Not trying to be negative here! This is fantastic news and I'm obviously not taking it for granted but when Shenmue III was announced at Sony's E3 conference, it's needless to say that I was excited, but to be fair, I always pictured myself being much more excited. I couldn't really figure out why I wasn't as excited as I thought I would be, but I think I know now and am interested in seeing if you guys are the same.
Now, I'm aware that the announcement and Kickstarter videos are place holders, but I feel that they really degrade the game's feel. I think it would have been better if we got some epic teaser trailer with text (and various artwork in the background) such as "The story goes on..." and "The continuation fans have been waiting for" etc. and then an epic logo reveal of Shenmue III (similar to that cherry blossom one after the countdown) - all to some dramatic Shenmue I and II music. Instead we get some rough footage and awful voicework that would look right at home on a subpar Steam Greenlight project
Pretty much, to sum it up:
I think that if they just told us it was happening and didn't try to impress us with pre-pre-pre-alpha footage, it would have been a lot more exciting and felt a lot more like Shenmue.
Thoughts?
Oh and just to clear things up, I AM excited and super happy and I DO think the project's going to do great! I'm just giving my view on how the announcement should have went.