenting and considering implementing features for stretch ...

Argh, the thread title made me think we'd had an update. I figure the next update either happens this week, or on the anniversary of the Kickstarter. A direct feed of the Monaco Magic video would be nice. Cedric has recently used part of it in a promotional video so no reason to not release it in fu...

I'm confident no model in Shenmue III will be like that, which is a good thing, because it may be symptomatic of their correct, as far as I'm concerned, priorities in designing a game. Detail in Shenmue has always been about storytelling. We can skip visual detail if that harms writing and in-game ...

Double post but I'm not sure I've seen this posted before: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/shenmue-fan-art

Pretty awesome 3D model of Ryo. Not quite 100% perfect, but I seriously hope they can approach this level of detail in Ryo's Shenmue III model.

Eh, Shenmue 3 is the game with whom we will rise from the grave, Shenmue 4 will be the game where Yu will be able to realize his full vision. For a series dead for more than a decade we couldn't have asked for more than that. This is also true. While I'm sure they're doing everything possible to ma...

Agreed with the above. I'm on the $1,200 tier and haven't contributed again since. I'm waiting on the PC version on Slacker Backer Site, plus, I've been at University and not working since last Autumn. I would have liked to have gone for a higher tier during the Kickstarter, but I was saving for an ...

Does anyone else think the indefinite extension of the slacker backer funding campaign, coupled with the news that Sega is investigating an HD remaster, is evidence we will get the remaster sooner rather than later? Originally, the slacker backer campaign was to end on December 31, 2015 to give the...

The only thing is Yu Suzuki had planned stretch goals ???? way beyond 10M... can you imagine what they would have been? I could cry thinking about it. I wouldn't worry about it. They had to plan for larger amounts, because they had no idea how high or low the campaign could have earned. Yu has said...