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Digital Foundry: Sega's Cancelled Shenmue Remake - With Fully Updated Graphics!
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Fun fact: Dark1x told me about this canceled remake when I met him and Alex a few weeks ago at EGX Berlin. Had to keep my mouth shut, of course, but it's cool that this sees the light of day now.
Pretty crazy that SEGA was working on this thing for so damn long only to pull the plug. What could've been.....
Pretty crazy that SEGA was working on this thing for so damn long only to pull the plug. What could've been.....
What's wrong with d3t? They were clearly doing good work here then they had to turn around and do a regular port in less than 9 months, basically. They did the best they could given the circumstances.
What?
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I mean, remaking two games that cost about 70 million bucks eighteen years ago and still are huge in scope isn't easy, even today. This stuff costs money and lots of time if you wanna do it right.
Kinda hurts, on the other hand it doesn't look too hot either for a full-on remake.
Lots of low-poly assets and outdated lighting tech.
Lots of low-poly assets and outdated lighting tech.
It's still around but we're in the busy season for new releases, I had a lot of trade-shows to visit and they take a long time to produce. I don't like to half-ass them either so, yeah. I wish I could do them all the time!
Yes. Sega specifically hates their fans. That's why they cancelled it.
Gamers need to remember the people who work on this stuff need money to live and if something requires too much money it can't be made.
You know that GIF from Spongebob, where Squidwards nose falls off and his head loses air like a balloon? That's basically me reading this news.
Instead of something with actual and seemingly great effort, we get some simple buggy up-ports ... this and the 100 hours/week crunch from those poor Rockstar people remind me how unfair and bad life is ...
Instead of something with actual and seemingly great effort, we get some simple buggy up-ports ... this and the 100 hours/week crunch from those poor Rockstar people remind me how unfair and bad life is ...
Meanwhile, we console gamers continue to wait for a decent patch PC gamers received two or three weeks ago.
I know not how can I be suffering so much for something I didn't even know existed, but the pain is all too real.
Bayonetta is still SEGA ain't it? I means Sega at least knows how to make deals. So Nintendo took the hit for Bayo2. MS or SONY could have been approached to get an exclusive here. It's not like we don't care about them making money but they seem to have a history of cancelled projects, that seems like a waste of both resources and money to me.
The silver lining is that that version could have been cancelled altogether in 2017, so I'm glad that we've at least got something out of it.
Damn right, too many people hating on them for the situation they were put in.
Just look at that texture quality. It must have been so heartbreaking having to toss this aside in favor of a bare bones port. I can't help but question what is going on behind the scenes at SEGA. Why would you do this? I know there's a running joke that SEGA really don't care about the franchise, but... damn.
I think they were the ones behind the Sega Genesis collection that just came out and Shenmue HD, while good, still suffers a few problems.
Also I confused AM2 for M2. Darn extra letter.
Also these this was d3t anyway? What the the hell this is the version we shoul've got.
They should of kept quiet about this and just pulled through & finish it. Granted, if you read the article that was shared on Twitter, you'd also know it got cancelled over budget and delays.
I'm pretty confident enough to say people would of been more hyped if this pulled through as "Shenmue I & II" remastered over the current ports that are out. Along with that, Sega would of been able to have gotten away with charging $60 for this over $30.
If they had just done this quietly, dropped a trailer that was a month or two away from release and given it the $60 price tag, people would of still had been in for this off of hype & surprise alone lmao.
I'm pretty confident enough to say people would of been more hyped if this pulled through as "Shenmue I & II" remastered over the current ports that are out. Along with that, Sega would of been able to have gotten away with charging $60 for this over $30.
If they had just done this quietly, dropped a trailer that was a month or two away from release and given it the $60 price tag, people would of still had been in for this off of hype & surprise alone lmao.
This is the full article, for reference. https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-2018-segas-cancelled-shenmue-remake
Sure but that requires Sony or Microsoft or Nintendo to care enough about Shenmue to want to do that.
Sony had Shenmue 3 announced at their press conference but even they didn't want to fund full remake of Shenmue 1 and 2.
I'm sure Sega would have loved to of taken an investment from elsewhere for this but sounds like they couldn't.
I got confused for a sec. I should've read the article instead of skimmed it.
This totally sucks for everyone involved, and the fans, but I'm glad it sheds light on why d3t released such a buggy game. They were not given a fair shake.