Thread 718390871

Shenmue III Remake is the upgraded edition of the acclaimed adventure that stays true to its roots while adding modern improvements. Featuring overhauled visuals, performance boosts, and quality-of-life updates, Shenmue III Enhanced is the ultimate way to experience Ryo's story.

>Enhanced Graphics and Performance – Sharper textures, richer details, faster load times, and smoother gameplay.
>4K Texture Uplift – Refined, more detailed environments and characters.
>DLSS/FSR Support – High-quality upscaling without sacrificing performance (supported platforms only).
>Increased NPC Density – The city village Niaowu feels more alive with more characters populating the streets.
>Classic Camera Mode – An optional camera perspective inspired by Shenmue and Shenmue II, alongside the modern view.
>Gameplay Tweaks – Optional stamina system adjustments, health restoration before fights, and reduced money barriers for smoother progression.
>Improved Interactions – Cutscene and conversation skip options, expanded quick-time event timing window for more accessible gameplay.
>Menu and User Experience Enhancements – Streamlined navigation and helpful purchase alerts.
>Optionality First – All major changes can be toggled to preserve the original experience for purists.

There was a Shenmue 3?

>Shenmue III Remake
>Shenmue III Enhanced
Proofread your headcanon first, anon.

Wtf? It's real.
If it's just minor tweaks I won't replay it, the game didn't have any tech issue back then, the actual problem is the 2nd half of the game was so disapointing and almost a copy pasta of the 1st part for some wierd reason. If only they could fix the city part and actually move the plot forward it would be worth it.
Increased graphics?? A new camera?? Don't give a shit that was already good, the combat sucked ass they could fix that instead.

>>718390996
Unfortunately it's real: https://www.gematsu.com/2025/08/shenmue-iii-enhanced-announced-for-ps5-xbox-series-nintendo-and-pc

>>718390871 (OP)
...I see

>>718390871 (OP)
It's not a remake they are just porting it to Switch 2 with minor QoL improvements, not a huge news but I'm glad the game is still alive
I hope they use this foundation to make Shenmue 4 and it's subsequential sequels tho, I always thought it was kinda waste for the series to die again after rebuilding the foundation, even though that's the most costly part when it comes to game development.

>>718390871 (OP)
They'd have to overhaul the story to make it worth playing/replaying. Shenmue 3 as a whole is a huge nothingburger.

>>718391739
to be fair Shenmue 1 was also a huge nothing burger and it was just a really long prologue

Shenmue is over
Yakuza is the better game
Not buying, not interested

>>718390871 (OP)
Phantasy star remake when
Where is Valkyria Chronicles

>get a 1:10000000 chance to finish up Shenmue
>waste the opportunity on a terrible Indie game which was also just filler
thanks for the extra retirement money, suckers

I hope it does well to get 4 made

>>718391327
>real
Yeah a real lie.

Shenmue fans really waited 19 years for filler lmao
It still won’t have Virtua Fighter combat either

>>718390871 (OP)
The game fucking sucked and should just be forgotten.

20 years for this shit, and I paypigged on Kickstarter. I hope Yu Suzuki fucking dies and rots in Hell.

>>718391906
they are not even the same game, Yakuza is RPG brawler, and Shenmue is a traditional adventure game

>>718393673
It was really the height of hubris to do what he did with Shenmue 3. Even ignoring all the gameplay flaws the fact that the story is literally nothing is comical.
3 was the only shot at this series having an ending and Yu Suzuki wasted it on filler. And despite a never ever game being made the franchise is somehow right back where it was after 2001: waiting for a sequel that will never, ever be made.

>>718393354
>It still won’t have Virtua Fighter combat either
thank god

>>718390871 (OP)
Nice, I finished Shenmue 2 yesterday and got free 3 on EGS

I just started listening to the shenmue soundtracks two days ago, what a coincidence

are the games good?

>"Nintendo"

Are they going to port I and II as well?

>>718392183
Suzuki probably expected sega will be involved

YES! YES! YES!
Shenmue chads rise up
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XruY72JamWc

I mean, if you don't want to end the game in the third part because it will be too rushed, at least don't produce a fillter chapter after 18 years.

>>718394594
It depends on your tolerance for clunky mechanics and Hong Kong martial arts movies

>>718390871 (OP)
didnt this shit release somewhat recently? tf are they remaking
i get that they are desperate for money and that remaking is easier than creating a sequel but if you buy this you're genuinely retarded(unless they give it for free to people that already own the game)

>>718394936
It's the issue with all late sequels-spiritual successors, a new team simply doesn't have the technical foundation for the game, they lost it and they will spend most of their time recreating the old game mechanics

>>718392068
SEGA doesn't own Shenmue anymore. They didn't even make S3.

>>718393354
This is honestly my biggest gripe about this enhanced version. There is no mention of them fixing the issues people hated the most with the original.

>No engaging fighting system ripped from VF games
>no licensed Sega arcade games or capsul toys
>no real progression of story

I’m happy they’re improving the stamina system and a few other minor things, but they’re essentially putting a bandaid over a gunshot wound here.

>>718395115
>2019
TLOU 2 was 2020 and has already been remastered so there's already precedents for this kind of dumb shit. But more importantly, the release had the impact of a wet fart so I don't know what they expect with this. Maybe they hope people memory holed it and attempt to go for a fell for it again award?

>>718395115
2019, so a while ago.

>>718390871 (OP)
Shenmue 3 wasn't exactly that good, but I'll always despise Eyepatch Wolf for making the game worse than it is.

>>718395271
Not true, SEGA owns the Shenmue IP, they made an agreement with Yu Suzuki out of the huge respect they have for him still by licensing the IP so he could start they whole crowd funding journey to make Shenmue 3.

SEGA seems willing to license their IPs in enticing cases where a brand of theirs can used by third parties without their direct involvement, like Streets of Rage 4 which was made without SEGA's involvement, Dotmu handled everything, to the point SEGA was pretty pleased with the results as they now work together with the new Shinobi.

>>718395271
They still own it, they just a licensed out its development in order to avoid any of the financial risks of making a new game. Funny enough, they wouldn’t allow YSnet to use any other licensed Sega games or characters on the game aside from a few posters here and there. Sega essentially threw this game in franchise in the trash and told someone else to fish it out and make it something people would want to play and buy.

>>718390871 (OP)
They should have de-maked the graphics to look like Shenmue 1 and 2, implemented the VF3 engine into it, and added an extra chapter to actually push things forward a bit. This is somewhat of a shallow attempt to drum up more sales. But being a complete Shenmue simp, I’ll probably still buy it.

>>718390871 (OP)
Do people even care at this point? Hell, do Shenmuefags even around anymore after that?

>>718390871 (OP)
if they dont fix the fighting system they can fuck themselfs

>>718395508
6 years doesnt warrant a remake
>>718395458
tlou2 remaster was just a retardation to sell it on PS5 Pro and it added shit like upscaling or frame gen i dont remember

>>718390871 (OP)
I might pick this up. I did like Shenmue 3.

>>718396254
Mostly, no. The hunger for more Shenmue pre-Shenmue 3 is nearly dead, and the fanbase is probably a 10th of what it was prior to that game being released. More than anything, Shenmue 3 proved to me that Yu Suzuki has no idea what he’s doing anymore and that his story for Shenmue 4 and 5 is likely far worse than my head canon for them. I’m content with the first two games which are the highest order of /vr/ kino. The series is more or less dead now as most fans have moved on.

>>718390871 (OP)
And the fanbase will gobble this shit up if it's true. Somehow even after the shitshow that was 3 and it's kickstarter there are STILL dumbos who love the game.

>>718393673
kek, did you get your name in the game? Did a playthrough of the games with a few friends and we literally went through the kickstarter tiers and laughed in disbelief about how much people waster money on that shit.

>>718390871 (OP)
let me guess, its going to be unreal
engine slop?

>>718396552
It’s not a remake, it’s an enhanced re-release. Still 95% the same game.

>>718396717
It was Unreal to begin with, so yeah.

>>718396609
Can you describe what you like the game and why?
Without using the word "atmosphere" or any synonyms

>>718391906
>Shenmue: immersive adventure with elements of brawler, fighting, and interactive movie, where in every part you can see the effort of developers
>Yakuza: cheap, streamlined asset flip, the definition of slop. Fladerized to the point of söijak cover art

>>718397170
Shenmue lives rent free in the minds of Yakuza fans. They know it’s superior and their franchise wouldn’t exist without Shenmue.

>>718396723
>is called remake
>is not a remake but a remaster/enhanced edition
shit like this should be illegal, retarded devs throw out these terms all willy nilly

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkGmeofGSw0 YU SUZUKI YOU CUNT GO MAKE A DEAL WITH SEGA TO USE THE VF FIGHTING ENGINE

>>718397381
Sega won’t give it to him unless he paid them out the ass for it. Pretty much Sega wants as little to do with Shenmue as possible for financial reasons and to prevent it from cannibalizing Yakuza,s sales and popularity.

>>718394664
Best BGM in that game.
The first time playing Shenmue 1 was special.

>>718390871 (OP)
no mention on doing new audio lines to fix some of the more nonsensical lines? 1 and 2 had broken english and you couldn't really communicate much with non essential NPCs but their replies at least still made sense. Shenmue 3s dialogue sounds more like it was fed once through some AI translation and they never proofread or edited the results.

Why do we have Shenmue when we already have Yakuza?

>>718397540
He got the loicense for shenmue that he created so he could suck one ceo cock more to get access to VF engine that he also created or at least source for one of the older entries. the shenmue 3 fights are a humiliation ritual

>>718397874
I wish they’d give him VF4s engine or even VF3, but again, they probably won’t. Yeah, the fighting system is ass in 3 and a massive downgrade compared to 1 and 2.

Are they actually going to sell this shit full priced?
Not just a mere dlc update?

>>718398210
They’d be stupid if they tried. This should definitely not exceed $40.

>>718398210
Shenmuedojo fags said DLC upgrade
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBHFytqfRlI

>>718398394
This just gets more and more disappointing. I’m more convinced than ever this is going to be as underwhelming as a wet fart and do nothing to get the series closer to completion.

>>718390871 (OP)
Shenmooo free............. roined.......... moi loife.........

>>718398562
yeah its 100% a nothingburger to scam the dojofags out of a few more dollars by the new IP owner ININ.
>>718398669
kek

>>718398210
I read this in other forum
"Owners of the original Shenmue III on PS4 and PC will be offered an upgrade path to the Enhanced Edition, with details coming soon."

>>718398897
I read more info on another forum
"If you pay 300 dollars Yu Suzuki personally visit you and kick you in the balls. For an additional fiddy bucks he will spit on you afterwards."

>>718390871 (OP)
Finally this shit is coming to xbox, it was very weird that sony got the exclusivity when they already crowdfunded it and had Deep Silver as a publisher

>>718399091
Where can i kickstart this?

I'm assuming it's not a patch.

>>718399478
I think Yu Suzuki is now on OnlyFans.
His username there was something like HorseStance58.
SUPPORT TO SEE MORE OF THE SHENMUE STORY

>>718399772
KEK!

If you see this comment text me on discord @speedster428
I wanna know more about how to use 4chan

My wife

>>718400223
Don't try to contact this dude. It's just Yu Suzuki begging for money.

Sega fucked up. There was some momentum there for a 3rd game and they didn’t take advantage to make sure it was done correctly. Instead they let Yu Suzuki grovel for money on Sony’s stage for a fucking kickstarter.

>>718397540
It's too bad because Yakuza is fucking garbage.

What’s the point of this? We’re never getting Shenmue 4 anyway and if we do it will be another cheap shadow trying to capture the soul of 1&2.

Remember.
You will never live in Hong Kong and make an honest living carrying crates with your perfect partner Delin.
You will never get hit on by a rich motorcycle girl and autistically turn her down, which just makes her more and more determined.
You will never actually avenge your father's murderer.

https://youtu.be/WY1p8ZgvqYM?si=eZ4ygddK4Rq7-Yph&t=367
I still remember the hype for this turd.

What happened with the Shenmue anime? I thought it was good.

>Ryo, you must go to Hong Kong and train under this hot piece of ass
>Also sleep at her house
I'd just abandon my quest for revenge as soon as I saw her

>>718400774
Nothing? It was supposed to be 1+2 only.
Honestly an anime series would be the best way to finish the story.

>>718400774
It "didn't do well" so a second season was cancelled.

>>718401039
>Nothing?
I just looked it up. A second season was supposed to happen but WB was unfortunately going on a spree axing everything and Shenmue just happened to be a victim of that.

>>718400914
This is actually my favorite rendition of Chun Li.
God she's so hot.

>>718401079
They should've given it to Adi Shankar.

>>718401079
I read that it did do well.

>The Shenmue: The Animation series has been cancelled. A second season was planned, but the show was removed from Adult Swim's website and ultimately cancelled due to the Warner Bros. Discovery merger and subsequent cost-cutting measures. The show's cancellation, despite reportedly performing well, has disappointed fans.

>>718400223
Nice try Suzuki-san, but im not going to payroll you again

>>718400774
>Have another chance to finish the series after 3 dropped the ball on that front
>Just retell the first two games
I haven't seen a more mismanaged series

>Finally had a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to finish the story
>Didn't even bother
What's Yu Suzuki's problem? There's no way anybody would give him another chance.

>>718401267
I think that was the plan until >>718401221 happened. Shenmue is just a cursed series.

>>718401171
Well, he probably would've been more eager to throw money at the project at least.

>>718401221
Yes, we live in a age where every movie and tv show is a success but they still get "mysteriously" cancelled after just one season.
Disney and Warner Bros is actively losing money and viewers on their superhero stuff now but they're prestige projects that can't just be cancelled.

they can't keep getting away with it

>>718401316
Everyone outside of zoomers and faggot internet critics knew the story was never going to be finished with 3. Yu has been saying this for nearly 3 decades.

>>718401537
well 3 didn't move the plot so it might as well have not existed either

The anime crammed both Shenmue 1 and 2 into one season, 13 episodes. It wasn't as bad as I initially thought it was gonna be, but it was far from good.

>>718390871 (OP)
Not one person asked for this

>>718390871 (OP)
Shenmue 3 was such disappointing garbage. They were given a chance to continue and finish the story but then they came with this inconsequential pointless horrible trash that might as well not even exist.

>>718401537
like he couldn't change the plan? Even if he wasn't going to finish the story, NOTHING of consequence happened in Shenmue 3

>>718401650
I did

Yu Suzuki will tell the ending of Shenmue to Sega on his deathbed, so they can finish it one day or make Shenmue part of the Yakuza series and retell/finish it there.

>>718401650
I did

>>718400223
Yeah, exactly as expected.
Not a penny more for you, Yu!

>>718401683
Ryo doesn't have the mirror anymore

Real talk. Give Shenmue to RGG. Let them make Shenmue 4 or use it for a Yakuza game or something. Shit, make it the story mode for Virtua Fighter lmao

I hope Shenmue finds a new audience on the switch. Maybe port 1&2 as well. It’s the only hope at this point.

Will Tomar still be in after all the atrocities he's committed?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSXycPmAwE8

>>718401683
>NOTHING of consequence happened in Shenmue 3
That's because your entire personality revolves around parroted opinions from youtube celebrities.
More important shit happened in S3 than in S1 or S2, maybe outside of kowloon chapter.
The whole fake outrage from normalfaggots about the story is even weirder when Suzuki already spoiled each chapter of the story in like 2012, years before S3 was even planned as a KS project. Anyone that ever cared would know what was going to happen.

>>718401803
I wouldn’t be mad at that. It’ll come full circle since Shenmue was originally supposed to be virtua fighter rpg. Have Yu on as a story consultant and call it “Like a Dragon: Shenmue”

>>718401537
Things have changed over the years. Yu Suzuki has neither the backing nor the resources from SEGA anymore. The dude should've just cut his losses and finished the story in Shenmue 3.

christ, again? so it can sell 5 copies? how many times is this game going to fail forward?

>>718402120
>again
It only had 1 release 6 years ago what are you on about?

n-no, it wasn't a disappointment! the series was always going to be about how Ryo learns the body check twice. he always said that. it was another triumph for Yu Suzuki

>>718393354
no one sat for 19 years doing nothing and waiting for shenmue 3

>>718390871 (OP)
>Excited for Shenmue 3 after all those years
>Imagine how big the areas must be now with modern technology
>Its two small towns
>Imagine how strong Ryo must be now after the events of Shenmue 2
>Gets his ass whooped by random thugs
>Finally gets to fight Lan Di
>Didnt get even one punch in
And dont get me started on the new shitty combat system, people will give me flak for this but i would rather have had RGGS help Suzuki with finishing the series instead of this filler.

>>718402120
it's going to be a free update for PC and PS4 owners

>>718403104
rggs literally stole recourses and led to cancelation of all non yakuza games, they don't care about anyone other themselves

>>718403312
But they also remade VF5 and are pushing to get the new one made? I was kinda sad when 0tards tanked the main series but if they're gonna use all that money to get VF rolling again they can ruin that series all they want.

I still remember the E3 where they announced Shenmue 3, FF7 remake and Nier Automata.
Guess which game wasn't a disappointment.

>>718390871 (OP)
no thanks
once was enough

>>718403641
Shenmue 3

>>718403641
um, shenmue 3? it's the only one I haven't played there

>>718403451
>VF5 revo
glory hogging as usual, AM2 made that. Virtua Fighter 6 is gonna be trash you can already see them reusing the damn yakuza qte shit in combat

Is there ANY way to make Shenmue 4 in the original Shenmue engine? I see entire full blown story beat mods from fans using the first engine. Why can’t Yu do this and get some talented modders involved? Is it a licensing issue?

>>718403830
his ego won't allow it

They had a chance to reboot by making project century about Ryos grandfather or some shit.

>>718403830
There's no way Yu owns all the rights himself. And even if he did, and would have access to the first games engine why would he put in the work to make modding tools and then release it just for modders to make up shit?

>>718403796
AM2 made FS but US was a full remake in the dragon engine. You can't pretend RGG Studios had nothing to do with that, even if you do hate them.

>you can already see them reusing the damn yakuza qte shit in combat
What the fuck are you even talking about? The slowmo stuff? Outside of that and the little cinematic round end thing it looks maybe even a little TOO similar to VF5 right now.

>>718403215
>free update
All I can find is people will be offered a "upgrade path" which often isn't free in my experience, maybe a discount, but maybe I was blind.

>Becomes an angel investor for Shenmue 4
>Returns to his roots working with Yu Suzuki and Shenmue
>Sells 5 million copies

One last ride Yu? One last ride….

>>718404032
It doesn't even matter. RGG killed AM2 like they did smilebit, there is no hope for VF or any non-yakuza sega franchise

>>718404424
*

>>718390871 (OP)
This industry is creatively bankrupt.

>>718404479
Hope for VF has never been higher. We got a balance patch after over a decade, a PC port and rollback. Even if they just never release VF6 what we already got is huge.

Any dojo bros here? (The last soulful forum)

>>718404797
What about dojo sisters?

>>718403830
the original engine and source code has been lost forever anon

>>718406137
Kek

>>718405107
How was the recent port done?

>>718406364
emulation

>>718401650
>t. In second grade in 2015 when Shenmue 3 was announced

>>718406364
>>718406491
It's a native port, d3t decompiled the engine. Even random modder started his own decompilation years ago and he says he's nearly done.

>>718403830
I remember back in the day, people speculated that shenmue can't be ported because of some licensed middleware, probably it was implemented during the porting but D3T said only Shenmue 1 had (unique)scripting language, devs ditched it in Shenmue 2, so they made it less flexible in favor of speed.

>>718401902
>Already spoiled each chapter

Barely. Those were pieces of artwork back when Shenmue was supposed to be Virtua Fighter RPG. Even matching them up with the current games, they loosely align. I’m fairly certain at this point that the entire saga has changed considerably over time and probably is way different than what Yu had in mind back in 2001 when Shenmue 2 came out and Shenmue 3 was originally in preproduction for the Dreamcast.

>>718400741
To this day I still think all this is just fake hype and fake nostalgia. I bought a Dreamcast on release. I played both Shenmues. They were garbage. They had everything we hate in gaming today. Walking simulator. QTEs up the ass. The most impressive thing was their insane advertising campaign and I think thats where all this fake hype and nostalgia comes from.

>>718407064
Another zoomer larp post. Even if you didn’t care for Shenmue when it originally came out, you’d know how big of a deal it was and remained for years after if you’d actually been alive back then. Go back to talking about Roblox and Minecraft faggot.

>>718407064
Not everybody's like you. Shenmue has a special charm that just really lands with certain people. Things that are really weird/unique tend to land hard when they do land with someone.

>>718407064
I got a Dreamcast when it released and also had Shenmue 1 at release. I thought it was great and still do.

>>718400914
>can get fangmei to fall in love
>can't reciprocate
I'd abandon my quest for revenge for her.

>Never heard of this
>Watched a bit of gameplay on yt
So, is this an Yakuza ripoff or something?

>>718407064
Good morning, Illya Nightshuller

>>718407064
Shenmue is one of the very few games that does QTEs good.

>>718407451
I am not a zoomer. There is a reason why this series died. You just walked around talking to people until a boring QTE fight started. Rinse and repeat for hours

>>718407497
>Shenmue has a special charm that just really lands with certain people
No it doesn't. You like the idea of it but the game itself is shit. It's like when retards talk about old sci fi shows that get cancelled, Fire Fly for example and they want it back so badly then anything they do to bring it back bombs because people are more interested in the hype and nostalgia campaign than the actual product.

>>718407505
You are full of shit.

>>718407619
Good morning

>>718407660
There is no such thing as a good QTE

>>718400284
SEX WITH JOY

>>718407660
Maybe in the first game, that "remember button sequence" in Shenmue 2, which they added even during the boss fights, is just bad. Just an awful idea

>>718407909
>You are full of shit.
I’m not

>>718407909
>You like the idea of it but the game itself is shit.
Again, you're just struggling with understanding that people can have different opinions than you. Happens a lot with children under 2 and gorillas.

I don't like "the idea" of Shenmue 1 and 2. I played them and I liked playing them. You really need to consider how stupid an argument you're making when the big assumption you're working under is that you somehow know more about what I like than I do.

Here is your Shenmue ending

>Gameplay Tweaks – Optional stamina system adjustments, health restoration before fights, and reduced money barriers for smoother progression.
>Improved Interactions – Cutscene and conversation skip options, expanded quick-time event timing window for more accessible gameplay.
kek that video really killed the game's image didn't it

>>718407909
>There is no such thing as a good QTE

>>718407064
It was not perfect, but it had an insane level of detail.
Finding an item on a regular RPG:
>move next to desk and press button
>"You found: old photograph"
Finding an item on Shenmue:
>move next to desk and press button
>camera moves so you can examine the desk
>you can turn on the lamp atop the desk
>look down to open the drawer
>pick up old photograph
>manipulate it in 3d as if you're actually holding it
That shit was astonishing.

I’m on my fourth play through since it released and I’m still finding new stuff

>>718407909
>"I like the game!"
>"Uhh no you don't!"

>fans ask for Shenmue 3 for decades
>they finally get it
>complain it plays too much like Shenmue
????

>>718408543
The combat was really bad in 3 and nothing like 1&2.

It'll never get a conclusion, though, right?

>>718408127
Genuinely, how can you be this delusional as a director? You can do this shit if you're a self-published author, but a video game developer? Are you serious?

>>718408673
I think they’re going to push for a 4th game and have him wrap it up. Yu is nearly 70. I did read that ININ is looking for investors.

Cool, I guess?
I'd rather have a Shenmue 4, why not do that instead?
Joy has a nice ass

>>718408697
How is Yu delusional? Maybe a little over ambitious but delusional? Nah. He’s a legend.

>>718408773
Guess they’re trying to make whatever they can off of 3 by porting it to new systems. 3 never had a release outside of ps4/pc. It’ll sell like shit but I guess it’s the only way they can test the waters again for a sequel.

>>718408882
>25 years later and there's 3 games out of 7
>the most recent one took 18 years to make and only got funded because of kickstarter+epic money
>how is he delusional

>>718409026
Mean for
>>718408782

>>718408697
How is this delusional? One game has 3-4 chapter cards in that pic, so we're looking at 4-5 games. That's hardly anything, even by Yakuza standards, where Kiryu is being "retired" since 2008 and about 8 games in.

>>718409050
The image you were replying to was art from 1996.

>>718409115
Kiryu's story was never meant to go past 2.

I think Shenmue 4 is already in early production. Ysnet is still a company.

The game adjustments sound like they just did what that that supereyepatchwolf got filtered by.

Gross.

>>718404032
what remake lil bro, it's just updated graphics

>>718409914
It's in a different engine. It was literally remade.

>>718391906
Yakuza is nothing like Shenmue, i dont know why people keep saying it is.

>>718410085
You know the memes about your mom or grandpa calling every game Mario?
It's the same principle, normalfags see asian dude in an asian city and deduct it's the same game and same genre, while getting fuming mad when someone even dares to imply there is an ounce of similarity between GTA and Yakuza.

>>718409993
I am sure they just overlayed their graphics and that's it

I like both games but since people want to compare the two even though they’re nothing alike I’ll make some comparisons. Yakuza doesn’t really have anything over Shenmue outside Of maybe graphics

Shenmue Combat>Yakuza Combat
Shenmue Story>Yakuza story
Shenmue OST>Yakuza OST
Shenmue details>Yakuza details
Shenmue NPCs>Yakuza NPCs

>>718390871 (OP)
some games are beyond fixing

I just want to play VF3 without having to play Faguza.

Will the dlc be included

>>718410354
I don't understand why they didn't update their design to match Shenmue, like add fucking time of day and a schedule for bars, arcade, etc. Instead, they celebrate those shortcomings that lead to disbelief

>>718390953
Yes but we don't talk about it, stop making questions.

>>718410354
>Shenmue Combat>Yakuza Combat
Yakuza button mash combat is so tiresome...

Can anyone explain how 3 was "filler"?

Shenmue 3 was over hated, it has its flaws but I think the mini-games were the best in the series, forklift being an optional job was a god send
>but muh SEGA arcade games
I'm not playing a game to play an another game, why would I play Outrun in Shenmue when I can just emulate that shit outside of Shenmue

>>718411610
They can’t because they’re not fans of the series and rely on youtuber opinions.

>>718411645
The only genuinely bad thing about 3 was the combat.

Is there any reason why Shenmue 3 accomplished little to nothing and was essentially a filler arc?

>>718411791
Hey fellow zoomie I see you also watched BBCADHDtranspride2005s YouTube synopsis!

>>718391906
Comparing Yakuza with Shenmue is like comparing Yakuza with GTA

>>718411896
Kowloon was pure kino in 2

>>718411896
And Kowloon, thinking it's the largest shit you ever saw. And then you go to Guilin, thinking what the fuck is happening, how does the game keep going?

>>718411610
It's not. It's creator had a vision, shemue was supposed to be 11 chapters. Chapters 1 and 2 covered by game 1. 3, 4, and 5 covered by 2. And 6 and 7 covered by 3. Zoomer retards just thought
>OHHHH HE ONLY HAS ONE CHANCE AT THIS HES GONNA HAVE TO RUSH IT IN A SINGLE GAME HAHAHA!!!
Ala samurai Jack but our boy stuck to his guns.

>>718411937
Yes it was
https://youtu.be/oSWCm0D7XGU?feature=shared

>>718412218
https://youtu.be/OEYpZgt_c24?feature=shared

>>718412218
It’s weird because Shenmue has the aesthetic that zoomers now love but it never caught on. Yu Suzuki should shill some clips like this on tiktok and have them fund 4&5.

>>718408127
Shenmue 3 didn't have a grey golem man or a train wtf is going on

>>718408173
what video

Are they going to put shenmue 2 combat back in?
That's the only issue this game had (aside from story issues lol to be continued in shenmue 4) is that they completely ruined the combat and thus made the only actual gameplay completely shit.

>>718412460
>Are they going to put shenmue 2 combat back in?
They can’t since it used the virtua fighter engine.

>>718412187
Her tits were amazing

>>718411784
>The only genuinely bad thing about 3 was the combat.
I didn't hate the combat that much, it's janky but abusing moves to stun lock an enemy was kinda fun
imo the biggest flaw of 3 was how the pacing of the story was just "train yourself until you fight a small-time punk (but not literally train because you're going to be in a multiple cutscene loses), go to the next city and do the same thing"
I'm fine with story taking a backseat and going back to the style of 1, but repeating the same structure was kinda lazy, and the gangs weren't memorable at all despite it being the main villain of the game

>>718412184
>Ala samurai Jack but our boy stuck to his guns
This. I respect Yu for sticking to his vision on how the story plays out. I would rather have no conclusion than to have some rush job.

>>718390871 (OP)
>Game everybody hates is back... with sharper textures and minor rebalancing

>>718393965
>get a once in a lifetime chance to finish your game series you had crack pot dreams of making 6 dreamcast entires for
>hmmmm yes for part 3 of 6 i'll do a filler arc with ruined gameplay
What the fuck was he thinking? Sometimes artistic integrity and ego need to be set aside so you can just finish your games story. You were NEVER going to make 6 shenmue games.

>>718408697
?? He had 4-5 games planned (most likely 5) its not like he had 11 games planned
>delusional
Shenmue 1 and 2 were super ahead of the time and nothing like them was out at the time or even a bit after. It was HIGHLEY regarded for this reason. If anything I'm not shocked he wasn't expecting more games but you probably weren't alive back then and probably think fortnite is iconic and ground breaking.

>>718412771
>You were NEVER going to make 6 shenmue games.
Heh...they also told him he'd never make 3. ;)

>>718412771
>You were NEVER going to make 6 shenmue games.
He’s already half way there and I’m pretty sure 4 is already in development.

>>718412720
>>718412184
Yeah you gotta give him credit. Even after all the shit he's been through he still is adamant on seeing his vision through as best as he can and is not taking shortcuts.

Hope there’s a physical version. I’ll buy it again. I was thinking about replaying all 3 again recently, I hope the rerelease comes out soon.

>>718390871 (OP)
>nothing about rewriting the fucking filler episode-tier story where nothing fucking happens and Ryo gets his stupid ass beat by Lan Di, AGAIN. And Lan Di leaves him alive, AGAIN!
Progress the plot or fuck off, Suzuki

>>718412860
>Shenmue 1 and 2 were super ahead of the time and nothing like them was out at the time or even a bit after. It was

OMG LOOOOK! A DAY AND NIGHT CYCLE AND BED TIME!!!! WOAH CHARACTERS THAT WALK UP AND DOWN THE STREET AND GO TO BED!!!! OH MY HECKING SCIENCE! YOU GOTTA DO CERTAIN THINGS AT CERTAIN TIMES!!!!!!!
lol absolutely fucking pathetic. Glad I didn't grow up In the old tranny generation.

Got redream DC emulator set up and started playing shenmue 1. I love the cheesy dub, but i heard a lot of people talking about that untranslation patch. Is it worth it? I'm a fag about Japanese cutlure and enjoy it so if the localization is really that different i might start over and play that version. What actually different between them?

>>718412989
>muh credit
I'd give him credit if he didn't rape the combat system that was one of the foundational pillars of his game style because he's so ass hurt over sega executives (i mean fair enough) that he had to remove VF combat for..... whatever the fuck it was he made.

>>718413225
>Glad I didn't grow up In the old tranny generation.

In 2 you literally beat the shit out of a tranny you retard.

>>718413225
In 10 years we went from tetris and castlevania 3 to shenmue 1 (1989 to 1999).

In 10 years you went from fortnite to fortnite. And by the lucks of things, it will be the same in another 10.

>>718413383
He was never given the option of including VF combat for 3. Sega owns that.

>>718413383
You're a retard. This is like screeching about why they don't put Mario in God of war

>>718413235
Play it in English then when you inevitably do another playthrough go for the Japanese language.

Will this be the biggest video game comeback in the history

>>718390871 (OP)
Okay but if that combat is completely unchanged it's still dogshit, and regardless of what they wanna do, this doesn't unfuck the game itself being pretty bland.

>>718413491
And he could have made a new system emulating the style. He made a deliberate decision to make it as different as possible, which is a big thing when that style of combat is one of the 3 pillars that makes up the games identity. Detective work, Daily life sim, weighty move based Combat

>>718412184
Yeah people telling him to rush the game was absolutely dumb, like did they expect Ryo to wield the sword of seven stars and slash all the Chi You Men in one game, whilst the majority of the gameplay being a comfy life sim that the game is known for?
Though I did wish that they subsequently released sequels using 3 as the base, just like how they made 2 in a year with less budget by reusing majority of 1. I hope that this enhanced re-release leads towards that idea.

>>718413776
Yeah he could have I can’t disagree with you there but I guess it was a combination of Yu being out of game development for a long time and having a small budget.

>>718413586
>wanting VF combat in shenmue 3 is like wanting mario in god of war
???? Huh??????
Nigger, in shenmue 1 and 2 the fucking combat system is integrated with the games progression. It's virtua fighter combat. I'm not talking about adding an arcade game, i'm talking about shenmue 1 and 2 being built in the virtua fighter game engine and utilizing it's weighty combat and combo system. All things they removed in shenmue 3. The combat in shenmue 3 sucks balls, the previous games are actually good. Shenmue 3 is good in other areas but combat is a third of the game and it's just not good compared to what came before.

Just give me this again for 4, please.

>>718414016
I personally don't consider 20 million to be a small budget for this style of game. I do consider Yu being rusty and not knowing how game development had advanced in 20 years as being the main reason the budget wasn't used as efficiently as it could have been, but shenmue 3 should have been a better baked product at the end of the day for 20 million. Shenmue 1 and 2 did quite well despite a lot of development issues, set backs, budget constraints, and learning new tech for the team. Shenmue 3 wasn't able to weather these challenges as well, maybe shenmue 4 will do better

And bring back the comfy.

>>718412771
Maybe because Shenmue is a slow game about opening capsule toys, and getting lost in a city asking people for directions?
If 3 was filler majority of Shenmue is a giant filler, 1 is literally about Ryo stalling in Japan instead of chasing the villain and going to China ASAP, and first half of 2 is Ryo dicking about just trying to get in contact with a goofy future-sidekick called Ren, latter half is admittedly plot heavy with the Kowloon gang subplot, but it concludes with 2 hour long mountain hiking in Bailou.

>>718414550
The fact you can kick the other dude while holding one of them is pretty cool

>>718408127
>Becomes virtua fighter
Complete kino

>>718414873
Yu isn't making 6 games, he should have rushed the ending and compromised for shenmue 3. If he did this and hadn't changed the combat it'd be good. Shenmue 4 - 6 coming out never.
Gang rape goodnight.

>>718414613
Shenmue 1&2 had a raw deal. 1 sold really well but was doomed because of the budget and development going from the Saturn to DC. For every Dreamcast sold Shenmue would have needed to sell 2 copies in order for Sega to break even. 2 only had a release on the Dreamcast in Europe and Japan and later came to NA as an Xbox exclusive with 0 advertising.

>>718414873
Shenmue is a slow game about opening capsules, dicking around, and being comfy but it's also about investigating shit and fighting as shown here >>718414550
It's literally an eastern martial arts adventure game.

>>718415092
Since when was rushing ever a good thing? I'd rather have current 3 over forced shit like that.
Can't you at least have a normal brain and ask for a sequel straight after 3 like how they made 2 straight after 1 using the same engine.

Yu needs one more shot. I believe he could deliver on 4 if given the chance. Shenmue 1&2 are 2 of my favorite games and 3 was mediocre so he’s 2 for 3 in my book. I even enjoyed air twister on the switch.

>>718415040
It's one of those things where you can tell if the devs were able to grow the franchise out and things got to evolve, you'd probably have one of the most intricate melee combat systems around in the attempt to match that movie flair they really wanted to hit. Instead that never happened, and you got Virtua Quest.

>>718415304
>wanting a 3rd on dreamcast
No shit, obviously that would be the ideal. I figured it wasn't even worth mentioning. Actually the ideal is the reality where Yu got to release all 6 games on dreamcast and then all we do is argue about which anthology port sucks the most or whatever.

>>718415295
I never thought Shenmue fighting to be that good, I mean it's good but I've never saw it as nothing more than an another elaborate mini-game.
I never saw the game as brawler like Yakuza, fight encounters are very sparse unlike those games, I think Shenmue is heavier on adventure.
If I wanted more VF engine fights... I'll just play Virta Fighter, I don't get how you are so stuck up on that.

I completely forgot about Steel paws. I hope the mobile audience eats it up and he’s able to funnel funds to Shenmue 4.

>>718415528
no I meant wanting 4 straight up after 3 that was released in 2019, reading comprehension, retard.
It's not going to take "another 10 years" to make 4 if there was a foundation to be utilized, too bad 4 didn't get made because of the backlash.

>>718415678
>why are you so stuck up on that
Because it's an eastern martial arts adventure game and if the martial arts is bad, people don't like it. Shenmue 3's reception is proof of that, EVERYONE laments the many changes to the combat. Go watch some old goofy chinese martial arts films and you'll understand what Yu's vision for shenmue was (with a bit more of a life sim twist, so it felt like you were living the stories of the films).

>>718415723
It already released months ago

>>718415869
Unlike shenmue 1 - 2, the foundation for shenmue 3 is shit. If shenmue 3 is a show for what shenmue 4 and the series future is , i don't want it. There's a reason it was critically panned, and it's not because the games concept is obsolete of whatever nee excuse shenmue 3 shills have.

Tl;dr FUCK sega.

>>718415957
I think Shenmue 3's reception is more to do with the story, or the repetitive nature of battling against petty punks despite Ryo destroyed biggest gang in Kowloon in the previous game
Sure combat sucked too but I don't think it was that much of a problem compared to the entire narrative pacing of the game being fucked

>>718416205
Yeah Shenmue 3 is shit, so why do you want the game to be rushed through the ending as if that's going to make it any better?
It's better for the game to leave it unfinished with nothingburger low-budget 3rd game, rather than concluding the story with a hideous rushed ending with a hideous rushed game.

>>718415723
Sorry, but I think Yu either doesn't have it in him anymore to make arcade games or someone is forcing him to make baby games. Air Twister was a complete snooze fest with insane amount of pointless party game map type of shit in a fucking space harrier clone. It was painfully slow.
Thankfully some other random jap made Asura The Striker not long ago and it genuinely is a really great Space Harrier x Night Striker successor.

>>718396663
>My name is literally attached to one of gaming's greatest abortions
Holy fuck, why would you remind me of this...

>>718390871 (OP)
Isn't that a... 2019 game? What the fuckitty

>>718416724
I think he's trying to make money for Shenmue 4 by making small games but he's too out of touch to make them lucrative.

>>718394594
They’re not particularly good but they’re interesting.

>>718416916
All games released before january 1st 2025 belong in >>>/vr/

Hope Sega launched 1 and 2 on the Switch 2. Why? I don't know, the heart wants what it wants.

>>718417205
I don’t know why they didn’t in the first place when they ported them to the ps4/Xbone

>>718394594
If immersive 3D point-and-click adventure with less frustrating puzzles, and more mini-games sounds appealing to you, Yes.
If you are too zoomer for that to sound appealing then, No.

>>718417281
They probably brute forced some very shitty code and couldn't get it to run decently on the Switch 1. Same reason MGS2 was 30 fps.

Anybody else replay Shenmue near Christmas?

Shenmue 3 is decent. Not as good as the first 2 but I enjoyed it. No I didn’t kickstart and I got the game for free. I would like to see a fourth.

>>718417493
Shenmue is one of the coziest games ever so I'm looking forward to replay it.

Who's the best Shenmue girl?

>>718408127
>Ryo Hazuki grows up to become Akira Yuki
Damn…

>>718397872
Shenmue and Yakuza are absolutely nothing alike.

>>718394594
They're an acquired taste but are dripping in atmosphere and immersion, unlike any game ive ever played. Also duck racing.

>>718417683
Fangmei

Censored demakes and we wuz no thanks.

>>718418215
Huh

Are there any good mods for the pc port of 1&2?

>>718391246
>If it's just minor tweaks I won't replay
Obviously they are trying to earn money with it. Not a snowballs chance in hell

>>718390871 (OP)
>the acclaimed adventure
By fucking who
Shenmue III was dogshit

>>718406693
apparently they have the original source code or at least part of it.

>>718417846
The funniest part about that to me is that his big series rival is just some guy who loves professional wrestling, so if VF is the end of Ryo's journey we can assume Wolf would also just fuck up Lan Di.

Bump

>>718390871 (OP)
Fuck Yu. Just give us another Ferrari game, nigga

>>718394594
They have an insane amount of boring tedium but you should at least check them out if you’re at all interested in the history of game design because they were revolutionary.

>>718412374
that's because shenmue 3 is not even half of the original planned chapter adapted.

>>718420708
>insane amount of boring tedium
>insane amount
No they don’t.

>>718420735
>all the padding in 3 was to fill what should have been half the game’s runtime
>Lan Di kicking Ryo’s ass was supposed to be the midpoint
kill me

>>718421012
Drive your forklift Ryo

>>718421012
Guys that say this haven't played the games, they've only watched vids where some guy clips together 50 empty drawer opening animations and then purposefully loses and does bad at the combat and QTE's.

>>718421126
The forklift segment isn’t even that long and it’s fun

>>718419214
Too bad d3t abandoned it and it's still a buggy mess

So, has Yu Suzuki say anything since Shenmue III released? I didn't follow shit, are there interviews or whatever? Or is it radio silence?

>>718421328
He’s said a lot. He hasn’t learnt anything

>>718421443
Elaborate

>>718418154
AAMOC

Is it really a big deal that they changed Yuan's voice to female in the Xbox port?

>>718390871 (OP)
Sounds ok, but not enough if it's a paid upgrade for already existing PC/PS4 copies.
One major reason why S3 could have been better is that they had to scrap one entire chapter that took place in a 3rd new map called Baisha. But they ran out of time and budget and made a jump cut to that castle ending segment in Niaowu.
Maybe tweaking the combat to have proper counters and even just few throws like in prior Shenmue games.
I mean, some of the stuff isn't even a real new thing, like cutscene/dialogue skip was already in base game and shit like classic camera was modded by fans, so whatever.

I remember some strange input delays during combat. What was up with that?

>>718411415
>stop making questions
pathetic ESL...

>>718424146
Because they use dial-a-combo system

>>718390871 (OP)
I honestly realized I do not give a shit about the actual story. Shenmue's appeal to me was the recreation of 1980s suburban Japan and the cozy feeling you get of being in a place that feels familiar because your character is so intricately tied to it and the people living there who are all unique characters with their own stories.

It's why I don't like Shenmue II all that much. The setting change to Hong Kong took away the actual aspects of the game that appealed to me leaving me mostly with the stuff I didn't care for in a setting I felt zero connection to. And then Shenmue III was even worse because I do not give a fucking SHIT about rural China. Just remake a more fully realized version of the first game with more to do, more sidequests tied to the various characters whose stories are present (either fully or in hints) in the game and not just outside material like biographies.

I just want to go back to Yokosuka.

>>718425232
I remember reading that Yu Suzuki wants the story to go back to Yokosuka at some point

>>718394594
I think the first one is great. I don't like the second one at all despite how much people praiseit because I don't actually care for the magic kung fu movie plot; it's just way too actionized and impersonal losing out on the slow intimacy provided by the first game and its setting. Shenmue III is dog shit.

>>718425232
S2 still has its own merit. I think this is the only game that made me feel like a dumb lost tourist. I don't like China at all, but Kowloon was top tier experience. And all in all, all of the 3 games are comfy and have really cute girls as a bonus, Yu knows his stuff.
And yeah, Yu mentioned that he wants Ryu to return to Yokosuka for epilogue of Shenmue and also thought about doing Shenmue 0 with Iwao as playable character.

>>718414550
what the fuck why can't real life be like that

>>718390871 (OP)
That game sucked major dick on every single level. You'd have to change so much in order to make it decent I have 0 faith on an Enhanced port being anything but a polished turd.

>>718407578
Anyone who compares Yakuza to Shenmue is dumb. Yakuza is closer to shit like River City Ransom than it is Shenmue.

>>718412187
>sexiest girl
>is evil

>>718412187
>All female characters including grannies had fully visible nips if no-clipped the camera into their clothing
Yu still got it

Will Ryo BTFO lan di or will he spare him like a fag?

>>718392183
Not the first time something like this has happened
>series ends with big cliffhanger, the alien menace is real and happening, Mulder and Scully on the run, Cigarette smoking man is dead..................movie is about some abducted women....no alien relation.

>first new season half ignores that and then once again big cliffhanger......then some kind of time travel shit and season 2 once again another nothing burger

>>718390871 (OP)
Is it really worth it to try polishing a turd?

>>718427537
Your mom put you in school so maybe

>>718427216
Me? Well...

>>718427216
Feels like it was taken straight from a David Lynch movie.

The budget from ass pirates of yakuza should have gone to Shenmue 4

>>718426751
Probably spare him. The series has been leaning hard into the revenge = bad trope since Shenmue 2.

>>718427574
Didn't your mother taught you not to talk with your mouth full (of my dick)

>>718426751
Actual ending spoiler is that Ryo wins against Lan Di but Ryo spares him after Ren dies.
Then Ryo takes Ren's bandana and fastens it on his head, removes his bandage and becomes Akira.

>>718400284
>>718407975

>>718401221
>Warner Bros discovery merger
>Warner Bros

God that adds up. Those absolute dunces canceled a fucking Harry Potter phone MMO. I was so floored. Practically a top 10 IP, and it was making them money AND was a good game but they EoS it.

I shouldn't like the anime OP as much as I do, but it really does have this 90's feel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xk-6po4da9c
>forklift

>>718400284
Oda played too much Shenmue 2 back in the day.

>>718401731
>Shenmue and Yakuza were in the same universe all along
Honestly kino.

>>718429709
There’s an entire in game podcast episode about Shenmue in infinite wealth

Bump

If S4 happens no stamina system guaranteed due to the negative feedback. Also bring back throws and I'll be happy.

>>718398669
qrd?

>>718432776
I understood why he put in a stamina system but it was way too aggressive outside of combat

>>718434357
Melodramatic youtuber makes 1h long video talking about how he "waited" years for a new Shenmue and got disappointed when Shenmue 3 turned out to be a filler episode. The video is called "Shenmue ruined my life" or some shit like that.

>makes zoomies shit and seethe in anger
Yep it's based

I didn't even play the third game outside of a couple hours. Was the DLC post-story stuff, or just side content?

You've convinced me to give this series a go thread
Do I play the dreamcast ones or the steam versions?

>>718435876
Do you have a Dreamcast? If not play steam versions, they’re fine.

>>718390871 (OP)
What's the best way to play Shenmue 1 and 2 these days?

>>718436017
See
>>718435956

>>718435876
Biggest advice is to take your time. You would have to put in an ungodly amount of time and purposefully go out of your way to get the bad ending so don’t worry about the time limit

>>718390871 (OP)
what was even supposed to happen in 3?
here's entire series spoilers btw.

The closest game I’ve played to shenmue was deadly premonition so if you liked that you should love shenmue

>>718436432
My fucking kingdom for a Deadly Premonition remaster that does nothing other than refactor some of the UI/visuals for 1080p/4k, and making it not crash every 20 minutes.

>nobody posted it

https://youtu.be/dZy80khfFjE

is it worth getting into this series now? I watched a kid down the street play it and always wanted to try it but never got around to it

>>718436762
It’s always worth getting into. The games aren’t that long. The only downside is that you’ll hopefully become a shenmue fan and join the rest of us in uncertainty misery.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7b91y4LD1A

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcKtBqDleU0

has any game taken the shenmue formula and tried to make a detective randomizer?

>>718436017
Steam version with the widescreen mod and the audio restoration mod.

>>718437231
I feel like there was actually one in a Steam NextFes a year ago. I forget the name of it though. Used stylized visuals.

>>718437231
A randomised murder mystery would invariably be shit.

Nice to see there are still some shenmuebros are still here. I can’t remember the last shenmue thread that got more than 50 replies.

We're never getting a conclusion, huh? He said that 5 would be enough to wrap it up but the way he wasted his chance with a filler for 3 that he funded with a kickstarter, can anyone trust he can get back on track with 4? I'd say he'd be better off just finishing up with an anime but he also screwed that up and that one was cancelled.

>>718390871 (OP)
Thats a remaster not a remake

Reminder that sega had complete remakes of 1&2 in development but later cancelled.

https://youtu.be/7O7x0Urgvz4

>>718437571
1&2 sold poorly, alongside 3 being a flop, so I'm not surprised.

Why the fuck doesn't Yu just hire some manga illustrator and finish his shitty series? Even if he got unlimited funds, there's no way they'd be able to finish the story considering how long games take, how little was done in 3, & how the guy's 67.

>>718390871 (OP)
Truth is, the original was shit and open-ended filler. That's why they're remaking it from scratch.

>a classic camera mode inspired by Shenmue 1 and 2, and various gameplay tweaks.
Interesting

>>718437571
Don't care. It'd be as ugly as Shenmue 3, with that default Unreal Engine look and feel.
SEGA can't produce anything of quality.

>>718390871 (OP)
let me guess unreal engine 5 slop

It should have been obvious from the start that you can't tackle a project like Shenmue with kickstarter money.

>>718394594
First 2 are kino. There's nothing else like them, not even Yakuza. Very unique games

>bro yakuza is totally like modern shenmue
How so?
>b-because you uh...walk around japan...and sometimes beat people up...uh...that's it

>>718439315
you also get revenge on the man who killed (the man who killed and then became) your father!

>>718390871 (OP)
let's fucking goooo
can't wait to see ryo getting beat by lan di again at the end, hopefully the beatdown will be more detailed to humiliate the main protagonist even more, and show that all of his effort was pointless and he should just hang himself

>>718439315
Yakuza is like if Shenmue was a good game and not just a gigantic waste of money

>>718440013
Yakuza is a poor man’s shenmue

>>718436762
the first game is pretty much 90s anime protag in a japanese small town simulator, pretty nifty and I'd say worth a play at least once

Yu Suzuki literally has no talent. He was just lucky to join the industry at an influential time and was lucky his shit idea was given a big budget and large team.

>>718440013
yakuza’s combat is so ass they went turn based kek

>>718440147
Let me guess, not enough LE GAMEPLAY DENSITY for you zoomie?

>>718440223
Keep opening those drawers and shelves, Yu. In your retirement home you will have only one small cupboard to open and close, so enjoy it while it lasts.

>Yu Suzuki is 67
Nigga's gonna die before he can trick more people into giving him money for a Shenmue 4

>>718437231
>detective randomizer
Shadows of Doubt.

>>718440147
I don't know about no talent but he did join the industry at the right time and had the right people to work with
Now he's a complete has been who proudly refuse to adapt with the times

>>718440593
>who proudly refuse to adapt with the times
this is based

>>718440568
indie but interesting

>>718394594
Shenmue 1 and 2 are masterpieces
Shenmue 3 is dogshit

wtf no one cares about shenmue anymore

>>718426965
>watching series ever

What is Yu Suzuki working on right now?

>>718441604
I know somebody that knows somebody at YSnet. They’re working on Shenmue 4. I wouldn’t be surprised if it’s announced tomorrow.

>>718440546
I'm surprised he's ONLY 67. I figured he would have been early or mid-70s given how long he's been involved with vidya and the fact he created, defined, or redefined multiple genres.

If Yu Suzuki dies what is stopping Sega from finishing the series themselves?

Yu Suzuki was Sega’s Miyamoto. Anybody calling him a hack because of his more recent games have no clue what the fuck they are talking about.

>>718441865
With the timing of the enhanced version, I suspect Gamescom reveal too.

>>718442162
Does the man have any sort of social media presence at all? If he’s at Gamescom then yeah it’s probably happening.

>>718442017
Maybe the fact the series sells like dog shit and is surprisingly expensive to make for what amount to a walking simulator with shitty demo of virtua fighter attached.

>>718390871 (OP)
>we are going to add everything that takes no effort to try selling the game again
Holy fucking shit, even as a scam this is pathetic as fuck. At least make another kickstarter.

>>718442723
I meant legally.

>>718437231
huh? anon, shenmue is literally this just without the puzzles.

>>718396981
can i use antonyms?

>>718398669
does he still make those garbage videos?

>>718403641
FF7 remake

>>718403641
>automata STILL mindbreaking secondaries to this day
Based Taro

>>718440593
Yu Suzuki saw Shenmue the same way Avatar is to James Cameron. The difference is that James Cameron has the resources to make his Avatar movies all the way to their fifth installment.

>>718396254
>do Shenmuefags even around anymore after that?
lol even on /vr/ they are shamed and humiliated by Yakuza chads, their era is over

>>718390871 (OP)
>Gameplay Tweaks – Optional stamina system adjustments, health restoration before fights, and reduced money barriers for smoother progression.
Kek, all of the game's actual design choices.

>>718442723
>buzzword, buzzword, common YouTuber hot take

I feel bad for zoomers that they don’t even know the difference between their own opinions and the ones put in their heads by le influencers.

>>718390871 (OP)
Unless Ryo beats Lan Di and the game says "THE END" at the end: I don't care. Yu fucked up and burned all good will. I doubt QoL changes fix "waste 20 hours for two towns to find out this has all been a filler episode of an anime" story.

>>718426965
Being fair: Gillian is done. If they could get her on board, I'm sure Carter would do another.

Problem is, Carter (like Ubisoft) will NEVER finish the series. Like, the cliffhanger they end on (the actual invasion) could have a decent ending arc, but he wouldn't end it after that.

>>718440150
And that turn-based combat shits on Shenmue AND "classic" RGG from a great height.

Everyone please fucking buy it so we can get another game

I will now make you aware that Ryo showed up in the cross over game Project X Zone 2 and he has fun, unique meta dialogue and interactions with characters from various Capcom and Namco games. His father and the Hazuki dojo are considered to be legendary even amongst fighters like Ryu, Ken, Akira (Virtua Fighter) and the Mishimas (Tekken).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sdw-B6O3iuc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTNNPBGt9bg

>>718449572
No. :)

Also: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FpNAKDx4CwY

Everything in this video is correct. If you cheat engine the game's stupid grind out, it is only a 6-12 hour title with two new areas.

I highly doubt this "remaster/remake" is going to fix that issue: It's a fucking filler episode game.

>>718450368
What the fuck is this cadence

>>718450410
More sense than Yu Suzuki had in making Shenmue 3. :)

Should've finished the story up for 3, Yu-san.

>>718398394
Is that a youtube channel dedicated to Shenmue and nothing but Shenmue? wtf

>>718390871 (OP)
I hope they fix the fights in Shenmue 3.
Shenmue 1 and 2 have very good fighting mecanics.
Shenmue 3 ruined it.
I hope we get Shenmue 4 too.

>>718400914
Xiuying was so hot, fucking ryo being gay nshiet
Wasn't there also some ultra hot bitch in shenmue 3 I think she was teased in some of the of promo material(didn't play S3 didn't like how ugly the palette was)

>>718408127
You can easily see Niao Sun as the main villain in the next chapter.
She is the Phoenix of the Chi You Men, since Baihu, the white Tiger, is Xiuying's brother, Genbu is probably the last one to appear in the story.

Is it true that Sega is working on Shenmue 4 ?

>>718390871 (OP)
Hahahahaha what

>>718453414
Without question

>>718390871 (OP)
Can you play this without 1 and 2 first?

>>718454746
You can, these games aren't connected by story

>>718449508
Lol, that, turn-based shit is the epitome of slop

>>718454746
Yes and no.
Yes because 3 has a full recap of 1 and 2.
But no because most people treat those games as virtual tourism + martial arts autism simulator rather than a game to play for the story. So you will be missing out on some kung fu kino.

>>718460067
Are 1 and 2 decently playable or old trash that need remastering?

suzuki and the yakuza devs should coop and remake the shenmue games into one game.

>>718460247
The first 2 games have tank controls 3rd person view like og RE4 if that's what you mean.
There is a native port on Steam, XBO, PS4.
The combat engine is from Virtua Fighter, so it feels really good to play the combat encounters. Especially Shenmue 2 has additional game mode where you can pick any boss to fight, but with new difficulty modes.
But yeah, Shenmue 3 is the one that has regular modern TPS controls but also really casualized combat and gameplay. It's honestly weird how people bitched so much that they are downgrading the difficulty even further in the Enhanced edition (while S3 already had like 5 different difficulty modes).

>>718460440
I never got to combat, was just so confused on what to do and dropped it

Does anyone actually give a shit about the story of shenmue? Its a generic revenge story about a cardboard cut out protagonist never fighting a cardboard cut out villain, pathetic.

>>718407660
No it fucking doesn't lmao. QTE plank crossing in Shenmue 2 was so dumb.

>>718460723
i mean it worked for it's time.
It's true that the more years pass the more basic it gets though.

>>718390871 (OP)
How as I so late to this thread as a life long Shenmue fan? well I guess it's because I'm still disappointed. I hope this remake has something to do with making this game better. Because I don't know if that's even possible, I don't know if it's even salvagable. The arcades were fun, that's the only thing that was done right. I'm outright gonna say the soul was missing in this game and I don't know if it's ever possible for the magic of 1 and 2 to ever be replicated again. If Yu Suzuki gives us 4 then I'll reconsider about how I feel about him at this stage. If he's actually dedicated to bringing this original vision to life, otherwise I don't know if this remake is anything to celebrate. It is important to stress how burned I felt as a fan. It made me feel and look stupid for defending the original games as hard as I did.

Shenmue 1 and 2 sucked so much ass, I don't get how anyone expected 3 to be any good with no budget and no charm of its time.

>>718461290
Nah, this thing was bad, plank crossing isn't something special

>>718461840
The plank crossing is bad because you do it so many damn times. That fight was dumb as hell too.

>>718460723
It's like saying "dude it's a genering action movie with Jackie Chan" when nobody shot such movies for decades.

All I needed to do to figure out Shenmue 3 was a cheap imitation imposter was saving and loading into an area with key NPCs in it as they walk around the wordl/map and the game engine forgetting all of their positions in the world and spawning them in random locations. I don't know if it's Unreal Engine that can't do anything that complex, but when I saw that then I knew immediately I wasn't playing the same games. And they weren't life sims like the originals did it. If you don't know how much effort went into the originals I'd suggest you view Digital Foundry's video on it. It doesn't even cover everything. I think a better video needs to be made on everything Shenmue did that was impressive and all that details that went into it.

>>718461840
Plank crossing shit was awful if you had no way to save like on the HD collection, today it's not so much of an issue. If you played it on dreamcast and emulated dreamcast, then the section is rather frustrating even if you take the shortcuts. But yes putting the QTE at the end of the Don Niu fight was a real kick in the balls if you screwed it up. Because something about Shenmues QTEs meant you basically have to be incredibly precise on the timing, the most unforgiving windows ever. They just shouldn't be on the end of fights, I would agree with that.

>>718462449
Fuck off poser. Shenmue always had key NPCs that had a schedule and non-key NPCs that would spawn and despawn at a whim of the engine.
Same shit with S3, you have key NPCs that always roam around according to schedule, and generic NPCs in Niawou that are just there for filler.

>>718463730
>you have key NPCs that always roam around according to schedule
Not when I played it didn't. But I did play it on launch, I doubt much changed on the other hand.
>non-key NPCs that would spawn and despawn at a whim of the engine
No even the non key NPCs had time tables in 1. You can literally follow people around on their days in that game and watch them go back home at night. There were no 'random' npc because there was literally a backstory written for every NPC. And particular behaviours for them based on that.

>>718464131
Backstory on Passport disc doesn't equal shit to how they behave in-game. The game was already decompiled and NPC behaviors explained. The game has random NPCs as a filler, those are the ones you cannot talk to and will give generic "I'm busy" type of shit. They will always go from one end of the map to the other and de-load, since they are just there for that one area only. You can't "follow" them, unless you mean go from point A (where they load) to point B (where they deload).
The actual programmed NPCs related to stores or story are different however, and behave just like the store clerk owners in Shenmue 3.
Again, instead of parroting bullshit from Fag Foundry, actually go to sources that read the fucking source code and not made up bullshit.
There are tons of issues with S3, but it's always pathethic when you see fake outrage posers like that try to find some magical way why S3 is worse, for them to end up ridiculed by fans because this is exactly how this shit worked in prior games.

>>718464704
It didn't work that way at all in 3 because when I loaded in KEY characters like Ren it forgot his position. That is not a joke, I saw him spawned on the other side of the map. Opposed to where he was originally. And it's an outright lie to state otherwise that it doesn't happen. Unless it was actually patched since I last played, which I highly doubt.