by Hazuk-Ku » Fri Jun 14, 2013 12:45 pm
A remake, huh? You mean like the Golden Axe remake that Sega in 2008 that sucked so bad? AM2 is one of the few internal development teams they have, besides the Yakuza team. If Sega tried to do a Shenmue remake at this point, they would hire some western developer and it would suck worse than Duke Nukem Forever. Please perish the thought of a remake. Either have Yu Suzuki produce it or don't do it at all.
I can understand fans are desperate to see something, but a revamp or reinvention is not the answer. It would take everything that is appealing and great about the game and destroy it.
I used to post here over 11 years ago under the name Gangsta Ren. From time to time, I would look in on this forum and get a little sad to see that people haven't given up hope, but are constantly disappointed. I remember a user named Lan DC used to always be so hopeful every E3 saying "this year we'll get a Shenmue announcement" Year after Year. Anyway a remake would not be Shenmue. It would be total garbage like the Golden Axe Beast Rider game , and it would NOT get one cent of my money.
I think Shenmue Gai (Shenmue Town /Shenmue World ) was a step in the right direction. It just wasn't ambitious enough. Rather than making a Mafia wars type game that works on the shittiest boost mobile/nokia/Metro PCS phones. Why not make Shenmue 3 for IOS/Android? The cost wouldn't be as high, as they wouldn't have to live up to the graphical standard of PS4 or XB One, and the game wouldn't be a low tech and unimpressive visually /gameplay wise as Shenmue Gai. They could make the first chapter Free, and charge for additional chapters to finish the story. They could charge you for in game purchases, and XP boosting credits, or you could choose to grind out XP on your own. An IOS Shenmue is the only compromise I would accept. A remake or anything not directly involving Suzuki-San would suck hard and I would flat out reject it.