Happy about the large hard drive space requirement.
Gives me hope that they had access to the high quality audio assets from Sega.
Gives me hope that they had access to the high quality audio assets from Sega.
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Shenmue I & II Remaster (8/21/2018; PC/PS4/XB1 - $29.99)
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Nice, 16:9 cut scene support seems to be in. I hope it is for every cutscene and we don't have a mishmash. If there's characters just off screen who don't animate surely they could do some filler stuff etc. I'd love a clean unblemished 16:9 and I'll be happy. Don't care about the other enhancements some people would like, like redrawn textures or whatever. Just get me the original game with widescreen support.
So happy I get to play Shenmue again and have it safeguarded for generations to come!
So happy I get to play Shenmue again and have it safeguarded for generations to come!
I can hardly contain my excitement as a Shenmue fan. Just finished my survey for Shenmue III, and it looks like the re-releases are coming sooner rather than later.
Going to be wonderful to replay these in HD. August would be a great time, hope that release window is true.
Steam page was updated with some screens, and some gifs! I think the screens may be a bit old however, as a couple turned up on the Japanese Shenmue I & II site not long after the game was announced.
Love it!
Cant wait i still remember tapezilla shenmue prank phone calls lol the voice acting was funny as hell.
Duck Racing
I enjoyed it but also hope they just unlock the mode as a bonus after you finish the game.
August would definitely be perfect, but we're getting close so it seems unlikely. Maybe December then. September - October are very much overcrowded, and I think November has some heavy hitters.
Man I hate how everything starts coming out end of August, give us summer(june-July cause I know y'all smartasses will try to correct me)games!
Credit to Wario64 - Australian Xbox Live updated the release date to 8/20/18. Take it with a grain of salt, of course, but would make sense.
https://www.microsoft.com/en-au/p/shenmue-i-ii/bzzp5hfc3pgj?activetab=pivot:overviewtab
https://www.microsoft.com/en-au/p/shenmue-i-ii/bzzp5hfc3pgj?activetab=pivot:overviewtab
Fuck. I think this is it. It's one day out, but that's basically the "leaked" release date that I'd put faith in being legit*.
*some Shenmue community members were tipped off about Shenmue I & II ahead of the announcement, which included a wholesaler putting the game up early along with basically this date
One can only hope. I'm liking a lot of Yakuza 0, but its more of a cheesy/parody/serious/crazy "game" than what Shenmue gave to me: a serious "adventure" game where you go at your own pace and not everything isn't presented like a carnival with stands of mini-games/events every corner of the corridor you look.
I fly to Berlin on the 22nd. Of course it comes out right around then.. oh well. AHHHHHHHHHHHH IT'S HAPPENING!
This is actually a gripe that I've had with several games recently. I like playing games and watching movies/TV with subtitles enabled, and there seems to be a trend in recent years where the size of text is optimized for PC monitors instead of TV's. I first noticed it with Xenoblade X on Wii U, where I had to sit closer to the TV to read the subtitles, then again with Ni No Kuni 2 on PS4. (Xenoblade 2 on Switch actually fixed the problem of it's predecessor and has a comfortable default) I was glad when Detroit on PS4 game the option to set the subtitle size, because I opted for the largest one. I'm fine with that size for the PC version since I'll actually play that on a PC monitor, and it shouldn't be too much of a problem for the PS4 version at that size because it's just colors and symbols but I can sympathize with people who consider it too small.
In a year or two it won't matter, because I plan to buy a larger TV once they start selling ones with ATSC 3.0 tuners in the US (why buy now and have to put up with a converter box later?) but in the meantime I hope developers try to account for the fact that people still play games from couches. (Does not bother me for this game, just felt like throwing my thoughts on the situation into the mix)
Yeah, I think that August 20th date is the release of the game. Not too far off now! Just enough time for most people to play through Yakuza 0 on PC too I imagine.
SEGA is teasing something about fans posting their collections online on Twitter tomorrow. Sadly I had to sell off most of my Shenmue games and memorabilia (just most of my gaming collection in general) just to make ends meet years back but I might still post something.
SEGA is teasing something about fans posting their collections online on Twitter tomorrow. Sadly I had to sell off most of my Shenmue games and memorabilia (just most of my gaming collection in general) just to make ends meet years back but I might still post something.
I don't know if the average player has enough time to do a Yakuza game like that if they care about completing most of the content. Hell, 0 took me a few weeks even while I was unemployed/injured at the time.
Steam page was updated with some screens, and some gifs! I think the screens may be a bit old however, as a couple turned up on the Japanese Shenmue I & II site not long after the game was announced.
yes
YES
Looks like it's happening for sure! The US Xbox page was updated to allow preorders and shows a more US-friendly (i.e. Tuesday) date of 8/21.
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/shenmue-i-ii/bzzp5hfc3pgj?activetab=pivot:overviewtab
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/shenmue-i-ii/bzzp5hfc3pgj?activetab=pivot:overviewtab
If any of you are so inclined, give this a try. There were hints this has some kind of weight to it, outside just being a social media push for support of the series.
https://www.usgamer.net/articles/sh...nfirmed?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
USG are saying August 20 is confirmed?
USG are saying August 20 is confirmed?
Confirmed by Major Nelson that its coming August 20th.
It's happening, guys! :D
Steam page was updated with some screens, and some gifs! I think the screens may be a bit old however, as a couple turned up on the Japanese Shenmue I & II site not long after the game was announced.
So looking at these gifs... do we know for sure that the Shenmue 2 remaster is based on the Dreamcast version and not the Xbox version?
Xbox, as you can see in the duck racing gif it has the stencil shadows. However if you look at the other gif and the screens released from the Shenmue II portion of the collection, the overdone bloom and motion blur aren't present; and will most likely be a.) options you can toggle on and off, and b.) revised for a subtler look anyway.
Basically, it seems like they're trying to split the difference between the versions. It'd make sense, considering how NA's primary exposure to Shenmue II would be through the Xbox version, and for PAL/Asian territories the Dreamcast version.
I'm having trouble recalling the differences off of the top of my head but:
- The game had a camera mode (not entirely unlike the screen grab feature the X1 and PS4 currently have)
- Don't quote me on this but I believe it had higher quality audio?
- It definitely had higher quality visuals. While they went a little crazy with the bloom and motion blur they did a lot of texture clean up, improved the lighting and I believe they even improved some character models
Wow, that's surprising but great to hear
And another game goes on my wait for Black Friday list. Mid August to early October is a fucking killer this year.
Neat, i hadnt seen this yet. Never played either game and $30 feels low enough to satisfy my curiosity.
I don't have much to contribute here except my excitement.
I still have the originals on DC.
Hoping this port is awesome.
I still have the originals on DC.
Hoping this port is awesome.
Awesome news that the poster and game case sleeve are both reversible! Got 3 copies coming so 1 of each, and one sealed :D! Going to be an insane 7 days with S1/S2 and then Yakuza Kiwami 2!! I was already losing my mind waiting for Kiwami 2 so this just makes it even better! Time to take a picture of the collection and post to twitter for #Shenmueday!
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