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"Play as 1 of 4 characters" - April Edition '99 of GamePro
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Tue Jul 21, 2015 4:00 amby Sonoshee
As early as 1999, GamePro stated you would play as "1 of 4 characters"... Seems the Character Perspective System is something Yu has had in mind for Shenmue for a very long time? Interesting little tit-bit non-the-less
Re: "Play as 1 of 4 characters" - April Edition '99 of GameP
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Tue Jul 21, 2015 4:06 amby shenmue852
Sonoshee wrote: As early as 1999, AM2 had stated you would play as "1 of 4 characters"... Seems the Character Perspective System is something Yu has had in mind for Shenmue for a very long time. Interesting little tit-bit
Somewhere out there, there are probably saturn clips that portray the entire plot, or all the important scenes.
That's pretty mind boggling actually.
They developed (although there was never a full game, more likely a series of demos) the story AT LEAST until the beginning of Shenmue III, and probably further in- because Yokosuka to Guilin is only what they have willingly showed us of Saturn Shenmue.
Re: "Play as 1 of 4 characters" - April Edition '99 of GameP
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Tue Jul 21, 2015 8:10 amby Monkei
Really an interesting find, nice!
Re: "Play as 1 of 4 characters" - April Edition '99 of GameP
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Tue Jul 21, 2015 8:24 amby mrandyk
shenmue852 wrote: Sonoshee wrote: As early as 1999, AM2 had stated you would play as "1 of 4 characters"... Seems the Character Perspective System is something Yu has had in mind for Shenmue for a very long time. Interesting little tit-bit
Somewhere out there, there are probably saturn clips that portray the entire plot, or all the important scenes.
That's pretty mind boggling actually.
They developed (although there was never a full game, more likely a series of demos) the story AT LEAST until the beginning of Shenmue III, and probably further in- because Yokosuka to Guilin is only what they have willingly showed us of Saturn Shenmue.
Right? I completed Shenmue IIx a couple days ago and watched the Saturn movie and thought the same thing. They may well have demoed the whole plot of the series on the Saturn.
Re: "Play as 1 of 4 characters" - April Edition '99 of GameP
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Tue Jul 21, 2015 8:28 amby Yokosuka
Maybe is it a misinformation ? It would not be the first time I read wrong facts about old Shenmue previews.
Re: "Play as 1 of 4 characters" - April Edition '99 of GameP
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Tue Jul 21, 2015 8:29 amby Three Blades
Wrong... or just way ahead of everything we've seen so far..?
Re: "Play as 1 of 4 characters" - April Edition '99 of GameP
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Tue Jul 21, 2015 8:32 amby Thief
My guess is that they just didn't understand what they were seeing. It also describes QTE as an "interface where yellow arrows point toward what's next. If you don't follow them, you alter the games ending." It feels like the article is just speculating from footage.
Re: "Play as 1 of 4 characters" - April Edition '99 of GameP
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Tue Jul 21, 2015 8:34 amby Monkei
Hm, yeah, the text reads kind of amateurish, might as well be misinformation and/or failed translation..
Re: "Play as 1 of 4 characters" - April Edition '99 of GameP
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Tue Jul 21, 2015 8:35 amby Yokosuka
Three Blades wrote: Wrong... or just way ahead of everything we've seen so far..?
The journalist doesn't look very competent. Daytona really ?
Re: "Play as 1 of 4 characters" - April Edition '99 of GameP
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Tue Jul 21, 2015 8:38 amby Monkei
What about Daytona? It was developed by AM2, and it was a great game for its time?
Re: "Play as 1 of 4 characters" - April Edition '99 of GameP
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Tue Jul 21, 2015 8:38 amby Hyo Razuki
Wasn't Yu the producer for Daytona?
Re: "Play as 1 of 4 characters" - April Edition '99 of GameP
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Tue Jul 21, 2015 8:40 amby Monkei
He's getting special thanks in the credits at least (recently played the HD version on PS3)..!
Re: "Play as 1 of 4 characters" - April Edition '99 of GameP
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Tue Jul 21, 2015 8:43 amby James Brown
Yeah, sounds like they didn't have much to go off, so they probably just saw 4 stand out characters from the shots they were presented and made some shit up to get it in a magazine making it look as though they had special insight that others don't.
Re: "Play as 1 of 4 characters" - April Edition '99 of GameP
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Tue Jul 21, 2015 8:43 amby Yokosuka
Hyo Razuki wrote: Wasn't Yu the producer for Daytona?
Yu was the co-producer indeed but the main man behind Daytona was Toshihiro Nagoshi, one of the Shenmue lead programmers and the creator of Yakuza.
Re: "Play as 1 of 4 characters" - April Edition '99 of GameP
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Tue Jul 21, 2015 8:51 amby Three Blades
Yeah, sounds like they didn't have much to go off
That's probably right.
One of the things I remember the most from even before Shenmue 1 came out, was that there was supposed to be a huge castle to explore, with 1200 rooms, all of them explorable. Sadly, I threw all my old magazines long ago.
In retrospect, I think they were probably talking about Kowloon.