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Re: XBox mag: Why Shenmue III is a bad idea

Postby Bluecast » Fri Nov 16, 2012 12:51 pm

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Re: XBox mag: Why Shenmue III is a bad idea

Postby Shotaro Kaneda » Sat Nov 17, 2012 4:53 pm

Hello buddy, how's it going?

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Re: XBox mag: Why Shenmue III is a bad idea

Postby Bluecast » Sat Nov 17, 2012 4:55 pm

Awesome! Hope yu are the same :D
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Re: XBox mag: Why Shenmue III is a bad idea

Postby Jeff » Sat Nov 24, 2012 2:30 pm

The only path forward I see, given the length of time that has passed, a remake from the beginning is the only way to build fan support to justify it. The other issue I see is that SEGA is notorious the past several years of coming out with crap. I'd bet a steak dinner that if they got to work on it today, it would be a buggy disaster. They also don't have the financials to put into a game with such depth, which is why they only make cheap to make games now. I think the best thing for the Shenmue franchise right now is to sell the name and rights to a third party publisher, to hire some of those who worked on the original to keep it's soul, and who will invest the time to make it something we only imagined. Based with what I saw with 'Heavy Rain', I think Sony would be up for the challenge.

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Re: XBox mag: Why Shenmue III is a bad idea

Postby Lan Di-sama » Sat Nov 24, 2012 2:52 pm

Heavy Rain sucked, imo. Don't know how crap like that sells when Shenmue can't...when basically it consists of dumbed down QTE cut scenes. The story was silly, from what I played (I have played Indigo Prophecy in its entirety), and the gameplay was just...boring. People think Ryo was hard to control...damn. And you were sort of subjected to whatever environment that plot placed you in...no exploration at all. Which could have worked, if the story didn't suck and the gameplay wasn't boring.

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Re: XBox mag: Why Shenmue III is a bad idea

Postby Jeff » Sat Nov 24, 2012 2:56 pm

Heavy Rain wasn't perfect, but I think it demonstrates elements that show that if they had the chance to remake Shenmue, they can do a decent job. Shenmue is a very cinematic game and I thought the cinematic elements of Heavy Rain was superb. The orchestra, the visuals, they were incredible. That game really sucked me in, it was depressing, but it was good. I saw many elements that can be put into Shenmue that would make it better than we ever known it.
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Re: XBox mag: Why Shenmue III is a bad idea

Postby Who Really Cares? » Sat Nov 24, 2012 4:06 pm

Heavy Rain is a interactive B movie rather than a video game.
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Re: XBox mag: Why Shenmue III is a bad idea

Postby Master Kyodai » Sat Nov 24, 2012 7:06 pm

Heavy rain was pretty entertaining. NAHMAN JAYDEN FTW! Just loved his ARI. Reminds me of my Virtual IO iGlasses.

And this is why S3 would be a great idea:


[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lB1Vo59478s[/youtube]

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Re: XBox mag: Why Shenmue III is a bad idea

Postby Jeff » Sat Nov 24, 2012 7:46 pm

Master Kyodai wrote: Heavy rain was pretty entertaining. NAHMAN JAYDEN FTW! Just loved his ARI. Reminds me of my Virtual IO iGlasses.

And this is why S3 would be a great idea:


[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lB1Vo59478s[/youtube]


Oh God, I said I would love to have those ARI glasses. People will see me swatting the air and think I'm crazy too. :mrgreen:
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Re: XBox mag: Why Shenmue III is a bad idea

Postby KiBa » Sun Nov 25, 2012 4:33 am

I tend to agree, Jeff. At this point, the only mainstream way forward would be a huge remake by another studio. However, I'd be more inclined to support the development of a smaller studio continuation of the original, which, if there really are HD ports in existence, I can easily imagine Shenmue 3 being an extremely profitable digital-only distribution, requiring a considerably smaller budget to complete. For example, MiTT3NZ is currently heading up a Shenmue lost chapter game that is striving for 100% authenticity. No new graphics, for example, but a perfect reproduction of the originals.
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Re: XBox mag: Why Shenmue III is a bad idea

Postby Bluecast » Sun Nov 25, 2012 4:40 am

Yakuza Team should head up a remake if there was one. Also they hire Yu as advisory.

Also Heavy Rain and Cage are crap /quota
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Re: XBox mag: Why Shenmue III is a bad idea

Postby Yokosuka Martian » Mon Dec 03, 2012 9:54 am

just wondering.... when the hell did this happen?

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Re: XBox mag: Why Shenmue III is a bad idea

Postby killthesagabeforeitkillsu » Mon Dec 03, 2012 3:09 pm

George Lucas fucked up the original star wars trilogy by doing cash in's, Yu Suzuki never had a chance to finish original saga. Don't know how these are comparable...
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Re: XBox mag: Why Shenmue III is a bad idea

Postby RyoHazuki84 » Mon Dec 03, 2012 4:26 pm

Yeah, it would be nice to see an HD remake finally be released. But I still wonder who gets to release it? Sega? Suzuki? Who?
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Re: XBox mag: Why Shenmue III is a bad idea

Postby Who Really Cares? » Wed Dec 05, 2012 9:17 am

Yokosuka Martian wrote: just wondering.... when the hell did this happen?

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I think someone on here did that?
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