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New Shenmue III Screens plus note from Yu Suzuki - Playstation Blog
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flipswitch
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Samanosuke Akechi
Member
Can't wait!! Even though the characters look like dolls currently.
Donny Hayabusa
Member
Those faces. I can't. 😂 Everything else looks great though.
Acquiescence
Member
Agreed on all counts.
Here's hoping they can significantly improve the models to a degree that's acceptable. I'm not expecting Naughty Dog levels, but what they've shown so far is rough to say the least.
But hey, those environments are strikingly beautiful, so there's that! Can't wait to explore them.
Yeah feels like the same sort of situation Monolithsoft have. Great environments that you just want to explore all day but character models that look like they were done by a 1st year computer arts student.
KCroxtonJr
Member
Two issues I see with the faces:
1) They have the exact same issue with eyes that mass effect andromeda had.
2) There seems to be no texture work at all on the faces, all the detail seems to only be coming from a normal map, which makes the faces look oddly doll-like, especially compared to the texture work of the first two games.
Everything else looks GOOD.
1) They have the exact same issue with eyes that mass effect andromeda had.
2) There seems to be no texture work at all on the faces, all the detail seems to only be coming from a normal map, which makes the faces look oddly doll-like, especially compared to the texture work of the first two games.
Everything else looks GOOD.
Oh man, I know what it is, the eyes, they don't move. At all, they just look so wrong. I know this is early and probably just to show backers progress but it was released near games comm and it's been so long, this show reel IS a big deal. Having static eyes on the models just suck the life from a game that is all about life.
If you can see past that, everything else looks fantastic.
If you can see past that, everything else looks fantastic.
Kenzodielocke
Banned
I can only laugh at this, hopefully the fans will like this.
Liabe Brave
Member
I actually find the character designs pretty pleasing. So much of the medium reaches hard for badass, baroque, and realistic that it can start to feel factory-stamped. These nostalgic designs, with all their cartoon shorthand and limited animation rigging, are shockingly silly in that context. But silly can be good, deflating unquestioned presumptions.
Steve McQueen
Member
The faces make them look as puppets. Everything else looks fine though.
Bam Bam Baklava
Member
Man, this game is looking nice. The faces are true to the original.
RedAssedApe
Banned
this game is years away right? lol
the backgrounds look nice at least...
the backgrounds look nice at least...
RedAssedApe
Banned
i hope we get a chun-li like about face
I know false comparisons are often brought up between the series to the point of becoming a tiresome cliche; but looking at these I can't help but think how great the game would look if it had character models in the style of Yakuza. That kind of stylised realism would seem to be a natural continuation of the cohesive look the original games were going for (especially referencing material such as the Shenmue II render of Shenhua), instead of keeping the artwork's proportions with realistic materials; which creates an uncanny contrast the original games didn't have. I'm sure part of that is just due to the game still being fairly early in development, and the models do look better than what they revealed the game with.
VlaudTheImpaler
tl;dr
These flipping faces are killing meeeeee.
Rellik
Member
😂😂😂😂 I can't cope
I'd like to think that if those were some super early WIP models and faces (dear God, especially the faces) that they wouldn't show them at all in these shots.
Yet here we are.
The environments and lighting look pretty good. Hell, some of it looks downright beautiful. But holy hell, please tell me those are just placeholders on the characters.
Yet here we are.
The environments and lighting look pretty good. Hell, some of it looks downright beautiful. But holy hell, please tell me those are just placeholders on the characters.
abacab driver
Banned
Not like this. 
Mediking
Member
Ninja Scooter
Member
"This is not the real doll I ordered"
Not like this.
Not like what?
Those environments. Sweet merciful Jesus.
I know this is a typo but it's good one.
Stiler
Member
As others said, the environments and things look great, but holy moly those faces.
It's a combination of the weird proportions, the eyes (which look so lifeless) and the animation (or lack thereof).
I really really hope these are placeholders or something, they look out of place in the environment and in a modern game.
Look at Yakuza, those are decent faces for asian characters in todays day and age.
It's a combination of the weird proportions, the eyes (which look so lifeless) and the animation (or lack thereof).
I really really hope these are placeholders or something, they look out of place in the environment and in a modern game.
Look at Yakuza, those are decent faces for asian characters in todays day and age.
SHAFT MASTER
Banned
Holy shit those faces hahaha
Please keep them in the final version as an unlock or something.
Please keep them in the final version as an unlock or something.
Possumowner
Member
There's a vein of manga-styling through the series.
The lead character artist Kenji Miyawaki was literally a manga artist.
Tricky I Shadow
Banned
Looks INCREDIBLE! Dat use of colour! The enviroments! The character models! I NEED THIS GAME RIGHT NOWWWWW!!!
eso76
Member
Like i said in the other thread, i think it looks very good minus the lack of facial animations.
Yeah, and those NPCs are all over the place, different styles, different modeling techniques and all, but eh.
Shenmue went from being the most expensive game ever to the lowest budget major release around.
Still those environments give a lot of bigger budget games a run for their money and retain the unique old Sega style we love.
I honestly didn't expect better. Quite the opposite.
Yeah, and those NPCs are all over the place, different styles, different modeling techniques and all, but eh.
Shenmue went from being the most expensive game ever to the lowest budget major release around.
Still those environments give a lot of bigger budget games a run for their money and retain the unique old Sega style we love.
I honestly didn't expect better. Quite the opposite.
Iacobellis
Junior Member
I hadn't realized this game was coming out so soon. Should we still be expecting a rerelease of the original and II on PS4 and/or PC?