New Shenmue 3 footage

[bell wood's jet cola]

*Disclaimer*

Some of the footage is new. Character models have changed and there is footage of Ryo talking to the little girl we saw in screenshots. Her face is also animated. Yes, most of this footage was seen a couple months ago.

The owner of the old Shenmue 3 screenshots thread requested we move to a new thread.

This video is graciously borrowed from Shenmue Dojo.

Shenhua coming together nicely.

Ryo still in need of head enlarging surgery.

 

[Sams]

Those faces still need work

 

[Beegeous]

I hope this gets an Xbone release.

EDIT. Just watched it. So much depth of field.

 

[Deleted member 2809]

Man looks like a lifeless doll

 

[Deleted member 26535]

It starts at 2:18

 

[Sir Guts]

Footage starts at 2:16. Anyways, the game looks way better than before and i'm glad it got delayed too
Let them take their time and yeah before anyone starts complaining "again" this is not a AAA title so relax

 

[visvim]

this looks so, so bad

 

[Deleted member 15428]

Faces still look weird.

Edit: Wait, are you sure this is new footage? I swear I've seen this before

 

[ThroughtheVoid]

Lol it looks still very unusual

 

[KainXVIII]

Dat 7th generation era bloom lol.

 

[Blablurn]

Looks good imo

 

[Aokiji]

They still look like porcelain dolls but it's improving.

 

[Ricky_R]

Why does every piece of footage they release gives the impression that they haven't really advanced development?

 

[Al3x1s]

2:16 people.

I so hope they spend the next year making kickass animations for all the stuff seen here, that alone would improve everything so much :o)

 

[Deleted member 4093]

This whole game look like an old CG or something

 

[bell wood's jet cola]

I refuse to believe money is the issue anymore. THQ dedicated a nice amount of time to the game, and we all know they're doing very well right now

 

[halfjoey]

I don't mind the stuff faces because that's what the first two Shenmue games were like and I didn't expect anything totally different.

 

[janusff]

Looks beautiful

 

[DrewFu]

I'm sorry but this still looks bad to me. Specifically the characters and animations.

 

[Prine]

Why does every piece of footage they release gives the impression that they haven't really advanced development?

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Seriously, same shot and environments.

 

[Ouroboros]

yeesh, glad it was delayed. Take ALL THE TIME you need.

 

[nrtn]

Why does every piece of footage they release gives the impression that they haven't really advanced development?

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It's like they keep remaking the same scene over and over again.

Looks really bad to me. To much bloom, bad animations, bad texture work, lifeless face expressions, etc....

 

[Ahasverus]

Much better now.

Look, it doesn't look /good/, but this is what happens when an "old glory" who lost their state of the art knowledge comes back. Happens to Yu, happens to IGA, happens to everyone. Their games look like they missed a Gen or two.

At least it's happening

 

[Deleted member 2791]

Still looks terrible.

 

[bell wood's jet cola]

My takes:

Shenhua looks great.

The animation for the little girl is really bad, but I'm guessing it's the same animation journalists saw several months ago.

Ryo desperately needs a bigger head.

Lighting still looks really overdone.

How much time and money have they spent modeling these characters?

 

[PreacherOfHell]

This isn't new footage, apart from some new angles, none of this is new. Probably just a video package for the investors.

And gotta love all this negativity lol

 

[Yoshichan]

Seriously, that theme song brings tears to my eyes constantly.

 

[alphacat]

Game looks like it's in development hell :(

 

[Crossing Eden]

It's like they keep remaking the same scene over and over again.

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Look up the definition of the term "Iteration."

 

[Luckett_X]

Yeah alright, my hopes are pretty much through the floor now. Animation is terrible, it feels like a mish-mash of assets (Ryo has a different face in like 3 different clips they decided to jam together), and it just has a horrible student project 'My First Unreal Adventure' feel to it.

I backed for $140 and I really wish at this point they'd just made a game with the Dreamcast assets. In many strange ways the HD release is going to look better and more cohesive than wherever this is at next year (It should honestly be 2020 if this is the best they can muster up currently, but I don't think time is the real problem).

 

[Falk]

(Honestly looks fine to me, - not like luxurious AAA but kind of expected given the scope of the project. Only thing that really bugs me is the overbearing motion blur)

 

[Yukinari]

Gonna laugh when Shenmue 1+2 HD somehow look better than 3 artistically.

 

[bell wood's jet cola]

This isn't new footage, apart from some new angles, none of this is new. Probably just a video package for the investors.

And gotta love all this negativity lol

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It's new footage for us. The character assets have also clearly changed.

 

[Somni]

Has there been any actual gameplay footage released for this game?

 

[jett]

Hasn't most of this footage been shown before?

You'd wish they'd show more of the game after announcing a nebulous 2019 delay. I still don't feel like I've seen anything resembling a game.

 

[bell wood's jet cola]

Shown behind closed doors perhaps. Ryo's interaction with the girl hasn't been seen publicly as far as I'm aware. This is clearly very limited footage, but it's what they must've felt was ready to be shown so. There is no question the character models have changed significantly since we last saw them, especially Shenhua.

 

[shinobi602]

Game looks like it's in development hell :(

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Lol. Not really, it's just a game in *development*.

Be happy you don't see every game from their early stages to release then, otherwise you'd probably think every game is in development hell.

 

[Battlehenkie]

The video isn't new footage. I'm glad Shenmue 3 is happening and that I finally get to play it, but man does it look rough.

 

[PreacherOfHell]

It's new footage for us. The character assets have also clearly changed.

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For us, who? This was literally shown in February, and it has some footage from last year.

 

[Encephalon]

Why is is his face so small

 

[TooBusyLookinGud]

(Honestly looks fine to me, - not like luxurious AAA but kind of expected given the scope of the project. Only thing that really bugs me is the overbearing motion blur)

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This made me laugh pretty hard.

OT:
The facial animations are just atrocious. It's so hard to overlook this. I hope they fix it before releasing it.

 

[Delriach]

I feel like there's a lot of hyperbole in the negativity here. No clue if the game is going to be good or not but these kinds of responses are why developers don't show WIP because people fail to realize it's WIP and treat things as if it's on store shelves.

I've seen a lot worse from finished products for what it's worth.

 

[Oracle]

Be careful what you beg for, you just might get it.

 

[Tricky I Shadow]

I swear, every time I see new footage of Shenmue III it's like I'm watching different footage, because I think the game looks utterly gorgeous.

 

[angelgrievous]

Sure looks like Shenmue, eh.

 

[Richter1887]

My biggest gripe is Ryo's face to be honest. Fix that and I have no complaints from what I have seen.

If his face is the result of them trying to use his Dreamcast face but HD then just change it. It doesn't matter as long as it looks good.

 

[bell wood's jet cola]

For us, who? This was literally shown in February, and it has some footage from last year.

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Ryo speaking to the little girl while someone practices martial arts behind them wasn't in any video I've seen.

Not going to debate this any further. Someone asked us to move this discussion into a new thread.

 

[Maxi]

The soundtrack gets me everytime

 

[Deleted member 30151]

I hope this gets an Xbone release.

EDIT. Just watched it. So much depth of field.

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Seems very unlikely because Sony have the console exclusive rights. But I've read something like "No Man's Sky is coming to Xbox One"? Is this true? If so, nothing is impossible.

 

[Harris Katz]

Ryo desperately needs a bigger head.

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This!!!

I don't get it... but, maybe that is just because I never played the originals... The game just looks way too much like a PS2/early PS3 game for my tastes. The only thing that has peaked my interest is the hype surrounding this game due to the historical significance of the franchise. But, I think that they really should not show off any more of the game until they are further along as I don't think that footage such as this does the game any favors.