Random Shenmue III Thoughts

[ShenSun]

love the shenmue artwork. Really hoping all of it is included in the upcoming artbook.

[Kiske]

Gematsu.com is running a poll for the "community most anticipated game of 2017".

You'll have to vote for your 5 most wanted games of 2017.

Needless to say that with this kind of poll (influential or not), any occasion is good to keep Shenmue 3 in a good rank.
http://gematsu.com/2017/01/gematsu-comm ... -2017-vote

[Peter]

MM press conference is tonight? I thought it was weeks ago. Not that I'm expecting anything Shenmue related.

[Kiske]

MM press conference is tonight? I thought it was weeks ago. Not that I'm expecting anything Shenmue related.

It was, but apparently there is another one tonight in a fancy restaurant in Monaco.

[Peter]

Non news then.

Carry on.

[johnvivant]

this video compares the detail of the original dead rising game and its latest entry Dead Rising 4. although not directly Shenmue related, the level of detail and polish of the original Dead rising game really reminded me of detail in the Shenmue games.
things like the perfect mirror reflections and the clocks in the game world accurately showing the passing of time.

both Shenmue and DR1 were products of amazing Japanese engineering, and have a level of detail and care not often seen today. I think DR4 had a western developer and a completely different engine.

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[shredingskin]

Seems like yakuza 0 is better than shenmue III

It was all for NOTHING

naaaaaaaathingjjjs

[Spaghetti]

Seems like yakuza 0 is better than shenmue III

It was all for NOTHING

naaaaaaaathingjjjs

I've seen this shit so many times since Yakuza 0 launched.

It's a great way to pick out people who are ignorant to both series, and those who didn't play Shenmue II.

[Shenmue_Music]

Seems like yakuza 0 is better than shenmue III

It was all for NOTHING

naaaaaaaathingjjjs

Shenmue III isn't even released yet. How could you say that? And besides, it will never be better. It's actually worse in every aspect and doesn't even hold a candle to the Shenmue series.

[FlagshipFighter]

Sorry, but yakuza IS kinda the evolution of Shenmue.

It's a different pace, I don't mind that, but over the years yakuza delivered a lore that I don't think that shenmue can match.

We should expect a kinda indie Shenmue experience (and I hope a good one), while yakuza 0 is pretty much an amazing amalgamation of western and japanese design.

[FlagshipFighter]

Sorry, but yakuza IS kinda the evolution of Shenmue.

I don't really know about that. Where Shenmue went left, Yakuza went right. That's probably a more appropriate way of saying it. Some of the surface elements are the same, but there are so many other areas where they diverge. There are areas of Shenmue Yakuza doesn't even approach, and others where Shenmue still comes out the winner (combat and its complexity, namely).

It's also an incredibly unfair comparison when the last Shenmue game came out four years before Yakuza even debuted, and people conveniently tend to forget those games were quite rough themselves for a while. It wasn't until 3, 4, and 5 where Yakuza got as polished as it is in 0.

[FlagshipFighter]

Shenmue deals with the minutia of life, while yakuza ask the hard hitting questions of existence, that's a little where I'm aiming at.

It's not only that yakuza evolved the shenmue formula, but it does hit hard when it needs to, but is mellow when needed.

The fast paced action and over the top violence, mixed with those great cinematic moments, is what makes yakuza transcendent like the tao, while in shenmue it's always about sailors or man mo.

[delvec19]

Yakuza is not even in the same realm as Shenmue IMO. It reminds me of a modern-day Dynasty Warriors lol.

[shredingskin]

You are comparing a sutra taco with a rifle man.

No kidding, shenmue did meditation simulator before it was "cool" (and mostly pointless because they suck).

Yakuza is ok though.

Really, the first time I saw what games could be was with Shenmue, there were some shit before (omikron, that david cage still doesn't know how to make games), mizzurna falls that did the whole shtick of "rememberbullshityoudeadgitgud"(that I didn't play), at around the time I can only think of SH2 (they just made a good story, and embeed the enemies/puzzles in it).

The other one is Zelda (that I played but didn't finished years later), and the thing was dungeons and obstacles.

Shenmue actually did the "stuff happens" masterfully. You still get surprised by story cues in shenmue, you can;t get that if you don't invest in routine.

Today you are questing, running around, and it's the same quest, or randomized bullshit. Hell.

[Shenmue_Music]

Shenmue deals with the minutia of life, while yakuza ask the hard hitting questions of existence, that's a little where I'm aiming at.

It's not only that yakuza evolved the shenmue formula, but it does hit hard when it needs to, but is mellow when needed.

The fast paced action and over the top violence, mixed with those great cinematic moments, is what makes yakuza transcendent like the tao, while in shenmue it's always about sailors or man mo.

I don't see how Yakuza "evolves the Shenmue formula". Shenmue is better in every way (not counting graphics). Also, the combat system in the Yakuza series is boring and repetitive. So although it may be fast paced, when the actual combat system itself is bad then the action will not be enjoyable.