Shenmue Dojo

Prior to the upcoming publishing of their interview with Yu Suzuki, Trent and Shendream from Shenmuemaster.fr have written a recap of what we learnt from the Gamescom event, divided into the following parts:

Deep Silver: The Origins and Nature of the Partnership
The Different Interviews With Yu Suzuki At Gamescom
An "Open World" Game With Enhanced Content
The Gamescom Teaser
MOCAP or Motion Capture
The Story's Main Themes
The Environment
New Characters
QTE And Fights
Mini Games And Part Time Jobs
The Current State Of The Development
The Shenmue III Staff
The Connection With The Shenmue I and Shenmue II Stories
Game Lifespan
Music And Dubbing
Start Menu And Shenmue Logo
Demo Trial And DLC
HD Remasters
Miscellaneous
Conclusion

You can read my humble translation of it here:
http://shenmuemaster.fr/page.php?cat=sh ... -the-recap

This was an incredibly well put together summary of the recent interviews, thank you so much! Were times i shed a tear or two reading this article its so inspiring!

I wasn't worried about the progress of the project as most of the visible enhancements come at the end when completed component are integrated. I think revealing less information is a good thing as reactions are over exaggerated these days however hopefully this will instill more confidence as it really gave some concrete details of his vision and some implementation details.

lol at the AJ bashing

twas a good recap and I have to say, I'm feeling good about things as they are... but this needs to come out sooner, rather than later; the middling, casual fans (where the money will be made, IMO) are already pissed off and they may never lay down the cash, if this is delayed another year on top of the current delay.

Sadly, I think the pressure is on for them, but if 70% of environments was completed as of a few weeks ago, I think they're on the right track.

Truck_1_0_1_ wrote: lol at the AJ bashing
the middling, casual fans (where the money will be made, IMO) are already pissed off and they may never lay down the cash, if this is delayed another year on top of the current delay.

I don't agree... I doubt the casual, more mainstream gamers have much awareness of Shenmue III yet. When the official marketing begins, they'll start to become aware and interested. The ones who are pissed off are a small sub-section of the people who spend a lot of time reading gaming news sites. They have their own little echo chamber but are not the mass market.