Poll: Original or New Shenmue Art Direction?

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Original or New Shenmue Art Direction? (Total votes: 23)

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52%
New
11
48%

Re: Poll: Original or New Shenmue Art Direction?

Postby south carmain » Thu Jun 01, 2017 6:41 am

It's hilarious how personally offended some of you are getting over this.
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Re: Poll: Original or New Shenmue Art Direction?

Postby Let's Get Sweaty » Thu Jun 01, 2017 6:53 am

south carmain wrote:It's hilarious how personally offended some of you are getting over this.


Examples? :-s
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Re: Poll: Original or New Shenmue Art Direction?

Postby JohnBlack » Thu Jun 01, 2017 6:53 am

I cant understand this.

This is modern game, you cannot just take old stuff and polish it, if you do this kinda stuff your characters will go crazy unrealistic and ugly, all main characters in original Shenmue looks like they just returned from beauty salon with perfect skin. But back than it was ok.

Look at Lan Di at Shenmue Online
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Its just the same style as a new character.
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Re: Poll: Original or New Shenmue Art Direction?

Postby Kiske » Thu Jun 01, 2017 6:56 am

south carmain wrote: It's hilarious how personally offended some of you are getting over this.


If you think I'm feeling personally offended you're wrong.
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Re: Poll: Original or New Shenmue Art Direction?

Postby gillian_seed » Thu Jun 01, 2017 7:04 am

I agree it's too early to judge new art direction (despite it's been awhile since the game was announced), but I stick to the original.

I didn't like Mr. Muscular showed a few days ago. Anyway, let's wait and see more characters and places.
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Re: Poll: Original or New Shenmue Art Direction?

Postby Yokosuka » Thu Jun 01, 2017 8:27 am

JohnBlack wrote: I cant understand this.

This is modern game, you cannot just take old stuff and polish it, if you do this kinda stuff your characters will go crazy unrealistic and ugly, all main characters in original Shenmue looks like they just returned from beauty salon with perfect skin. But back than it was ok.

Look at Lan Di at Shenmue Online
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Its just the same style as a new character.


Yeah and it's terrible.

If Lan Di does one single smile like that in SIII, I would feel betrayed. Only Ryo, and Xiuying in some extension were faithful to the original.

I'm not saying to you what I'm able to commit if Shenhua comes back with her Online face... but I don't think they will go that far. In the other case, I kindly invite Shenmue Dojo to sue their Whisky provider.
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Re: Poll: Original or New Shenmue Art Direction?

Postby Peter » Thu Jun 01, 2017 8:38 am

Why? You need to lay off the whiskey if a smile makes you feel BEEEETRAYYYYYYYED! Bit high strung there don't ya think.

Lan Di has been seen smirking since the original Shenmue Premiere video.

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Re: Poll: Original or New Shenmue Art Direction?

Postby Jibby » Thu Jun 01, 2017 9:23 am

If you're going to suggest that the definitive art style of a game is what it looks like early in development, you should change the Shenhua in the top image to this:
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Re: Poll: Original or New Shenmue Art Direction?

Postby JohnBlack » Thu Jun 01, 2017 9:30 am

Jibby wrote: If you're going to suggest that the definitive art style of a game is what it looks like early in development, you should change the Shenhua in the top image to this:
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Actually this is the closest to real chinese girl :)
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Re: Poll: Original or New Shenmue Art Direction?

Postby Jibby » Thu Jun 01, 2017 9:35 am

JohnBlack wrote:Actually this is the closest to real chinese girl :)

Perhaps so, but it still looks awful when compared to the Shenhua image in the OP.
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Re: Poll: Original or New Shenmue Art Direction?

Postby mjq jazz bar » Thu Jun 01, 2017 9:46 am

One character model that's probably in progress isn't a "new art direction." I'll wait for something more substantial.

Obviously, the old one is better, but it's not a fair comparison.

The new model reminds me of CG cutscenes from the mid-'90s. Would've been mind blowing back then. I think that plasticky, lifeless sheen is a result of pretty basic modeling work in UE4. I assume textures/lighting come later.
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