VibratingDonkey
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Yeah it's more like a thrusting shove really.
SHENMUE 3 kickstarter (PC/PS4) - FINAL DAY - NEW KS RECORD GO GO GO!
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This is literally the dumbest shit ever and I can't believe gaming warz still exists in 2015.. SMH.
I've never played Shenmue 1 or 2 (finally ready to start them tho once I get a Dreamcast), and I've backed $300 (Australia). Question is...do I bump my pledge? What do I do?? I wanna see this thing hit $6m!!
tiebreaker
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I think we should throw this idea to scalpers. Where are they when we need them??
Xaero Gravity
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Oh my.
Ryo Hazuki
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I say do it, man. Once in a lifetime opportunity! Major props for pledging without playing the originals, that's awesome.
Shadowman16
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Just read some of the comments. Really weird that they seem bitter over Shenmue 3 potentially getting more money... I'm over the moon that both games are getting made.
In any case I hope Bloodstained sells well enough to vindicate Iga and give a giant fuck you to Konami. Kickstarter has been a godsend to small developers wanting to get their dream off the ground and not be shackled to large publishers.
Ryo Hazuki
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Thats all well an good until ya hit the "final day" an get slapped with the bad ending for goofing off to much x.x
An I do like the idea of having a deadline and all so I'm thinking borrowing the Yakuza series Premium Adventure mode couldn't possibly be a bad thing. Lotsa games let ya play around in a post-story world, even ones that end on cliffhangers ya know!
Sectorseven
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Ryo Hazuki
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Bloodstained is backed by a large publisher. Deep Silver isn't exactly indie.
MADGAME
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I was going to comment this. Fuck websites that make you do that as opposed to displaying the article on one page.
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Maleko Saint
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Always loving the constant need of quick travel.
But seriously, is Shenmue a series that even really needs it? Was it that cumbersome at all to anyone?
Ryo Hazuki
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Could be worse. At least it's an article about the actual game, hahaha. Though much of their opinions I feel like have already been covered and improved upon, even from Shenmue 1 to 2.
Exactly. Shenmue 1 and 2 actually had quick travel in some parts. You could enable it in the options in Shenmue 1. Pretty weird to suggest when we don't know how big the game is. Like does every game automatically need quick travel? lol.
some are okay in theory, some don't really sound too good
making the fighting system more like yakuza? naw. let shenmue and yakuza be their own things. yakuza is over the top, shenmue more grounded in kung fu techniques.
proper map? depends how big the game is. gps though? nah. quick travel? likely not needed and even then shenmue and shenmue II kind of had a quick travel system anyway
proper subquests? there were plenty of subquests in shenmue. it was just up to the player to find them and follow them. i don't think they should make an actual questlog.
Shadowman16
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Full map and GPS? The hell?
Seriously, half that list doesn't sound very Shenmue-ish at all. If you want something with map/GPS, "proper" side quests, better voice acting (better being a subjective word, I liked the Japanese voices in Shenmue 1&2) etc. then they might be better off trying one of the Yakuza games - that has most of what they are asking for. But then again that site sounds like they'd complain about the slow start to Yakuza 3's story as well...
Laevateinn
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Write something controversial? Check. Make people click through ten pages of ads? Check. It's all about getting money. Literally the worst thing about modern web design.
No to me personaly it ain't needed ..
There was always something special about making my way to what ever location and ended up talking to some one or doing something always ...
Guess difrent feeling from most games when going from A to B
xenorevlis
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Fixed that for the author...
- Even better QTEs
- Story intro with optional recap of 1&2
- Fun job system (if any)
- Improved map (no GPS - 1980s)
- Quick travel like Shenmue 1&2?
- Online battle arena / challenges
- Improved omnidirectional fighting system
- Side quests handled like TW3 (equally)
- Modern quality VO
- Elegantly paced story and freedom
Shenmue 1 and 2's environments are small enough that you can get from one end to the other end pretty quickly. The only reason they take longer is because of all the loading in between towns. Quick travel isn't needed imo, but I'm hoping they rid of the load times and make the whole world seamless.
yes. it's kind of a product of its time but you also see bits and pieces of modern ideas in games today in there, which is incredible for a game that originally came out in 1999.
it's very divisive, but if you like the look of it you'll likely enjoy it. yu suzuki said games are something you can soak yourself in, unlike movies or books. shenmue takes that approach massively. let yourself get immersed into the world, the gameplay, and the story.
Ryo Hazuki
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Shenmue is fucking awesome. No other game like it. Really makes you feel a part of the world and draws you in on levels no other game can. So exciting to finally get a Shenmue 3. My favourite games of all time and even replaying the originals today is just as awesome as playing them when they released. So much to see and do with some of the best music ever made. It's a hard game to explain to people without them playing it but there's something about it that really makes it feel like an experience. Also, you can git hit in the head with a watermelon.
Maybe they mad we're getting the real deal Shenmue 3 instead of not-Shenmue 3 since they're only getting not-Castlevania o.o? Quick! Someone check an see what the Yooka & MN9 fans think of us!
alternatively if you do that QTE correctly you PUNCH A WATERMELON OUT OF THE AIRShenmue is fucking awesome. No other game like it. Really makes you feel a part of the world and draws you in on levels no other game can. So exciting to finally get a Shenmue 3. My favourite games of all time and even replaying the originals today is just as awesome as playing them when they released. So much to see and do with some of the best music ever made. It's a hard game to explain to people without them playing it but there's something about it that really makes it feel like an experience. Also, you can git hit in the head with a watermelon.
shenmue da best.
Shenmue 1 has you running back and forth a lot so there's a noticeable pacing issue. If you can get over that it still holds up in many regards, and several people like the smaller towns of Shenmue 1 more. Play it for the story at least.
Shenmue 2's pacing is a lot better, and there are more battles and little minigames to enjoy around the different cities.
Ryo Hazuki
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Yeah, playing the two games back to back you can see the improvements so clearly. It can be hard to remember the progress they made with just the sequel in terms of how it played etc, especially if you haven't played them in a while.
8 7 6 3 1 nope.
But the crate carrying job was terrible in Shenmue 2.
Delin said:
*internal monologue*
"Shut...the...fuck...up...Delin..."
Aenima
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10 - QTE are good in number in Shenmue Games
9 - There will be resume of previous games (if thats what this mean)
8 - Most ppl want the part time job thing in the game (if thats what this means)
7 - Full map only if the map is big enough to justify. Ryo dont own any gps device in the time the game is set.
6 - Only if the map is big enough to justify, id rather call a cab or something like Yakuza games do to move from one point of the map to other.
5 - Online stuff is a waste of time and money, id rather they spend all that in the singleplayer experience.
4 - Agree as long as it keeps the kung fu style intact.
3 - Agree would like some too.
2 - Agree, but hope we have option to choose japanese voice, as its good.
1 - No thanks.
Ryo Hazuki
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chromatic9
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Totally bizarre isn't it. How would it matter if Shenmue beat it by $5 or $500,000 or was $5 away? I'm trying to fathom, is some title of being the most awesomist hardest-corest fans at stake here?
KS is getting these games made for the fans and whatever the money generated has nothing to do with anything else and solely down to the interest. Every backer should be doing cartwheels instead of saying "bad news guys, some other KS is going to get higher than us".
I just look at these and think it's great they've been backed in a substantial way and hope they all get a decent game.
DAREALGUMMY
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I honestly don't care about Shenmue 3 getting more money just for bragging rights. I want it to get all the money it can to make it a truly amazing game. 6 million is almost a given at this pace and I hope it goes past 6.5 at least during the final remaining hours.
I'm going for the rarer still PC box. That standard DVD case in a box will surely appreciate in time.
Ryo Hazuki
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Like I said yesterday, I'd be happy at $5M, $5.6M would be great and anything beyond $6M would be amazing. Just hoping for the best and glad to see it's doing well.
It only matters because people believe beating records will get it in the press. Free marketing, more money to the kickstarter. More money, better game.
i do find it funny that article used a picture of one of the smartest QTEs in gaming. the one where you win by not pressing anything.
i don't like QTEs much but shenmue does them just fine. they usually give you a second chance at getting it right and in a lot of sequences the story will continue and branch out differently if you fail. the 'one miss and you're dead' QTEs are rare all besides a certain bit of shenmue II, but at that point the game has been training your reaction times since the beginning and the QTEs are a legitimate challenge to the player.
still even then, yu says he wants to change QTEs, and i'm interested in what he can do. i wouldn't be surprised if he adds an element of freedom to them and allow for different button presses to have different actions and reactions. that could be how the technique scrolls come into play actually.
i don't like QTEs much but shenmue does them just fine. they usually give you a second chance at getting it right and in a lot of sequences the story will continue and branch out differently if you fail. the 'one miss and you're dead' QTEs are rare all besides a certain bit of shenmue II, but at that point the game has been training your reaction times since the beginning and the QTEs are a legitimate challenge to the player.
still even then, yu says he wants to change QTEs, and i'm interested in what he can do. i wouldn't be surprised if he adds an element of freedom to them and allow for different button presses to have different actions and reactions. that could be how the technique scrolls come into play actually.
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