Game Informer has done a playthrough of Shenmue's first hour. No talking in cutscenes. Cool to see.
Chronicles - Shenmue's First Hour
Chronicles - Shenmue's First Hour
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Shadowman16
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Are those HD emulated shots? Or did the game always look this good (especially the character models). I always loved the sparring matches in Shenmue II, especially in the absence of the free training areas like you got in the original.
Which also reminds me of one of my favourite sections in Shenmue II - doing the street fights/arena matches against the various opponents in Kowloon. It felt kinda like a fighting game in progression at that point - fighting in various street fights to raise your profile so that you could then go up against the three "boss" characters which in themselves felt very much like three reskinned Virtua Fighter battles. Can't wait to see what fights the third game has planned. Between the 70 man fight at the end of the first game and the entire third disc of Shenmue II I have fairly high hopes of III being fairly awesome indeed.
Yeah it's HD emulated, but the character models have always looked that good. I took this off-screen photo of Shenmue II on Xbox360 Backwards Compatible play a few years ago. It's still very clean looking, I guess in a way it's basically still emulated though. I remember it looking pretty clean in the OG Xbox as well. Even the Dreamcast version through VGA looks really good.
And yep, loved the sparring in Shenmue 2, it was much better and more frequent than in S1.
Sure. They have loads of tiers anyway and most of the new ones have been the higher ones. Maybe they should look into introducing some new tiers for people who dont want to spend more than 100 dollars.
Shenmue looks insanely great on my Dreamcast through standard connectors. The output is just so clean, and the main character models look stunning.
flipswitch
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Are you playing on a CRT?
LelouchViBritannia
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Stretch Goal REACHED!!!!
It really was ahead of its time in both game design and graphics. Even Ryo had facial animations in battles.
ShenmueDojo
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$4.6m
Shadowman16
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Yeah it's HD emulated, but the character models have always looked that good. I took this off-screen photo of Shenmue II on Xbox360 Backwards Compatible play a few years ago. It's still very clean looking, I guess in a way it's basically still emulated though. I remember it looking pretty clean in the OG Xbox as well. Even the Dreamcast version through VGA looks really good.
And yep, loved the sparring in Shenmue 2, it was much better and more frequent than in S1.
Very nice
I use a CRT for my Dreamcast and it still looks incredibly good on that. I agree, the main character models for both Shenmue games looked incredible for the time, and still look really good now.Callibretto
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So is 5 million is achievable? I don't follow kickstarter much and only come to this thread once in a while.
Have played it on both my CRT and Samsung LED. Looks great on both. Actually surprised how great it looks on my Samsung.
Those character models are jaw-dropping. Nozomi is lovely and milky looking, and Fuku-san looks lovable, low IQ and all.
flipswitch
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Very it will go overt that easily.
LelouchViBritannia
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Im hoping we can reach 6 million by the time the KS ends; then make up the 4 million via paypal donations, 30onthe3rd, community events, etc. Certainly feasible.
openrob
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We need to know what you thought!
what, the 5 and 6 million goals respectively or the space between them?
I never played a Shenmue (yes, shame on me). But what do things like 'Battle Event' and 'Character Perspective System' entail?
(also, I think it's a bit weird that subtitles in a different language are $100.000 goals. Localisation can be a time consuming and expensive job, but 100k seems a bit much to me, that's almost like 4 years of average USA income)
Acquiescence
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The stretch goals are indeed pretty crappy from here-on-in. Everybody just wants the Kickstarter to reach ten million now, so that we can breath a sigh of relief knowing that Suzuki can make the full-fledged sequel he has in mind without taking shortcuts somewhere.
the character perspective system is a character switching system with a twist. the different characters will have different reactions and actions within the game world.
battle event hasn't been elaborated on, but it probably means a big fight of some kind. or a street fighting opportunity like in shemue II.
localisation costs as much as i'd expect it would, especially with a game like shenmue which has a lot of dialogue for main characters and npcs.
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Another update...
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ysnet/shenmue-3/posts/1289984?ref=backer_project_update
An interview with Kenji Itoso, who's the Promotion Video Director.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ysnet/shenmue-3/posts/1289984?ref=backer_project_update
An interview with Kenji Itoso, who's the Promotion Video Director.
earlier than usual today.
adobe premiere/after effects?
it's not UE4. it seems he's going through old shenmue II footage.
openrob
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Man, the music in the new update video.... Hnnngggg.
Also, what is the Shibuya scramble scene referenced?
In Shenmue there are several big fight battles. Probably a 'boss fight' of some sorts.
Character perspective system will allow you to switch and play as different characters, and experience the same situation from a different perspective.
Also, what is the Shibuya scramble scene referenced?
In Shenmue there are several big fight battles. Probably a 'boss fight' of some sorts.
Character perspective system will allow you to switch and play as different characters, and experience the same situation from a different perspective.
LelouchViBritannia
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So im guessing we'll see some new rewards tonight. What are you guys expecting?
the scene at the end of the main kickstarter video with yu suzuki in the middle of shibuya.
Both. I hope they quickly change that because that's the next big funding hurdle.
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After they are done with new rewards they should really think about making a new reward list chart and putting it on top of the KS site for everyone to see.
what's wrong with an advanced battle system and the character perspective system?
Its one of the first games i recall to show faces in a game, in a way you can read. They really figured out how ethnic to make them look, while giving life to their eyes and contrast between them. Compared with generically vague models like Devil May Cry or even MGS2s which sometimes lacked details, theyre extremely defined in Shenmue. The Passports like a nice testament to the work put into that department.
not a very good comparison. one is based on the previous day's pledges and the other is an already finished kickstarter.Shenmue 3 Kickstarter expected projection VS Bloodstained Kickstarter
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Shenmue 3 Kickstarter expected projection VS Bloodstained Kickstarter
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I guess programming things like this is hard, but projections are completely useless.
the algorithm isn't actually taking into account of any changes in pledge numbers though. it didn't see the ps4 boost coming and it won't see any last minute rush coming either.
Yeah, it remains a cold algorythm, but it shows what should be evolution of the project if there are no surprising announcements.
they don't need any surprise announcements to get the final boost though, none of the other kickstarters did that and still got their boost.
we shouldn't set ourselves up for disappointment for them to pull something crazy out in the final week.
New rewards: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ysnet/shenmue-3/posts/1290075
Shenmue Salutations!
New rewards are here! Celebrate Shenmue's return by being there yourself in word or toy!
SHENMUE GUESTBOOK - $600 Put your name and a 140 character message in the guestbook of a Choubu inn. Write your witticism/aphorism/Shenmue-ism for all to see! Includes the $500 Reward.
*The Shenmue Guestbook Reward will be included in all higher rewards. At last, be your own capsule toy figure! Main Character Designer Kenji Miyawaki said he would love to help out by doing the design illustrations for your chibi figures. So bonus! Thank you very much Kenji!
*The capsule toy rewards are stand alone rewards, so will not be included in the higher rewards.
DICE DUDE CAPSULE TOY - $700 Be in the newest Shenmue capsule toy collection as your own block figure for the in-game capsule toy machines. + Give an idea for the toy's name. Includes the $600 Reward.
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