code l name wrote:The in-game model in the teaser trailer looked significant worse but that fact she looks less like Shenhua than the initial trailer is my problem.
Shenhua has had soooo many different iterations across the years with the game version, promotional materials etc. We've held onto the favourite visions of Shenhua unconciously in our minds for so many years that it's hard to accept a new one. Even those who rejected the 2015 KS Shenhua prefer that over the new one, despite both models diverging from the original in-game Shenhua from Shenmue II.
So the key factor of understanding who Shenhua is, is not necessarily what she looks like, but how she behaves in the new game Shenmue III, then allowing time to get used to her looks.
Already you can see from the video the way she lightly jumps, her eyes open and her lips move that you can see elements of the real Shenhua forming. As more nuances of Shenhua are added into the game with subsequent reveals we will be re-familiarised to the Shenhua that Yu Suzuki introduced us to back in Shenmue II.
Personally speaking I like this new Shenhua, her model is sweet and gentle without being overtly beautiful which is exactly what characterises Shenhua for me. Conversely, XuiYing remains that unobtainable beauty we all lust over. That long split her dress doesn't help either.
With this trailer, I have no doubt we will be getting an authentic continuation to the Shenmue story and it remains my most anticipated game since 2002.