So now with the latest update that now people who because they don't keep up with the gaming industry, and/or had funds to support the kickstarter (mind you I did want to), are not going to be able to have the incentives, I need to share my final thoughts as I envisioned this and knew this was coming months and months ago.
I told you guys this shit was gonna happen long ass time ago.
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Been a shenmue fan for fourteen years. I found out about the second game first, on the Xbox Original launch title disc for Jet Set Radio Future and went to gamestop and was told to buy the first one first and I did. Loved the first, thought the second was ok. Kept waiting for the third game, and when it was announced, in which I found out much later because I hate the video gaming community nowadays. Everything is a fucking FPS, I was happy, but it was a bittersweet feeling after analyzing all the bullshit that's behind it.
I will buy the game eventually. I don't have a ps4 or a gaming pc and who's to say I will when the game gets released, but as someone who has played the first and second game, I'm sure I will play this one, but I'm no longer going to countdown the days until it gets released. I'm gonna go on with my life and focus on other franchises and hobbies, and if if winter 2018 gets here, and I'm still breathing and alive, and I have a ps4 or a gaming pc, I will buy the game.
I'm really not donating a penny to this game anymore. I'm sorry. This is just unprofessional that I'm surprised this fandom is that narcissistic and greedy that more than half of you voted against, or neutral to not having incentives available for everyone, mind you some of the shit was in game content, shit you can't sell on ebay or amazon. Smh. I'm done, you guys are something else.
Just so many things to piss me off about this whole thing.
Strike 1 was Shenmue Online and Shenmue City, released in 2006 and 2009ish which never made it to the interview stage and failed miserably. This itself kinda made me go away from the Shenmue series. The trailer in which Joy is being held hostage and the graphics was so nice, that shit was never released like wtf. People seem to forget about that shit. I'm not saying Shenmue 3 is gonna follow suit, but this is what Yu Suzuki is capable of. He makes bad judgments sometimes.
Strike 2 was resurrecting a moderately average cult series really nobody knew and people forgot about, and that's what made it good. I'm glad nobody really knows about Jet Set Radio or cares about it. Shenmue was good, but it wasn't that good. People thought the interaction was cheezy which it was, Sales were terrible, Yu Suzuki is terrible with money as he was given a blank check for both games and the grand cost ended up to be 10 times more than what we already made for the third game. That's like if there was an announcement for a Jet Set Radio sequel. Yeah old and retro gamers which is what 90% of Shenmue fans are are gonna appreciate it, but it's not gonna be executed in the same fashion in a business sense.
Strike 3 was not making an OVA or Manga, movie to conclude the series; in addition to continuing a lackluster and predictable double standardized story. I'm being brutally honest the truth hurts, story wise, even though the second game left on a cliffhanger, it's pretty much cut and dry what I already know Ryo's father isn't who he is claiming to be, and that Xiuying, Lan Di and Shenhua have a pre existing history with Ryo that he doesn't know about. It's obvious. So I could understand if Shenmue 3 featured a new storyline but with the same theme and open world visionary things, I might bitch less, but I kinda already got tired of Ryo's story. His father is in the Chinese mafia and he isn't a saint and Lan Di murdered him for good reason.
They should have just made an OVA, or a Manga or a comic or something to conclude the story.
And lastly, Strike 4 was the whole kickstarter controversy, the game not being released on Xbox One, and Yu Suzuki being greedy, the fans being greedy and selfish and pretty much ruining any chance of new fans being introduced to the series, and Sony not giving a single fuck to support this game.
I'm done. My rant is over. This is going to be it. I know people don't agree or feel the same way as me and I respect that. I'll keep most of my negativity to myself, but I just had enough. Whether I play Shenmue 3 or not, I just won't be gung ho about it anymore, yet I will respect all the fans regardless if I disagree with them.
Take care.