Somebody needs to knock out a Shenmue II remaster lickety split to ride this wave of optimism. I've never played any so I need some shiny update to give a shit. Canny move by Sony though, keep stretching those goals and they won't need to put in a pound.

bogard wrote:

Ooops, I never bothered to finish Shenmue 2 despite buying it twice. How did it end again?

Spoiler responses, must finish it.

Loved Shenmue 1, but didn't have the time to devote to II at the time.

Open world Shenmue!

The project costs would probably spiral out of control in the billions....
Not to mention the development time.

The japanese voiceovers were also waaaay better than the english ones.

Interesting FAQ on the Kickstarter for this (which is at almost 3m, BTW), versions for other formats have 'not been decided yet'. Not ruled out, then.

b0r1s wrote:

The japanese voiceovers were also waaaay better than the english ones.

That's because you're not Japanese (you aren't are you?)

Irrelevant as the engrish voice over was easily on par or worse than the original Resident Evil.
And there's a lot more dialogue in Shenmue than in RE.

Altho' Ryo's classic line: "I'm looking for Sailors" did spawn this.

WorKid wrote:

Also, I do think there's something pretty distasteful about Sony begging for $5 contributions and devs whoring themselves out for $10k dinners.

Exactly.

Cause' like, Yu Suzuki really needs the facking money.

Money well spent. You're effectively just paying to board the Shenmue hype train.
It can't be overstated that the Shenmue reveal at the Sony conference was the single greatest gaming reveal of all fucking time. It's gamings first "where were you when the bomb dropped?" moment, and there won't be another like it for decades now.
While it's all great lols for people with little interest in the series, it's worth remembering that all over the world, grown men wept when that cherry blossom appeared on the giant screen. You can't put a price on that. It was a real thing.
Sony has been incredibly clever with the whole Kickstarter Hype Generator. It's really quite unprecedented.
Five years ago, I remember joking that all Sony had to do to win E3 was to run a video of the feather falling from The Last Guardian, play the music from Miller's Crossing, then stick a release date on the screen. This week they basically did exactly that with Shenmue III, and no-one will ever top that for a reveal.

Shenmue isn't for everyone, but for those whose hearts it touched all those years ago, this is literally the stuff that dreams are made of.

I'll always remember where I was that day

g.man

g.man wrote:

Money well spent. You're effectively just paying to board the Shenmue hype train.
It can't be overstated that the Shenmue reveal at the Sony conference was the single greatest gaming reveal of all fucking time. It's gamings first "where were you when the bomb dropped?" moment, and there won't be another like it for decades now.
While it's all great lols for people with little interest in the series, it's worth remembering that all over the world, grown men wept when that cherry blossom appeared on the giant screen. You can't put a price on that. It was a real thing.
Sony has been incredibly clever with the whole Kickstarter Hype Generator. It's really quite unprecedented.
Five years ago, I remember joking that all Sony had to do to win E3 was to run a video of the feather falling from The Last Guardian, play the music from Miller's Crossing, then stick a release date on the screen. This week they basically did exactly that with Shenmue III, and no-one will ever top that for a reveal.

Shenmue isn't for everyone, but for those whose hearts it touched all those years ago, this is literally the stuff that dreams are made of.

I'll always remember where I was that day

g.man

Sorry pal
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=VE2Dc1sx71U

Is G still jet lagged? I can't tell.

I'm enjoying G's enjoyment and passion, but I don't share it. Good stuff sir, great post.

Quite an obvious thing to say though is why did people (ie Sega) get this soooooo wrong? If there's this much demand, that what 100,000 people (?) are so desperate to play Shenmue 3 that they'll pay in advance with no guarantee of quality or release date, then why on earth has nobody done something about it before?

And the obvious follow-up - where else is there huge pent-up demand that's not getting served? On a lesser scale there's the Banjo homage/sequel thingy.

Yeah, for all my LOL that's ridiculous comments about the reactions, it's good to see people so excited about their hobby.

Ya mentals.

WorKid wrote:

I'm enjoying G's enjoyment and passion, but I don't share it. Good stuff sir, great post. Quite an obvious thing to say though is why did people (ie Sega) get this soooooo wrong? If there's this much demand, that what 100,000 people (?) are so desperate to play Shenmue 3 that they'll pay in advance with no guarantee of quality or release date, then why on earth has nobody done something about it before? And the obvious follow-up - where else is there huge pent-up demand that's not getting served? On a lesser scale there's the Banjo homage/sequel thingy.

Sega can't afford it, and lets be honest, outside of their PC offerings have veered from blunder to blunder in recent years. I'm pretty sure they greenlit, and cancelled the game at least twice over the years.

No one has done anything over the years because of the fears about the cost. Plus, without something like Kickstarter, you don't actually have a decent way of knowing what the actual interest is. Shenmue fans are very vocal, but how many of them actually are there? Shenmue sold 1.2 million on the DC, which for the install base is astonishing, but it's not a number that will get most publishers pulses racing. Everything has to be a blockbuster, no one seems content with making some money, it has to be all of the money. Look at Square and their ludicrous statements on Hitman and Tomb Raider.

As for other stuff that has demand not being served, horror games. Someone should snap up Silent Hills.

There are more horror games than ever, Dante. Fucking all over the shop, aren't they?