again this doesn't make sense because the possibilities are unlimited in game design, especially by today standards, an engine does what you tell it to do, if you tell it to use lighting in a certain manner then it will do it in a certain manner, same for rendering and so on, you are only limited by hardware which can do anything the dreamcast can and much more
That's theory. In practice, nobody has the time and funds to tweak UN3 to make it a totally different engine. It would be absurd since that engine was made to streamline game designing and make things work and look similarly in the first place. The whole industry is trying to simplify everything by using standardization that hurts the art and 'spiritual' qualities of games. It's obvious that modern hardware can do anything that the DC did, but the problem is the aforementioned standardization. Everybody uses the same tools, the same techniques, the same tricks, the same effects because everybody wants to speed things up and make them cheaper. Creating a proprietary engine for Shenmue would be pretty much the same as the re-tweaking you speak of. It all boils down to talent, time and money. Reviving Shenmue is a pipe dream, but if it happens, then Shenmue 3 won't get all the talent, time and money that Shenmue 1-2 got. That's why it would most probably be made on a generic engine and look like shit. I'd much rather see it being made on the original engine, especially that even if Shenmue 3 got a new kickass engine, then it would take too much time to harness it on a level that is expected from a proper Shenmue game.
Peter wrote:quotes from philosophers
What quotes from philosophers? I don't remember quoting any philosophers of late.
I don't need to be agreed with to discuss topics I'm interested in. I'm being myself and if somebody sees me as a prick/idiot/nounce/mental rapist/child eater/whatever, then it's their right to do so. Just like I see south as a totally different person than he sees himself. But it's not me who starts these pathetic ad hominem arguments and that's what I would expect from others, even if it's hopeless in many cases.