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Re: [Video] Yu Suzuki SM3 Interview on Niconico Live [Englis

Spoiler ? Wow I leave this thread bye.
by Yokosuka
Wed Jul 15, 2015 2:08 pm
 
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Re: Keep this in mind when watching the Kickstarter finish!

Joel Tess as a Chi You Men NPC is the dream of all Shenmue fans.
by Yokosuka
Thu Jul 16, 2015 6:09 pm
 
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Re: Shenmue 3 Kickstarter sets new record - LIVE REACTION

Why do people keep bringing up Sony giving money for development when we established a month ago they are NOT doing that?

Anyways, I expect independent investors to take notice and help us get to 11 million.

They showed from the beginning that their position was hesitating about the publishing, why not the development ?
by Yokosuka
Fri Jul 17, 2015 10:08 am
 
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Re: Shenmue 3 Kickstarter set new record - LIVE REACTION

NeoShredder wrote: Do you think people are holding off because they want to be "the one"?

EDIT: SORRY HYPEEEEEE :mrgreen:


Please Kickstarter, don't fuck up your servers this time !!!
by Yokosuka
Fri Jul 17, 2015 7:53 am
 
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Re: Anyone worried that Yu might listen to the fans too much

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by Yokosuka
Fri Jul 17, 2015 10:49 pm
 
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Re: The miracle of Shenmue III

Happy for Cedric who took risks to make the dream come true, congrats to the community for never give up. I will never forget the Yu's tears yesterday.

It's amazing to see that Shenmue tolds a beautiful human adventure on both plans : virtual and real. I do not know any other video game giving such emotions. Shenmue III is a miracle and we deserve it. =D>
by Yokosuka
Sat Jul 18, 2015 7:27 am
 
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Re: Forbes claim 20 million is already secured privately

This is not the first time I read the 20 million fund, a french source already gave these figures some weeks ago.
by Yokosuka
Sat Jul 18, 2015 7:30 am
 
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Re: Advanced Free Battle!

The Free Battles actually felt like real fights. You got to control Ryo in every way you wanted to and punish your enemy's power flow. It is the most immaculate mechanic ever to be experienced. Yu described it as "Real Time Fighting"

Exactly and this video is the perfect illustration :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2sbC1kyEuxs&feature=youtu.be&t=16s


Even Virtua Fighter 5 failed to reach this level of realism.
by Yokosuka
Sat Jul 18, 2015 7:41 am
 
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Re: Advanced Free Battle!

DOA is my second favorite fighting game, I love its mix of fun and technique, its story modes, its spectacular effects and sense of humor, its characters. And it's a PC game !!!!!
I secretly dreamed of Team Ninja making their own Virtua Fighter RPG, not only a BTA. But this was before Shenmue 3 was announced. 8)
by Yokosuka
Sat Jul 18, 2015 8:45 am
 
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Re: Outside Xbox: Let's Play Shenmue II (Xbox version obviou

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by Yokosuka
Mon Aug 31, 2015 7:54 am
 
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Re: NEW SHENMUE III KICKSTARTER UPDATE - INTERVIEW WITH YU

Cedric Biscay retweeted
Team Yu ‏@TeamYuNeedsYOU 9m9 minutes ago
Shenmue 1 & 2 HD = New fans buying @Shenmue_3 = Budget for Shenmue IV.
by Yokosuka
Mon Aug 31, 2015 8:46 am
 
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When Suzuki talked about 16 chapters

0) The explanation :
Thanks a French article , I now understand why he talked about 16 chapters. In fact, it has always been 11+5 chapters. The 5 chapters were bridges between the main chapters. That's why we had the boat and the train as unique chapters.

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1) From the Dreamcast Official US magazine 2000 November uploaded by Telekill ( http://www.shenmuedojo.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=48738 )

Shenmue 1 : Chapter 1 to 5
Shenmue 2 : Chapter 6 to 10
Shenmue 3 : Chapter 11 to 16
with Shenmue 3 supposed to be the last episode.

http://nsa37.casimages.com/img/2015/08/21/150821083353227599.jpg

2) Then we got this image from AM2 according Shenmue Master
http://shenmueangel.free.fr/images/le-site/faq/chapitres.gif
and the following informations :
Chapter 1 Yokosuka
Chapter 2 The boat (cancelled)
Chapter 3 Aberdeen
Chapter 4 Wan Chai
Chapter 5 Kowloon
Chapter 6 Guilin
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16

3) Then the 16 chapters became 11 in 2014 :

http://www.wispartantotalgames.co.uk/totalgames/sites/default/files/shenmue-sega-chaptures.jpg

4) The last Yu's tweet answer after the kickstarter :
http://nsa37.casimages.com/img/2015/08/21/15082108550546161.jpg
https://twitter.com/yu_suzuki_jp/status/617157839539212288

5) Nico Nico interview https://youtu.be/IntCDAc6c8Y?t=50m00s (from Switch's translation)

Chapter 1 Yokosuka.
Chapter 2 Hong Kong
Chapter 3 Train (cancelled)
Chapter 4 ?? Arrival at Guilin (moved within Chapter 2) ??
Chapter 5 Meeting Shenhua (moved or partially moved within Chapter 2)
Chapter 6 Meeting Shenhua
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11

To be precise, Shenmue I is the whole of Chapter 1, as is. And Shenmue II corresponds with the Hong Kong chapter. The part about meeting Shenhua was originally in Chapters 5 and 6. I moved just the part about meeting her to Shenmue II. Actually Chapter 3 was on a train. The scenes take place inside a train. So Chapter 3 hasn’t been used at all. In total there are 11 chapters, and so I could properly visualize how they would fit together, the first thing I did was to make a novel. So that's the form I put them in, and I use it as a base reference. It's not meant to represent the exact scenarios for the game, though. I don't use it to decide "this event goes here, this quest goes here, this flag gets set here" and so on. It doesn’t directly dictate the scenarios for the game. Rather, it's one of the things I use to drive the scenarios for Shenmue. With Shenmue III, even if I forcibly took the story through to the end of Chapter 11, well... You see, I make decisions to keep or exclude various parts as I go along. Now, at this point I don't know whether Shenmue III will have 30 hours of play time or 60 hours, but if the story is forced to advance along, I could tell that this wouldn’t produce a satisfactory result as a game. So, although unfortunately the story won’t reach the end with Shenmue III, it was a decision I made for the sake of the game's quality.

6) Mon Aug 31, 2015 Kickstarter interview
http://www.shenmuedojo.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=49016
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ysnet/shenmue-3/posts/1336892
Question : Can you tell us more about the composition stage?
Yu Suzuki : Shenmue III is based on the 11 chapters created 17 years ago (1998), and each chapter is set in different regions. For example, the first chapter was set in Yokosuka, second was set in Hong Kong and so on. However with Shenmue III it won't do to complete just one chapter's worth in one region, so I have restructured the underlying story to fit the budget.
by Yokosuka
Fri Aug 21, 2015 3:10 pm
 
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Re: NEW SHENMUE III KICKSTARTER UPDATE - INTERVIEW WITH YU

Hatsune Miku defo deserves respect since she defends our cause so well.

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by Yokosuka
Mon Aug 31, 2015 10:52 pm
 
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Re: Camera

By instinct and fanboyism, I would say "Keep the same !!". But on the other hand, using the old-fashioned camera could be a lazy trap. Not because a question of field of vision but realism.

When Shenmue released on Dreamcast, we never experimented a camera closer than Ryo's in video games and that was exactly one of the many reasons of why Shenmue felt so immersive. Because it gave somehow consistency to the surrounding elements and Ryo himself. When you play GTA/Sleeping Dogs, you don't have this close relationship with your environment... until you enter an interior place and the camera moves closer to your character like RE4, because the game designers are aware of the trick.

Now that plenty of modern games use an even closer camera, Shenmue could be overtaken in that sense of realism race and look clunky to all of us if Yu opts for nostalgia to please the fans.
But again, assuming none of these games have the slow pace of Shenmue, an action TPS field of view could be pointless. I want to admire easily the scenery around me and identify the surrounding NPC without issues, is this camera really relevant for ? Not viewing directly the person in front of you has never really been a big issue in Shenmue as the game uses cinematographic point of view during conversations.

I really want the classic camera but they are professional. Whatever the team's choice, I would respect it and be happy.
by Yokosuka
Sat Aug 15, 2015 11:04 am
 
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Re: Anyone worried that Yu might listen to the fans too much

Hopefully those who support Yu's personal vision (and I am among them) will not be too harsh. I fear that a lot of strict nostalfags are going to express their disappointment.
Of course I've nothing against complains but please don't forget to respect his work if that case happens.
by Yokosuka
Sat Jul 18, 2015 9:22 pm
 
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Re: Too Much Baisha?

Btw, I think the story will follow this order :
1) Bailu Village (intro, Dobuita)
2) Choubu (core, would take two discs on dreamcast)
3) Baisha (epic, bosses)
by Yokosuka
Sun Jul 19, 2015 4:59 am
 
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Re: Ouch, the comments on the youtube trailer are harsh...

That's stretching things. Shenmue has always been divisive. If the game honors the series legacy, expect a lot of negative reviews.

Really ? I remember Shenmue I & II had impressive positive critics despite a lot of weaknesses spotted by the reviewers. Considering the modern gaming has not evolved that much, Shenmue can still distinguish itself from the competition if YsNet make it right.
by Yokosuka
Sun Jul 19, 2015 3:26 pm
 
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Re: Japanese guide book scans

The Versus book is fantastic, it captures the Shenmue game design very well. The Shenmue III guide book is now the extra stuff I'm waiting the most with Kenji's artbook, if possible translated !
by Yokosuka
Sun Jul 19, 2015 5:27 pm
 
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Re: Where will THIS music be used in SIII?

They have absolutely to make the remake of this (infiltration gameplay, QTE action, classic or whatever)

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by Yokosuka
Mon Jul 20, 2015 4:07 am
 
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Re: "Play as 1 of 4 characters" - April Edition '99 of GameP

Hyo Razuki wrote: Wasn't Yu the producer for Daytona?


Yu was the co-producer indeed but the main man behind Daytona was Toshihiro Nagoshi, one of the Shenmue lead programmers and the creator of Yakuza.
by Yokosuka
Tue Jul 21, 2015 8:43 am
 
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Uiyahan's Ryo motion capture test

A little foretaste of what could be Shenmue III, amazing. You can activate the 60 fps.

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edit : oops I did not see the Pramote2013's post, sorry
by Yokosuka
Tue Jul 21, 2015 12:11 pm
 
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Re: Glimpse of the skill tree from...Shenmue Online?

I don't understand the HK skyline point.
by Yokosuka
Fri Jul 24, 2015 3:39 am
 
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Re: Shenmue 3 In UK Games Magazines

Tour of French magazines

Playstation official
Shenmue 3 ranked as 6th best surprise of the E3 (FF7r was 5th and Horizon 1st)
"However, this impulse of generosity from frenetic fans raises questions about ethics, the feasibility and the interest of the kickstarter."
"If it keep its old mechanics, will Shenmue seduce again ?"
http://nsa37.casimages.com/img/2015/07/25/15072507380757498.png

JeuxVidéo Magazine
"It's certainly the most anticipated sequel of gaming history (with Half-Life 3)."
"already offered a huge freedom of action and a daily real time system."
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Jeux Video News
"The Return of the King"
"Legendary franchise of adventure gaming and initiation into life"
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Video Gamer
four pages article title : "The past, a safe bet"
Shenmue paragraph title : "Concretize a dream"
"Shenmue is unknown from most of the young players. And his main gameplay invention, the famous QTE, has been so much recycled that we wonder if there is still an audience [...]"
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Canard PC (the older gaming mag in France, very appreciated for its quality and its cynical humour)
article title "And what about the consoles ? Cripple Fight (pc conference included)"
"Yu Suzuki and Sony made themselves look like the biggest beggars of the E3 and have created a staggering precedent."
"Sony has claimed [...] the kickstarter was there just for "measure the gamers interest". Well yes, why making polls and expensive market studies when you can manipulate a hardcore fanbase ?"
http://nsa37.casimages.com/img/2015/07/25/150725073659762216.png

The Game (known for its good looking layout)
Yu retrospective made by Regis Monterrin (probably the best French journalist about Sega and Yu Suzuki's stuff, I'm glad he got a place in a paper magazine)
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article from a consultant and university professor in marketing, communication and video games, written from the fact that Sony will mainly fund the game.
title : "Shenmue III the error"
conclusion : "My best wishes for this romantic project, driven by passionnate and in love people. But it's hard to be rational when you evoke a childhood sweetheart that belongs to a distant past. Shenmue, it's this."
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http://nsa38.casimages.com/img/2015/07/25/150725073651476044.jpg

In addition, almost all the French magazines have used the shot showing the E3 stage with Shenmue 3 on screens to illustrate their E3 review.

From what the reactions I read across the globe, It's funny to see that Shenhua has become somehow iconic even for people who never played Shenmue.
by Yokosuka
Sat Jul 25, 2015 1:44 pm
 
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Re: Monday without a Kickstarter update is killing me

NEEED UPDATES NOOOOOOW

Can't resist few more days. ](*,) ](*,) ](*,)
by Yokosuka
Sun Jul 26, 2015 6:52 pm
 
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Re: Shenmue had INCREDIBLY good controls

It's pretty useless but after 10 years I just found out a way to rotate Ryo by holding the B button in Shenmue II. :shock:
by Yokosuka
Tue Jul 28, 2015 5:31 pm
 
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Re: My new video of Shenmue Fan made, Check it out!!

It's not really convincing without the camera effects I guess, Ryo should have ended by a moonwalk.
The mocap is from Akira of DOA5, isn't it ?
by Yokosuka
Thu Jul 30, 2015 5:18 pm
 
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Re: FINALLY beat Shenmue II for the first time!

Have you succeed the QTE barber at your first try ? =D>
by Yokosuka
Sun Aug 02, 2015 5:13 pm
 
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Re: Yu Suzuki : a new interview about Shenmue III incoming !

I wonder what he means by decision specifically then. It sounds quite curious.


Yu Suzuki : " Modern fighting games are too complicated, too “hardcore”, overly attracting. Those factors definitely limit the audience, because even fewer people are playing them, and at this rate the genre can sink into oblivion. That’s why I support a more simple approach to gaming.

[...]

Difficulty in fighting games is usually based on the requirements for accurate reaction and memorization of combinations. Which means that you need to accurately calculate the timing, and flawlessly press buttons. But I would like to make a win dependant on how a gamer thinks. To make him think, like, “If I hit with an arm now, and then kick with a leg, I could win.”

I want to make a win based on making the right decisions. And because of that the battle system in fighting games is still imperfect. Even in Virtua Fighter. If you're not able to press a button in the exact moment, and because of that you lose, the problem is not in your wrong decision. The game just set the task of reaction for you. Did you accomplish or fail the combination – this is on what a win depends. It would be better to attach a sensor on the gamer, so all his thoughts could be instantly and flawlessly implemented by the character on screen. That would definitely be a battle of decisions and be true fighting action in a good sense, not thanks to blood and violence. For example, suitable for this could be sensors that measure alpha waves in the brain. And it's not a distant future, people have already been working successfully in such a direction for a long time. There are people, for example, who have microchips that can control heart function. Of course, I doubt that someone will insert something inside of them for games, but if they can stick something temporarily onto them – why not? Another example in this direction is Kinect from Xbox 360. So we don't have to wait much longer and there'll be a time for new realistic fighting games. "

http://www.shenmuedojo.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=46577
by Yokosuka
Mon Aug 03, 2015 11:12 pm
 
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Re: Yu Suzuki officially announces Paypal support for Shenmu

According Shenmue Master, Paypal should be available at September at the earliest. More details coming soon.
by Yokosuka
Tue Aug 04, 2015 11:07 am
 
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Re: Yu Suzuki : a new interview about Shenmue III incoming !

- Will the number of musics be as monumental as the previous episodes ?
- Will there be new orchestra musics ?
- Will there be new Sega capsule toys in addition of the original ones ?
- If fans are happy with Shenmue 3, can you promise Shenmue 4 will become a reality ? If yes, how will you estimate this level of happiness ?
- Will we see the real Shenmue 3, the Shenmue from Yu's vision ?
- How long did you work on your Shenmue III prototypes before choosing one for the kickstarter ?
- What are the respective roles of Neilo and YSnet ?
- How many NPCs will be there per locations ?
- Have you plan some travel in China to get your team into the atmosphere ?
- What kind of motion capture are you going to use ?
by Yokosuka
Tue Aug 04, 2015 2:22 pm
 
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Re: Yu Suzuki officially announces Paypal support for Shenmu

Cédric Biscay :
Because of summer vacations, communication is slow, but of course we are working on the game ;) More concrete news in september !


https://twitter.com/CedricBiscay/status ... 3034731521
by Yokosuka
Thu Aug 06, 2015 6:07 pm
 
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Phil Spencer (Xbox) talks about Shenmue 3

Nothing really new but Spencer talked to Gameblog.fr at the Gamescom 2015.

https://youtu.be/bv_gCP5Dfg4?t=209

The Shenmue 3 announcement was not a real surprise to me. Our industry is not that big you know, we are aware of most of the deals which are being established. Yu Suzuki and the games he made represent an important part of gaming history. It's cool that he succeeded in his kickstarter, although I think a lot of work is remaining to give to the fans the Shenmue they expect. I know he stays very focused.

Yes I have talked to Suzuki ( gameblog.fr note : before the deal ). As I said before, our industry is a tiny world. Whether you are from Sony, Nintendo, Microsoft or a developer... we all know each other. We talk with everyone, but we can't make marketing deals with everyone. It's just impossible. So you have to choose the games you think are going to have the biggest impact on your gaming system.

Personally I'm focused on one goal : raise our first party titles. You saw our catalog this year... all the time and money you spend in marketing deals on short-term take you away from what you could do with your own games. I want to concentrate on our exclusive titles for our Xbox fans.

http://www.gameblog.fr/news/52588-gamescom-2015-phil-spencer-nous-parle-de-shenmue-et-des-deal
by Yokosuka
Thu Aug 06, 2015 6:37 am
 
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Re: Game Informer Shenmue Chronicles Playthrough

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by Yokosuka
Wed Aug 12, 2015 11:38 pm
 
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Re: Yu Suzuki : a new interview about Shenmue III incoming !

Hello guys,

Thanks again for providing so many questions. I've been working on it and It's going well so far. I will keep adding different questions as much as I can and try to give it all my best to make sure you'll be satisfied.

Some questions, even asked differently tend to have the same meaning so I have to cut some parts here and there to make sure It doesn't sounds too repetitive. But combining your questions with mine should result in an interesting interview.

More news asap.

Best regards,

David


Un grand merci aussi pour toutes tes traductions réalisées jusque là. ;)
by Yokosuka
Thu Aug 13, 2015 2:45 pm
 
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Re: Yu Suzuki : a new interview about Shenmue III incoming !

Thank you so much guys, so many questions, I'll have to work harder than expected hehe.

I am probably going to gather everything until August 15th and will work from there.

Seems like people want to avoid spoilers etc and looking forward japanese voices being added to the game. I will work on this and tell Yu Suzuki that the demand is high and that he should definetly think about it. ;-)

About spoilers, you should inform him about the issue with his Nico Nico Douga video. Thanks of the fans effort (and the lack of interest from the media) , it was possible to avoid his spoiler for many of us. You should ask him whether this part is planned to be revealed in the future promotion anyway or he could still keep it secret two more years again.
by Yokosuka
Tue Aug 04, 2015 9:10 pm
 
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Re: Do you believe in English dub massive improvement ?

Yu needs these guys:

Moving from GTA 4 to GTA 5, Rockstar North wanted a story that would feel more mature. Not in terms of the violence, Morton insists (GTA has always been supremely violent), but in terms of feeling and tone. He flew to LA for recording sessions with hundreds of actors. Directors from Rockstar would have the "talent" in the booths, holding the scripts Rockstar North had produced.

"Given the fact GTA 5 was so big, it would be difficult for somebody who hasn't had a history in games of that size to just jump in and make something that big," Morton says.

"Me overseeing the dialogue for so many past GTAs, I had a better chance than most of making GTA 5's dialogue a success. I'm really pleased that came off. It's a genuine highlight of my career to have been involved in that."

Authenticity was a big part of GTA 5's design. So, for the video game gang members, voice actors who were previously real life gang members were hired. "They had turned their lives around and become actors," Morton says, "which in LA does happen.

"They'd look at the script and sometimes say, 'I wouldn't say that.' And we'd give them the freedom to make it their own."

One of GTA's more controversial - and long-standing - elements is the ability to pay for sex with prostitutes. It's been a staple of the series for years, so much so that the shock value has kind of worn off at this point.

For Craig and Will, though, it never got any easier to record a prostitute's dialogue. "There are a lot of people in the control room," Conner says. "There's the actress, being very professional, she's doing her lines and everything, and then, like, 'yeah, could you just give us a...'"

"We need something to sound very slurpy," Morton interjects.

"And now if you could just imagine you're getting - I'm thinking of a nice word to say - you're having sex with your client," Conner says. "It just goes from bad to worse. And it's so embarrassing."

Will Morton has a loftier ambition: "I would love to work on bringing Shenmue back to life," he says. "I'm genuinely a big fan of Shenmue 1 on the Dreamcast and Shenmue 2 on the Xbox. I would love be able to help re-envisage that for the next gen."
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2014-11-25-the-reality-is-were-not-really-interesting
by Yokosuka
Tue Aug 18, 2015 2:16 am
 
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Re: Random Shenmue Thoughts

The sound is very crappy but I liked this playthrough a lot. The guy made a 9 hours video (!!!!) of Shenmue 2 last part and never played the franchise before.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXEOdU0lzJQ
by Yokosuka
Tue Aug 18, 2015 12:06 pm
 
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Tencent tried to hire Suzuki to make Shenmue 3

The Chinese website Mrgamer.net claims that there were negotiations between Suzuki and Tencent three years ago to make a sequel before taking their chance with Hideo Kojima since he left Konami.

http://www.mrgamer.net/news/150
https://translate.google.fr/translate?sl=zh-CN&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mrgamer.net%2Fnews%2F150&edit-text=&act=ur

Tencent is a big Chinese company and has investments in Riot Games (League of Legends) and Epic Games (Gears of War).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tencent
by Yokosuka
Thu Aug 20, 2015 4:57 am
 
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Re: There may be hope for our save files!

Q: Will we start Shenmue 3 with some items/skills/scrolls from Shenmue 1+2?
YS: The platform is different, so unfortunately we can't do it.
https://twitter.com/Murder0usInt/status/616348819840757761

Q: If future installments of Shenmue become a possibility will we have the option to bring over save data from 3?
YS: I have not decided it yet.
YS [some minutes after]: I am not considering it at the moment.
https://twitter.com/Murder0usInt/status/616343296399511556
by Yokosuka
Tue Aug 25, 2015 11:55 am
 
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Dreamcast console sales spike following Shenmue 3 reveal

http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/dreamcast-console-sales-spike-following-shenmue-iii-reveal/0154989

Sales of pre-owned Dreamcast consoles have ‘gone through the roof’ since Shenmue III was announced at E3.

Indie retailers have told MCV that sales of Sega’s last console have skyrocketed since the LA-based trade show.

That’s in addition to software sales of the original two Shenmue games, as well as retro copies of Final Fantasy VII. A remake to the latter was also unveiled at E3.

“ We sold 20 Dreamcasts in the last week alone ,” said Alex Bowness of Canterbury’s Level Up Games. “A ll of sudden, people are asking where they can play the original two Shenmue games. The announcement of Shenmue III really piqued everyone’s interest. ”

Reload Games Michael Wealleans added: “ People are trying to get hold of the original copies of Shenmue and Final Fantasy VII, even if they don’t have the console to play it on. They just want it in their collection. But with that demand, the price has gone up. ”

David James-Turvey of Llanelli’s Retrobution adds that this renewed popularity is also driven by the fact that Sega is yet to launch HD Shenmue titles.

“ Sega has really lost out on a load of digital sales by not releasing HD versions, so naturally indies like myself are the only place that would satisfy that itch to get back into these titles ,” he said.

“ I’ve had more customers hyped about Shenmue III than Call of Duty, and I am glad there are gamers out there like this, because it proves that gaming is not as disposable as other forms of entertainment. Indies should be confident in their physical stock. ”

“ Dreamcast sales have come from nowhere almost, what’s exciting now is that young gamers who perhaps didn’t even know what the Dreamcast was are interested in it. ”
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Thu Aug 27, 2015 8:06 am
 
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Re: Game Informer Shenmue Chronicles Playthrough

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