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[Acquiescence]

Great article.

Intimacy and atmosphere>>>>scale
Real characters>>>>side-quest dispensers
Shenmue>>>> every big budget AAA open-world game that's been released since

Nailed it so hard. Probably why I'm currently going through open-world fatigue so much isn't because of how many big-budget games depend on that structure now, but because of how formulaic and by-the-numbers they tend to be (oh hai Ubisoft!). And then you look at the Shenmue games, which essentially have their own unique take on the open-world environment, and you realise how fresh that whole structure can be. It is indeed all about prioritising intimacy and density over how large a world you can render.

 

[LelouchViBritannia]

They should dedicate a small area to all kickstarter npcs. Would allow more funding and also give many fans the opportunity to be in Shenmue.

Im going to be donating $560 very soon. Need my collectors edition and a spare ps4 copy for the sake of it.

 

[Acquiescence]

They should dedicate a small area to all kickstarter npcs. Would allow more funding and also give many fans the opportunity to be in Shenmue.

Im going to be donating $560 very soon. Need my collectors edition and a spare ps4 copy for the sake of it.

And then we'd all be asking ourselves, why the hell are there so many filthy gaikokujin in China?

 

[ShogunDarius]

I wonder if this will have a closing livestream like bloodstained did?

 

[LelouchViBritannia]

And then we'd all be asking ourselves, why the hell are there so many filthy gaikokujin in China?

Ha, tourist spot, lets go.

Would be super kool if i could afford that NPC Chi You spot. Working for Lan-Di-Sammaaaaa ekkkkeeeeee.

 

[Trojan X]

$7.5 mil battle expansion, we're coming for you.

SICK! I've never seen this.

Increadible how much is in Shenmue I and II that is just waiting to be discovered.

 

[Spaghetti]

SICK! I've never seen this.

Increadible how much is in Shenmue I and II that is just waiting to be discovered.

that whole first part of shenmue II can have a cool small-scale branching storyline while you're looking for your bag

 

[Tricky I Shadow]

A non profit school in Guilin has pledged 20,000 to the Kickstarter
http://www.shenmuedojo.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=48235

Like we needed any more evidence to tell us that Shenmue fans are the best gaming fans in the world.

 

[Shrike_Priest]

Shenmue's reach truly knows no bounds.

Rapper Lil B (aka "Based God") is apparently a big fan of the game. Wonder if he's donated to the Kickstarter lol.

Someone should make a twitter campaign to get him to donate to bring it up to 10.

 

[EGOMON]

If i am outside of US and donated $60+ for the physical version how am gonna get it?
Sorry am a noob when it comes to the whole Kickstarter thing i would be thankful if someone can explain to me how i can help with Shenmue 3 cause

 

[Resilient]

OMG, I seriously just need a PAL Dreamcast badly at this point. Looking at those GIFs is making me want to play this game. Fucks sake, they are hard as fuck to find and the ones that are around are expensive as shit!!!!!!

I've pledged on goodwill alone from the community and the people who love this game. Will bump it to $500 by the end of the campaign. If only I could actually play I and II before, lol ;_;

 

[Trojan X]

that whole first part of shenmue II can have a cool small-scale branching storyline while you're looking for your bag

.. but that's the mad part. I have lost count the amount of time I have played Shenmue I and II. I even stayed a long time in Shenmue I to the point when Lan Di appeared and freaked me out before killing me (shocked me completely that I was actually DEAD in the game):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_lr4JqgrW8


However, no matter how intricately I played both Shenmue I and II trying to uncover every nick, nock and cranny, I've NEVER seen that maneuver! Never! Maybe because I was a badass fighter in Shenmue, I do not know, but what I do know is that I am itching to get back to the game and my Dreamcast and Shenmue games are right beside me.

Lol. Fucking hell, Lan Di.

 

[Trojan X]

OMG, I seriously just need a PAL Dreamcast badly at this point. Looking at those GIFs is making me want to play this game. Fucks sake, they are hard as fuck to find and the ones that are around are expensive as shit!!!!!!

I've pledged on goodwill alone from the community and the people who love this game. Will bump it to $500 by the end of the campaign. If only I could actually play I and II before, lol ;_;

I understand you completely. I sincerely hope that the HD enhanced version of Shenmue I & II get done with the VERY important Game-Data-Transfer so we can truly continue the life of Ryo Hazuki. That Game-Data-Transfer makes a massive different in respect to immersion into the game's world so I am crossing my fingers for this to be so for the HD version interlinking to Shenmue III.

However.... again... this is SEGA. A company that will do nothing unless someone else externally does it for them. A company that does the complete opposite to everything that makes sense which makes no sense... but things might be different with Yu Suzuki and us continuously pushing. Might be a good idea to ask Sony to help again as they are, to a degree, the only supportive juggernaut company.

 

[Spaghetti]

If i am outside of US and donated $60+ for the physical version how am gonna get it?
Sorry am a noob when it comes to the whole Kickstarter thing i would be thankful if someone can explain to me how i can help with Shenmue 3 cause

did it ask you to add $10 for shipping?

 

[addik]

If i am outside of US and donated $60+ for the physical version how am gonna get it?
Sorry am a noob when it comes to the whole Kickstarter thing i would be thankful if someone can explain to me how i can help with Shenmue 3 cause

They normally send in a survey you fill out with the address where you want it shipped.

Normally, they request that you add a few dollars to your pledge for international shipping, I haven't seen that here so I'm assuming that shipping is part of the $60 pledge. Maybe they'll ask us to pay international shipping once they send in a survey.

 

[Lynd7]

did it ask you to add $10 for shipping?

No it comes up as $0 for shipping, I have also been wondering. I sent them a PM on KS, but haven't heard anything back. I want to make sure theres no oversight from them on that tier.

 

[EGOMON]

did it ask you to add $10 for shipping?

I haven't tried yet this is my first time dealing with KS
I don't think they can ship it because i tried buying something for amazon.com but they can't ship products to my country.
Maybe i should go for the digital version, again how am gonna get it? code through email?

They normally send in a survey you fill out with the address where you want it shipped.

Normally, they request that you add a few dollars to your pledge for international shipping, I haven't seen that here so I'm assuming that shipping is part of the $60 pledge. Maybe they'll ask us to pay international shipping once they send in a survey.

Thanks for the clarification

 

[Chinner]

yeah my ps4 physical edition has no shipping charge to uk. is that normal?

 

[Resilient]

I understand you completely. I sincerely hope that the HD enhanced version of Shenmue I & II get done with the VERY important Game-Data-Transfer so we can truly continue the life of Ryo Hazuki. That Game-Data-Transfer makes a massive different in respect to immersion into the game's world so I am crossing my fingers for this to be so for the HD version interlinking to Shenmue III.

However.... again... this is SEGA. A company that will do nothing unless someone else externally does it for them. A company that does the complete opposite to everything that makes sense which makes no sense... but things might be different with Yu Suzuki and us continuously pushing. Might be a good idea to ask Sony to help again as they are, to a degree, the only supportive juggernaut company.

The Shenmue hype has skyrocketted the prices of everything (both the games and consoles). A used console is so difficult to get a hold of here!! The save transfer thing is what I really wanna see make it to 3. Such a cool feature that was utilised by few games back then.

 

[Spaghetti]

No it comes up as $0 for shipping, I have also been wondering. I sent them a PM on KS, but haven't heard anything back. I want to make sure theres no oversight from them on that tier.

try asking KS customer support. they might get back to you quicker. failing that you can just tack a $10 onto the cost if you want.

I haven't tried yet this is my first time dealing with KS
I don't think they can ship it because i tried buying something for amazon.com but they can't ship products to my country.
Maybe i should go for the digital version, again how am gonna get it? code through email?

well the KS says it ships to anywhere in the world, so if you've got an address and a postal system of some sort you should be fine to receive it. maybe just add $10 on top of the current 60 just in case?

 

[Chinner]

so theres meant to be $10 shipping?

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

so theres meant to be $10 shipping?

Shipping is only applied to the higher tiers it seems. Like tiers that include the art book etc.

 

[EGOMON]

try asking KS customer support. they might get back to you quicker. failing that you can just tack a $10 onto the cost if you want.


well the KS says it ships to anywhere in the world, so if you've got an address and a postal system of some sort you should be fine to receive it. maybe just add $10 on top of the current 60 just in case?

Ok will try that crossing fingers

 

[Spaghetti]

so theres meant to be $10 shipping?

Shipping is only applied to the higher tiers it seems. Like tiers that include the art book etc.

maybe the physical version costs are covered then.

 

[Spaghetti]

not sure if this is new, but apparently the I AM SHENMUE 3 reward is now available if you take the lucky hit reward. if you missed out on I AM SHENMUE 3 and have a bit more money to spare, go for it!

i'd totally do it if i had the cash.

 

[MrCunningham]

Woah, nice to see this make roughly make $460k over the last three days. Talk about a massive boost.

 

[Y2Kev]

Great article.

Intimacy and atmosphere>>>>scale
Real characters>>>>side-quest dispensers
Shenmue>>>> every big budget AAA open-world game that's been released since

Sadly not on a box. Dragon Age: Inquisition can put OVER SIX BILLLLIIIOOON QUESTS on the box because 5.9 billion of them are atrocious, but nobody ever sold anything putting "incredibly dense detail" on a box.

Anyway I love Shenmue combat because of the sound effects. The SWOOPS and punches sound so hard. It really made me believe people could get hurt or even DIE with martial arts, which at the time was surprising to me because I was taking karate as an 11 year old and it was all play and sparring and stuff. When Lan Di hits Iwao its like omg.

 

[SmoothBrain]

not sure if this is new, but apparently the I AM SHENMUE 3 reward is now available if you take the lucky hit reward. if you missed out on I AM SHENMUE 3 and have a bit more money to spare, go for it!

i'd totally do it if i had the cash.

Seems like they edited it. The original update says it includes the Corey Marshall tier.

 

[Hubble]

There is 24,830 digital copy backers. I am sure there is A LOT of people in this tier that would like to change their pledge to the physical copy, but are probably unaware on how to do this not being familiar with Kickstarter.

Even if 5,000 people in this tier change to physical, that is another $150,000. It would be good if Awesome Japan tells people that you can do this in their next update.

 

[AlteredBeast]

Already at $25,000 for the day. Doesn't look like the campaign is slowing down at all! Hopefully the day can end up at around 75 thousand or so.

 

[Spaghetti]

Seems like they edited it. The original update says it includes the Corey Marshall tier.

neat, i guess they can edit reward tier descriptions within a limited timeframe.

so wish i had the money for this.

 

[SmoothBrain]

Already at $25,000 for the day. Doesn't look like the campaign is slowing down at all! Hopefully the day can end up at around 75 thousand or so.

I'd be more conservative with the estimation, I expect it to top at 40k and that would be great on a sunday.

neat, i guess they can edit reward tier descriptions within a limited timeframe.

I think someone mentioned it here that you can edit backer tiers if they don't have anyone who has chosen it as a reward.

 

[INFINITY TR1GG3R]

Pledged today!

Been waiting for that PS4 Physical Edition to appear and now it has, no need to hold back any longer.

Yu Suzuki, it's in your hands now.

 

[Bastos]

Sorry if this was already asked, I just don't want to do anything stupid.

I'm going for the $120 pledge but I want the PS4 Physical Copy. Can I choose to receive that instead of a PC Physical Copy?

 

[Spaghetti]

4.3 million comin' right up on ya'.

let's get that 4.4 stretch goal by monday, then power through to the big 5 million!

 

[Spaghetti]

Sorry if this was already asked, I just don't want to do anything stupid.

I'm going for the $120 pledge but I want the PS4 Physical Copy. Can I choose to receive that instead of a PC Physical Copy?

they'll give you a survey after the KS ends. the ps4 physical copy is available for all tiers $60 and over.

 

[painey]

i watched the Shenmue 1 stream on Twitch the other day and it was great. There was no commentary, but the chat room provided a lot of laughs and filled people in on stuff they had missed. Anyone know some Shenmue 2 long/lets plays that are good to watch (English dub version) and not massively obnoxious, like the GameTrailers version?

 

[Aki-at]

Which one of you dug up a tweet from me in 2013 about Shenmue 3 and then blocking me when I responded?

There is 24,830 digital copy backers. I am sure there is A LOT of people in this tier that would like to change their pledge to the physical copy, but are probably unaware on how to do this not being familiar with Kickstarter.

Even if 5,000 people in this tier change to physical, that is another $150,000. It would be good if Awesome Japan tells people that you can do this in their next update.

Something I was wondering, I'm in the $120 tier but there's no mention I'd get the physical Playstation 4 version and only digital with the prior rewards. Have they said anyone who selected the higher pledges are going to get a physical copy?

they'll give you a survey after the KS ends. the ps4 physical copy is available for all tiers $60 and over.

EDIT: Question answered, thanks!

 

[AlteredBeast]

I'd be more conservative with the estimation, I expect it to top at 40k and that would be great on a sunday.



I think someone mentioned it here that you can edit backer tiers if they don't have anyone who has chosen it as a reward.

I was being conservative, it's already above 31k.

 

[mabec]

Well. Awesome Japan need to learn there are no holidays when it comes to a Kickstarter. Specially not durring a weekend.

 

[Bioshocker]

The Shenmue Dojo turned into the happiest gaming forum in the entire internet since mid June.

It sure did, haha. It used to be that lonely place for nostalgic Shenmue fanatics. I rarely visited it anymore. Now it's fun again.

 

[Spaghetti]

to quote the KS page for anybody wondering about pledging more than 60 and still getting the PS4 copy:

All backers pledging for a $60 Reward tier or higher, will have the option of a PS4 Physical Copy as their platform choice.

 

[Deleted member 80556]

A non profit school in Guilin has pledged 20,000 to the Kickstarter
http://www.shenmuedojo.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=48235

That is passion. I know they are doing this for publicity too, but I wouldn't have done the same. Shenmue has the best fans, definitely. It appears that what they have done has worked, their Facebook page has gotten more likes and views.

No it comes up as $0 for shipping, I have also been wondering. I sent them a PM on KS, but haven't heard anything back. I want to make sure theres no oversight from them on that tier.

Same thing here, I don't want to take money from the campaign while going for the physical PS4 version, so I'm waiting out for a bit.

http://i.imgur.com/qHln7m6.jpg[/im g]

not sure if this is new, but apparently the I AM SHENMUE 3 reward is now available if you take the lucky hit reward. if you missed out on I AM SHENMUE 3 and have a bit more money to spare, go for it!

i'd totally do it if i had the cash.[/QUOTE]

Clever. I bet there are still people who want to be in the game. Hope this works! EDIT: Apparently, someone already pledged for this tier!

 

[DualEdge]

Looks like we have our first Lucky Hit target now. Curious who it was.

 

[Pantz]

If a girl backed the "be a npc" reward tier would they be a Chi You Women?

 

[Die Squirrel Die]

Looks like we have our first Lucky Hit target now. Curious who it was.

Somebody had one earlier, but I think they may have dropped it and upgraded to the $5k watch tier when that one opened up. Or it could have been coincidence that it all happenend in that order.

 

[Spaghetti]

If a girl backed the "be a npc" reward tier would they be a Chi You Women?

hahaha

but yeah i think the npc thing is gender indiscriminate. wouldn't the first time ryo has had to fight a woman either if it happens. he's kicking ass all over the gender spectrum, really.

 

[Upsidedown Fuji]

If a girl backed the "be a npc" reward tier would they be a Chi You Women?

I wish I had enough money to become an NPC. Although I don't think I'd like Ryo breaking my ribcage Akira Yuki style...

I wonder if we'll get a Shenmue passport-like feature that gave short biographies of the immense number of NPCs like in the original Dreamcast game. Someone's got to ask for it if they have another twitter q&a session. Getting lost in all the fine details is why I'm still hooked on this game nearly 2 decades later!

 

[Bastos]

they'll give you a survey after the KS ends. the ps4 physical copy is available for all tiers $60 and over.

Thank you!

 

[PistolGrip]

to quote the KS page for anybody wondering about pledging more than 60 and still getting the PS4 copy:

They should have had this from the beginning. I'm sure a lot of folks went the $29 because they couldn't get pick a physical $60 PS4 reward.