Zoltor wrote: scarless landi wrote: Do you think its possible that Yu may be consolidating this game into the final chapter? There are 4 members of the chiyoumen shown here. I know he said he wants to make more to have a complete story.
No way, he has not only admitted that he can't finish the story with just 1 game, but that if he tried, he would have to remove much more of the story, then he would ever want to(basically saying it would outright ruin the story)
Also I wouldn't assume just because Ryo fights them, it means that's the end of them, if I were you. You see, Ryo trying to be a good martial artist, has a real problem when it comes to finishing people off(weird, considering he's someone bent on taking revenge, but yea)
Besides even if Ryo completely destroys the organization, that matters nothing in Lan Di's case, Lan Di is most surely just using the organization, he doesn't need them.
The interview makes it sound like he's planning to conclude the series and storyline in Shenmue III, basically by cutting most of it out and making Shenmue III's villages the setting for parts of chapters that were supposed to take place in other parts of China.
I think YS himself isn't happy about it, seems like maybe it wasn't his choice. If you take his words at face value-
"A: Shenmue III is based on the 11 chapters created 17 years ago, and each chapter is set in different regions. For example, the first chapter was set in Yokosuka, second was set in Hong Kong and so on. However, we cannot finish with just one chapter in one region, so I had to restructure the story to fit within the scope of Shenmue III."
First and second sentence- Basically the game is based on a concept that was meant for at least 4 or 5 games.
Next sentence, which seems to break the bad news- Shenmue III WAS supposed to be one chapter (ish) of the series in one region because it's only set in those 3 Guilin villages. The story doesn't fit in into that. So notice what he says has changed- the story.
To fit within, in his words, the scope of Shenmue III which as they've said is 3 villages and the equivalent of 1 or 2 chapters equivalent in length to chapters from the previous game, but more importantly limited to Shenmue III's setting.
The fact that Shenmue III is getting made at all and that technically the storyline gets concluded is supposed to sweeten the bad news. It doesn't for me. But I guess it's ultimately the same thing for me as right now, which is as admiring the first 2 games and what they were supposed to lead to rather than what we're getting (currently nothing, and in 2017 a shadow of what the real Shenmue III and scope of the series should've been)
It reminds me of what happened with the HBO series Rome. It was intended to span 5 seasons and had the story outline planned- but it got cancelled after the second season was ordered, so they fit 3 seasons and years worth of story into season 2, and while parts of it were good, it wasn't worth it. The first season was so much better and worthwhile overall, to the extent where it would've been better to just let that season be since it was great, rather than follow up with an impossibly loaded second season.