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[Caj814]

and this is why you don't show incomplete character models. . .

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SOMEBODY PLEASE CONFIRM that they're incomplete o_o

 

[KainXVIII]

Comparing to Hellblade this game looks very bad =(

 

[Trago]

Oh come on now haha.

The Shenmue games are home to a lot of goofy shit. And as a fan, some of the jankyness is part of why I love it! That being said, this is still early footage, the game ain't out for a while.

 

[Gamezone]

But come on. It didn't look good, but we all pulled trough the zombie apocalypse called Shenmue 1 and Shenmue 2. I know these games are much older, but we didn't care.

 

[ASilentProtagonist]

Jarring.

At least the music's nice!

 

[Gestault]

These look highly improved from the earliest prototype materials. I think the art is moving in the right direction, even if those faces are...not the most developed aspect.

 

[Icelandic_Jazz]

Don't know why they would want to release this teaser without any facial animation
Putting lifeless characters in the spotlight isn't going to show well.

 

[Unaha-Closp]

too much emotion in the faces for me

 

[Fantastapotamus]

I mean it's a high indie budget but yeah I think people had their expectations for this game way too high. I don't know what the staff count is but it's super tiny

Indie games can be great looking but usually when stylized.

That's not entirely true.
Look at another similar KS game, Dreamfall.
Much smaller budget, not backed by Sony, first Episode came out after a year and the game looked fine without being stylized.
Obviously it doesn't look like Horizon but for a game with a much smaller budget and a shorter development time it looks pretty good.

I hope Shenmue 3 won't be a new MN9. Don't care for it personally but it's fans deserve something great.

 

[Panajev2001a]

I didn't expect much but graphically yakuza remaster looks better. Dang

Call me when original + remaster had a less than $7 Million budget . People want more? They can still donate .

 

[Sun Bather]

Lmao maybe we should donate some more money to them.

 

[Alchemy]

Those animations are super suspect

 

[Jcgamer60]

Why in the world would they release a video clip in such a petty state is beyond me. Music and gorgeous environmental details aside those character models just scream uncanny valley.

They could have used better placeholder models than this? Surely they know the internet would be having a field day with something like this.

Yu Suzuki interview is a must - I am baffled.

 

[Heroman]

This looks terrible.

 

[Sectorseven]

I'm kind of surprised Sony approved that trailer for release. Not to say it's inherently bad, but there's certain things you don't show the public. That being said, I'm sure most of the backers are open minded enough to know this is a work in progress.

 

[BigEmil]

I like the character models digging the art direction

 

[David Ricardo]

I dont want to be that guy

but those faces dont look good...

Agree.

 

[CambriaRising]

This looks horrible.

 

[gossi]

The main character looks like he's supressing a shit.

 

[ElectricBlanketFire]

That looks really bad.

 

[Kwansu Dudes]

Liked what I saw but the faces aren't good at all lol

Please fix Ryo and Shenhua's face YsNet

 

[border]

It was just entering full production in December of last year. It's nowhere close to finished, at least.

They were in pre-production for 18 months? And these are the character models they ended up with?

 

[Toki767]

Ryo has like...one facial expression in every scene huh lol

I guess they still have plenty of time to fix things.

If Capcom could do it with Chun-Li's face...

 

[Panajev2001a]

That's not entirely true.
Look at another similar KS game, Dreamfall.
Much smaller budget, not backed by Sony, first Episode came out after a year and the game looked fine without being stylized.

Backed by Sony? They provided some marketing support and an E3 spotlight and little else (maybe free dev kits... who knows...) and people still think Sony donated God knows how much money (which majorly hurt the Kickstarter... I guess people are happy now...).

Sorry, did not mean to offend... just that the whole situation makes me a bit sad :/.

 

[Rellik]

Lmao maybe we should donate some more money to them.

Lol after that I want my money back. Not to burn more money on a doll simulator.

 

[funkystudent]

It kinda has that fan project look about it

Way to many shaders and effects and not so great animations.

 

[manfestival]

Shenmue 3: Mass Effect Andromeda Edition

 

[Darknight]

Its... weird.

Something's off

The faces.

Looks like a kid's face on an adults body. Very anime like.

Honestly not looking good on the MC model.

 

[gogogow]

I mean it's a high indie budget but yeah I think people had their expectations for this game way too high. I don't know what the staff count is but it's super tiny

Indie games can be great looking but usually when stylized.

Hellblade costs way under $10 million. They are calling it an AAA game with an indie budget. But NT are an active software house. I've supported Shenmue III's kickstarter, but I don't how much experience the team has with modern games development.

 

[slightconfuse]

Nice PS3 game

 

[Soar]

All the characters look like marionettes, but hopefully they'll be worked on soon.

 

[somecrazymember]

I kinda cringed.. lol

 

[MontyBrown]

Don't give a shit how it looks as long as it nails the atmosphere and story.

 

[Kuroknight27]

Those eyes are so lifeless, hopefully it's just because it's an early build.

 

[facetheslayer92]

Rofl, those assets.

 

[Megawarrior]

Gorgeous atmosphere. I love it. Not too stuck on the faces at the moment since this prob won't be out till late 2018.

 

[Uhyve]

I honestly don't understand how these models got made. Are they using interns for lead characters or something? Maybe outsourcing to dodgy companies?

No professional modeller would make these models.

 

[Heartfyre]

I think the environments look great...but the uncanny valley on those faces is truly a deep crevasse. The impact of those fish eyes gets me more than the animations.

 

[Guymelef]

Burn the faces.
The rest is beautiful.

 

[bluexy]

I don't even want them to change it. This trailer is giving me flashbacks to classic Shenmue in all the right/wrong ways. Uncanny how they've recaptured that "everything is wrong with this" feeling in just a short trailer.

 

[breakYODAy]

It seems clear to me that they just started working on facial animations. Ryo's face didn't move at all, so they haven't even started on his yet. I really liked the environments, so they look like they're on the right track.

Give it time guys. Most games don't look good until the end of development, and small budget titles don't have time or resources to make vertical slices.

 

[Jumeira]

The Shenmue games are home to a lot of goofy shit. And as a fan, some of the jankyness is part of why I love it! That being said, this is still early footage, the game ain't out for a while.

None of the Shenmue games looked awful, they were breathtaking. And the jank was forgivable due to quality of everything else. This is pretty disgraceful to attach the Shenmue legacy towards, it deserves so much better

Hoping for better, but they've been developing for 2 years now i guess, its barely a prototype, just looks like panning shots spliced together, not examples of gameplay.

 

[Peltz]

Animation and lightning are pretty rough at this stage and well Ryo and Shenhua have certainly seen better days. Still excited despite the jank.

I don't mind the lighting. The faces are pretty wooden though.

 

[Trago]

Shenhua's face from the reveal looked way better though.

 

[vern]

It looks better than Shenmue 1 and 2 and those are already more than good enough. I've never really been a graphics whore though... I know times have changed and games are more advanced, but it's motherfucking shenmue! I don't give a shit how it looks as long as it plays well and we finally finish the story. I just wanna smack Lan Di around.

 

[Nibel]

This is 👌

 

[ianpm31]

It's just an early look. Do people really think these things won't be improved upon?

 

[PantsuJo]

Everything about that trailer screams 90's.

And this is a good thing.

The best thing.

 

[Pinko Marx]

Sony has nothing to do with the development of this game. All they did was reveal it on their stage.

 

[Y2Kev]

I was impressed. The environments look lovely. Yes the faces need a little work. Or a lot of work. But I think this has the elements of a shenmue I want.