I like it but that's because I grew up with it lol
Shenmue 3 will have the same English voice actor ^^
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Shenmue I & II Remaster (8/21/2018; PC/PS4/XB1 - $29.99)
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I like it but that's because I grew up with it lol
Shenmue 3 will have the same English voice actor ^^
They were amazing works for their time. If there are enough quality of life improvements I'll be happy. I backed Shenmue 3 because I really want to see a conclusion to the story.
I also never played the game in Japanese so that option is exciting :)
I also never played the game in Japanese so that option is exciting :)
Its actually easy to forget there isnt a proper way to really play this right now in a modern situation since DC is hella old now, and even the DC emulation for Shenmue is still sketchy. So its still good if its pretty simple port.
It truly felt like an adventure for me, back in the day trying to figure things out etc. What a game.
Yep. One less reason to hook up the old white console. The Dreamcast had an excellent library of games but most of them have managed to escape.
Still a few games trapped on there but Shenmue 1 isn't one of them.
You have to play them to understand the magic. Watching a let's play just won't do it man.
As much as I love my Dreamcast.. I'm so happy I can finally retire it now. Not sure if I want to mess with the modern controls or not yet...been playing this game with it's tanky controls for about 18 years now.
Whew... Am I dreaming?
This game's gonna look awesome on my shelf!
Its highly likely if you played it back then you were equally not able to understand/appreciate the game.
Whew... Am I dreaming?
This game's gonna look awesome on my shelf!
The box art looks great with the blue case!
Oh man this rules. Modern controls is all I wanted from a rerelease, it could look exactly like the Dreamcast versions idc
Shenmue still looks outstanding in high resolution:
Remember, this is a game that came out nearly 20 years ago.
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Whew... Am I dreaming?
This game's gonna look awesome on my shelf!
I hope the box art remains clean like that and doesn't have quotes and feature lists added.
I feel newer players might not like it since it's old and might play a factor on how much shenmue 3 is gonna sell, no? I mean the reason Shen3 is being made is the devotion of fans to want a closure, but with a whole new generation of gamers (it's been 17-18 years) i feel most might try to get into it and would just feel out to date, like when you play Goldeneye 64, the controls are horrendous. I haven't played the games so maybe im off base. Will you guys think the first two games are outdated ?
Shenmue is a revenge tale. In the first game, you basically play the life of a teenager in 1980s suburban Japan. Shenmue 2 then takes you to Hong Kong; I only played the first disc of Shenmue 2 so I can't really speak on it much, but you'll mainly be exploring, talking to NPCs, and occasionally getting into fights. I believe the fighting system in Shenmue is actually based on Virtua Fighter. There's also QTEs, and vehicle sections where you'll be riding a bike and controlling a forklift.
I just had to explain to my wife why I was muttering "Oh shit oh shit oh shit oh shit" at the computer during the trailer. Good goddamn, yes.
Nice, I can finally play these games. I backed Shenmue 3 just based on how passionate people are about this series.
Ikr? It pops like crazy. 10/10 box art work.
Yeah, it's really reminiscent of the Dreamcast games.
I'd hope so too. It looks dope enough already.
I remember posting up in my room over spring break 2000 and playing part one with my friend for five days straight lol.
Seriously, people wondering about the age of these games, watch this:
This game is nearly 20 years old. It's insane that it holds up like this today. These are DCEmul video shots at 1080p in widescreen at 60 fps.
Shenmue is still gorgeous.
This game is nearly 20 years old. It's insane that it holds up like this today. These are DCEmul video shots at 1080p in widescreen at 60 fps.
Shenmue is still gorgeous.
Whew... Am I dreaming?
This game's gonna look awesome on my shelf!
Shenhua's on there twice, but Nozomi is nowhere to be seen. Ryo's cruelty toward her knows no bounds.
Yup, I still really like the look of the games, very lush and art direction is top notch. The highest resolutions I've played them at is 480p with the VGA box, and they looked great, can't wait to see how these versions will look.
Also, one thing I would like to see from a technical standpoint is getting rid of the pop-in, or fade-in of people and such.
I didnt know there was talks about more than one game, but what I meant actually wasn't about the story but something like to give fans the love back, like to make one more game, not to finish something that started but to end long period of waiting to make it a reality (dont know if that make sense in english)
Consider Yakuza an evolution of Shenmue. You can expect similar controls to Yakuza (going by what they've said about "classic and modern controls") if you don't prefer tank. Hard to say what's better, because "opinions" and all that, but this was the genesis (at least the core concept) of "open-world" game design, and it went through multiple iterations of development and 2 platforms before release. There weren't any game that had this many unique NPC's in a fully 3D third person game, before. Oh, and another personal taste, is the music of Shenmue.
Just enjoy the game, the world of Shenmue, without comparing it to Yakuza. I'm actually curious, the other way around. I'd love to hear what a Yakuza player thinks of playing Shenmue for the first time, after having played the Yakuza games. That would give us a nice idea how well or bad the game has aged, because it's no use asking the fanbase as there's obviously going to be bias.
I'm 100000% looking forward to just hanging around Dobuita at night in the snow. Shenmue II is the better game, but the original exudes atmosphere.
Bob's Pizza and You Arcade, now in HD.
Climbing that road on the way back home on Yamanose, is going to give me some nostalgia boner for sure. Moreso for me, because I didn't have a VMU for the entire 1st year, Shenmue was the reason I bought a VMU for. It took around a month or so to get one because SEGA didn't officially launch the DC in my region, we had NTSC-J consoles coming in through the grey market, and a "boot disc" to play out of region games. I used to simply roam around and come back to the residence and turn off the console for an entire month from the day I got the game, till I got a memory card. LMAO.
Oh, and Kowloon and Guilin are going to be L I T
Can't believe this generation so far at all. Like, holy fuck. Oni V better be fuckin' real, Capcom.
DC, well, if there's ANY time to reboot or continue a DC IV it's NOW. The dino craze in media rakes in those $$$, and the MonHun crowd would lap this up in the millions. The OG team is still intact at Capcom, including Takumi. Just leave Phoenix Wright to to a secondary team and get back to DC. This might be an unpopular opinion, but I loved DC 3's setting more than 2. Space was the best way to move forward, for a next generation console. They could still retcon the timeline or pull a DMC2. Retconning is easier as you could just pull off another alternate time theory as canon and proceed from there.
The only thing we're not gonna get ever, is HL3, and I wouldn't even be surprised if Valve pulls something crazy in the upcoming years, we've seen it all.
Yep.
The cinematic direction in II still feels like a high watermark for games.
I feel that a lot of the "I AM CRYING" posts here never played the game and are just hyped on the other people hype and the Shenmue 3 meme (not that the game is a meme, but the urban legend about sequels that never were going to be made).
I expect disappointment on the first timers when they try the game because some of its stuff haven't aged well.
But I am happy for the fans.
I expect disappointment on the first timers when they try the game because some of its stuff haven't aged well.
But I am happy for the fans.
My only real exposure to these games have been the Giant Bomb Endurance Run which made it seem not great. I would be willing to give it a shot given I finally have easy access to playing it.
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