I've been to Kowloon it's exactly like that. =)
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I've been to Kowloon it's exactly like that. =)
Bioshocker
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I'm a huge Shenmue fan. Shenmue II is my favourite game of all time. But I've always seen Shenmue as a very niche franchise, loved by a few and ignored by the rest.
This Kickstarter campaign blows my mind. 5,2 million right now with a chance of being the most successful Kickstarter for a game ever. I'm very impressed. People that have never played the first two games are pledging. Incredible.
This Kickstarter campaign blows my mind. 5,2 million right now with a chance of being the most successful Kickstarter for a game ever. I'm very impressed. People that have never played the first two games are pledging. Incredible.
Shadow2222
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That has been a wonderful surprise. I had a buddy at work that is a big gamer but never played Shenmue tell me that he was pledging for the PS4 physical edition because "it is his duty as a gamer."
Damn you need to put another ring on her finger. Double lock that down.
D
Deleted member 80556
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Wow, she is really awesome. Love stories like these. Someone in a Bloodborne thread said that his/her girlfriend saw him attempting to beat a boss and when he was out, she constantly tried to defeat this boss until she finally did it because she saw it was important for him/her.
It's real cute.
Sectorseven
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Tell us more about your Kowloon experience.
You'll get an email after the KS ends.
Lots of seamen.
Ryo Hazuki
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Yeah, you will be asked in a survey they send you afterwards!
Shadow2222
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OMG, that is honestly awesome!
Knowing me, I'd be like "Why did you do that? I wanted to be the one to beat them!" haha
Laevateinn
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Kowloon doesn't really exist anymore does it or is it still pretty much a lawless slum despite all their efforts?
kowloon exists. the walled city is gone though.
There's still an area called Kowloon. I didn't pick up any capsule toys but I got a bunch of gundam kits!
Seriously SO many toy stores in that area and Mong Kok.
Nightengale
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Looking back, I feel like part of this feeling (for me at least) was generated by the fact that amongst the most well-known and popular gaming personalities ( you know, the games media people that project themselves onto the world)... most of them don't really care about Shenmue.
There's people like HappyConsoleGamer & Micheal Huber, but they're no Jeff Gerstmanns or Greg Millers in terms of following. There's few to no big-name advocates for Shenmue as an IP, mostly done by a core group of fans.
It's been somewhat amusing actually, to see stuff like GameInformer pick up playing Shenmue again. It's interesting seeing the perception that people had of Shenmue prior to even actually playing it (he said he expected it to be a product of its time and doesn't hold up), and seeing bits and pieces of why Shenmue is so revered by those it manages to touch.
It's an IP that many people has never given a chance, due to how different it was as a game and the fact that it's a Dreamcast game. Really, really hoping the I/II HD happens so that more people can experience it and even for those who dismissed it in the past, to give it a chance.
Yeah a lot of them actually seem to be actively against Shenmue too. I mean the last Bombcast they were pretty negative towards Shenmue but somehow were positive about Star Citizen which is currently in a way worse position considering how much funding they got.
Bioshocker
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Nightengale
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Most of time, I don't really give a shit about other people's opinion, ya know. Even those who don't like Shenmue, I can respect that.
Most of the time.
Watching this made my heart shrink a bit. =(
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cw8Tndlbyng
MADGAME
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Most funded video game. There is another, broader games category that video games fall into. There is an 8.8M goal and if that one is reached, then Shenmue III would become the most funded project to date in the games category. Would be neat to see it achieve both.
jeff is sitting pretty now shenmue is back. he's got those multiple unopened copies sitting in his collection that he can sell off.
Can't believe how much the total has gone up since I last checked on my way into work this morning, goooo Shenmuuuuuueeeeee!!!!! These are really amazing times.
Anyone else planning on buying the game again when it launches just to support sales? I want to get another physical copy at retail (or digital copy if I have to) so my Kickstarter edition stays in mint condition. I'm also planning on making that game a Christmas present for any PC or PS4 gamers I know. Hopefully it'll ultimately be successful enough for Shenmue 4 to be funded without issue.
Anyone else planning on buying the game again when it launches just to support sales? I want to get another physical copy at retail (or digital copy if I have to) so my Kickstarter edition stays in mint condition. I'm also planning on making that game a Christmas present for any PC or PS4 gamers I know. Hopefully it'll ultimately be successful enough for Shenmue 4 to be funded without issue.
Bioshocker
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I'm hoping for that too.
Although I think a lot of gamers today are "damaged" by games like GTA and Just Cause. I can see the reactions: "What? You can't even steal a car!?" I've seen Shenmue being talked about as open world, but it never was. Shenmue II is big and you can really discover a lot. But it's nowhere near a modern GTA. And of course it was never supposed to be either.
Honestly, I still think his rant is hilarious.
Trumpets
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Never pledged to a Kickstarter before since I don't really like crowd-funding as a concept (make the game, and then I'll decide whether to buy it or not, thankyouverymuch), but Shenmue 2 is my favorite game of all time so I felt duty bound to get on board. Completed it four times on different formats, and nothing has ever topped those last few hours of the game.
Pledged $60 for a physical copy on PS4. NOW MAKE IT GOOD SUZUKI!
Pledged $60 for a physical copy on PS4. NOW MAKE IT GOOD SUZUKI!
oh come on haha
jeff's hilarious. he obviously plays up his hatred for entertainment
its ok to love something and still laugh at someone making fun of it!
Nightengale
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I'm not expecting Shenmue to appeal to those kind of gamers.
But we've heard aplenty, every now and then from some games media people about how open-worlds are this lame-ass, soulless collectahons, and that they feel like places you just go through the motions.
I'd just love for those people who think that, to give Shenmue a shot, because Shenmue is everything but that. It's a 'world' that is actually the anti-thesis of what open-world games are chasing after, but are focused on a really intimate setting that sells you on their people, their lives and their culture, not 'wow so big much to collect.'
Maybe it's the way he joked about it, but it struck a chord.
Like I said, my heart shrunk as in it made me sad. It's not like I'm angry, I just can't bring myself to shrug it off (like I usually do) when I first saw that.
D
Deleted member 80556
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Shit, I had this in mind while writing the reply but forgot to write it.
The difference between Star Citizen and Shenmue 3 is that Shenmue will actually come out at some point.
get2sammyb
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Bit of self-promotion, but hopefully you Shenmue fans will enjoy it. I've been thinking about ways I could help the Kickstarter get a little more exposure, and so I've put together an article attempting to illustrate my history with the series - and why it means so much to me.
It's quite a long read, but it's filled with ups-and-downs, and stretches all the way through much of my childhood. My overall goal was to illustrate to people who haven't grown up with Shenmue why it's so special.
Soapbox: Why I Love Shenmue
http://www.pushsquare.com/news/2015/07/soapbox_why_i_love_shenmue
Thanks so much for reading! Let's smash the final 32 hours together!
It's quite a long read, but it's filled with ups-and-downs, and stretches all the way through much of my childhood. My overall goal was to illustrate to people who haven't grown up with Shenmue why it's so special.
Soapbox: Why I Love Shenmue
http://www.pushsquare.com/news/2015/07/soapbox_why_i_love_shenmue
Thanks so much for reading! Let's smash the final 32 hours together!
I've been too, just under 2 years ago. The park where the walled city used to be is quite nice. They've kept the remains of one of the gate entrance signs of the original walled city around, and they've got a museum-ish area with pictures of how the walled city used to be, and videos of ex-residents talking about what it was like living there. Sounded pretty scary as you might imagine given the state of it.
The surrounding area of Kowloon is compromised mainly of fairly standard Hong Kong streets and stuff. HK island has more going on for tourists though.
My wife is Chinese, so my next target is Guilin, tho I've heard it's a little too touristy these days.
FlashbladeGAF
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It was an open world... it wasn't a sandbox game
Sandbox games have taken the term open world as their own even though it's focus is on objectives/missions, as opposed to living the day and life of a character in a town or city.
Shenmue was a living breathing world (in a small town) that you could roam around in or play detective in to find your fathers killer.
The story would unfold depending on the amount of effort you put in. And if you didn't... life in the game world would move on.
It felt like you were living Ryo's life, not playing a mission based game. It's this reason why I personally got so immersed into the experience, because I was playing in a world that felt real.
celsowmbr
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well if we hit that 6 million stretch goal, we'll be getting both. kinda.
get2sammyb
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He wouldn't be working on it either way, he hasn't worked on VF since VF4.
Besides, according to Verendus VF6 is already in the works.
MrCunningham
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Shenmue is his unfinished work, and he's been waiting for 14 years to finish his forklift simulator story.
Lightning Count
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Bit of self-promotion, but hopefully you Shenmue fans will enjoy it. I've been thinking about ways I could help the Kickstarter get a little more exposure, and so I've put together an article attempting to illustrate my history with the series - and why it means so much to me.
It's quite a long read, but it's filled with ups-and-downs, and stretches all the way through much of my childhood. My overall goal was to illustrate to people who haven't grown up with Shenmue why it's so special.
Soapbox: Why I Love Shenmue
http://www.pushsquare.com/news/2015/07/soapbox_why_i_love_shenmue
Thanks so much for reading! Let's smash the final 32 hours together!
Get that Dreamcast off that gravel this instant.
I am considering upping my pledge, currently at $175.
Haha! I did just share it above, but thank you so much for posting! Means a lot!
Nice article. I actually encountered the same glitch in the harbour my first playthrough of Shenmue and I spent 3-5 game days roaming around the harbour and other areas trying desperately to find the story story point but to no avail.
Like you I got to learn the environments like the back of my hand as I explored every single corner of the game world. I think after a while I got frustrated and I booted up Shenmue II (I picked up both titles at the same time just as Dreamcast was dead in PAL territories).
Thankfully after getting my bag stolen by Wang I went back to the original and somehow learnt about the glitch and was able to finish it.
Brings back fond memories...
Acquiescence
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I remember stumbling across that video some years ago and feeling some measure of resentment in response to what he was saying, regardless of how much he was playing up to the crowd. It's good that I can look back on it now with a sense of levity, and feel vindicated that all the fanbase's non-stop noise that was made for Shenmue to live on, somehow, was what eventually led us to getting Shenmue III. I think it really can't be stated enough that, no matter how much people naysay and poke fun, if you keep the dream alive, then it can become a reality.
insert shiaDOITitgif here.
There's Gio Corsi in the panel by the way, years before he started working for Sony I'd assume. He's a massive Shenmue fan by all accounts.
Bit of self-promotion, but hopefully you Shenmue fans will enjoy it. I've been thinking about ways I could help the Kickstarter get a little more exposure, and so I've put together an article attempting to illustrate my history with the series - and why it means so much to me.
It's quite a long read, but it's filled with ups-and-downs, and stretches all the way through much of my childhood. My overall goal was to illustrate to people who haven't grown up with Shenmue why it's so special.
Soapbox: Why I Love Shenmue
http://www.pushsquare.com/news/2015/07/soapbox_why_i_love_shenmue
Thanks so much for reading! Let's smash the final 32 hours together!
Awesome, I look forward to reading this.
Bioshocker
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I had the same feeling, which is one reason I loved it. I had to earn my living, it wasn't just about instant action and rewards. It was slow, it gave me a chance to play at my own pace. I felt it trusted me as a gamer in that sense.
That video is just from last year at PAX east.
Its having a comeback in a serious way. Did a lot of things no other games do, and people recognize it on a wide enough scale. Its so great. Love the Shenmue fans coming together like this.
Night Hunter
Banned
You know, in my opinion there is a reason why there are a lot of people that are actively against Shenmue. It's probably the same kind of people that knock down The Wire. It's pretty basic psychology if you encounter a relatively tight knit group of people that try to tell you something (over and over again) and react with a mob mentality to criticism.
And it doesn't even matter if the criticism is warranted, if the person has actually ever ssen/played/read/whatever the thing, and so on. And the Shenmue community definitely has a tendency to be loud and dogpile, let's face it.
And like I said, being against something just for the sake of it is a pretty basic concept. Happens all the time.
And it doesn't even matter if the criticism is warranted, if the person has actually ever ssen/played/read/whatever the thing, and so on. And the Shenmue community definitely has a tendency to be loud and dogpile, let's face it.
And like I said, being against something just for the sake of it is a pretty basic concept. Happens all the time.
Acquiescence
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Wow, that's really weird. I could've sworn I saw it a long time ago. Was there a similar video to this featuring the same guy ragging on Shenmue from years back?
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