Can we speculate on locations based on the GDC concept map?
Posted: Wed Jul 22, 2015 5:25 pm
http://cdn.escapistmagazine.com/media/g ... 698955.jpg
Basically, although it's from the VFRPG planning phase, the map is chronologically and geographically accurate for the games (not the chapter divisions) Shenmue I, Shenmue II and Shenmue III. The locations for for Shenmue and Shenmue II are accurate, shows characters from those (Master Chen, Gui Zhang for Yokosuka and Ren, Xiuying for HK/Kowloon) and beginning of Shenmue III is also in Guilin.
There's another picture with the order of it- but here is my guess based on the map (can't read the Japanese, has anyone translated the text if it's visible enough?) and references from the game.
Yokosuka to Hong Kong (Kowloon is located within Hong Kong)
Hong Kong to Guilin (Guanxi province)
Guilin to either X'ian or Yungcheng
Xi'an or Yungcheung to Luoyang (pretty sure about Luoyang, game has a pretty significant reference to it and it seems to be Luoyang's map location)
Luoyang to Mengcun
Mengcun to somewhere near Beijing or more likely Cangyanshan because Cangyangshan is a more Shenmue-ish location in that area of the map? somewhere Northeast. [EDIT- I meant Cangyanshan not Cangzhou]
Northeast to far Northwest, either the border of Tibet or India
There is also an Eastern coastal city, which I think would be Shanghai. But it isn't connected by line/arrow unlike the other locations. It might be Shandong province, Qufu in Shandong province is the birthplace of the Yellow Emperor.
Thoughts?
Basically, although it's from the VFRPG planning phase, the map is chronologically and geographically accurate for the games (not the chapter divisions) Shenmue I, Shenmue II and Shenmue III. The locations for for Shenmue and Shenmue II are accurate, shows characters from those (Master Chen, Gui Zhang for Yokosuka and Ren, Xiuying for HK/Kowloon) and beginning of Shenmue III is also in Guilin.
There's another picture with the order of it- but here is my guess based on the map (can't read the Japanese, has anyone translated the text if it's visible enough?) and references from the game.
Yokosuka to Hong Kong (Kowloon is located within Hong Kong)
Hong Kong to Guilin (Guanxi province)
Guilin to either X'ian or Yungcheng
Xi'an or Yungcheung to Luoyang (pretty sure about Luoyang, game has a pretty significant reference to it and it seems to be Luoyang's map location)
Luoyang to Mengcun
Mengcun to somewhere near Beijing or more likely Cangyanshan because Cangyangshan is a more Shenmue-ish location in that area of the map? somewhere Northeast. [EDIT- I meant Cangyanshan not Cangzhou]
Northeast to far Northwest, either the border of Tibet or India
There is also an Eastern coastal city, which I think would be Shanghai. But it isn't connected by line/arrow unlike the other locations. It might be Shandong province, Qufu in Shandong province is the birthplace of the Yellow Emperor.
Thoughts?