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[Loudninja]

Found some hi-res on the official site

Greetings Everyone!

Yes, we are in the third month of development of Shenmue 3. The story and scenarios are now out of the planning stage and it is time to get the people, places and things to start fitting together into a world with proper dimension, adequate space, and appropriate scale to keep the feel and essence of all that is a Shenmue game.

Map Testing

In this phase of the development, the major work being done is the map testing. Map testing will define the different areas to make sure they are neither too big, nor too small to get to that Goldilocks zone. This consists of looking at the layout of a certain space, and experimenting to make necessary alterations. For example, an outside area may feel too open. That space may be reduced by 20%, and the number of people there increased from 10 to 16, to affect the proper consistency and density of the area.

All elements in the following screen shots are still in testing. Objects are being used as place holders, like the men in black suits, and Ryo is also an older model. Backgrounds and buildings are also still in the development stage and will see reworking. Shots for the two battle scenes were taken at angle to avoid spoilers as much as possible.

The development team is in high spirits now that we have reached this stage where we are finally able to start testing. The studio has become quite the lively place as of late, even on Saturdays for some of us! We look forward to your continued support!

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ysnet/shenmue-3/posts/1398446

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http://shenmue.link/order/

 

[vocab]

Well, it has a good shot at coming out before FF15 at this rate. Looking good though. Hopefully the HD ports come out before this so I can check it out.

 

[Ape]

Really disappointed that this isn't getting a full AAA budget. This is almost surely not to meet my expectations.

 

[TakumiTrueno]

I just got the email update. I knew Gaf would already be on this. Also the model of Ryu is much better than what was originally shown.

 

[GhostWriter24]

Looks great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Really disappointed that this isn't getting a full AAA budget. This is almost surely not to meet my expectations.

Fuck your AAA budget, Yu's passion is all this thing needs.

 

[Soriku]

Really disappointed that this isn't getting a full AAA budget. This is almost surely not to meet my expectations.

Why would this get an AAA budget lmao

 

[N.A]

Ryo looking much better and this is an older model.

So excited

 

[Get_craycray]

Welp, I posted it in another thread (as I can't make a new thread)

 

[UrbanRats]

I just got the email update. I knew Gaf would already be on this. Also the model of Ryu is much better than what was originally shown.

This is still an older model.

Anyway, god bless the UE4.

 

[Inuhanyou]

The graphics actually look really good.

 

[Ape]

Why would this get an AAA budget lmao

I'm struggling to understand how an open world game can be great without a large budget. Is there a precedence for this? If they have to cut too many corners then I'll be extremely upset.

 

[SolidSnakex]

I'm struggling to understand how an open world game can be great without a large budget. Is there a precedence for this? If they have to cut too many corners then I'll be extremely upset.

Shenmue has never been open-world in the same sense as Skyrim or a GTA.

 

[guybrushfreeman]

Screenshots look really nice. Any reason not to link them here directly?
Edit: beaten as always

 

[Hopeford]

Two of those shots seem to be using the default UE4 environment used in the matinee fight scene demo, so they must not be far enough into designing their environments to feel comfortable showing those off...which is more than understandable give it's only been in development for 3 months, but goddamn it I wanted to see how their environments were coming along haha.

Still, loving how those screenshots are coming along. Seeing Ryo in anything but strangely specific Dreamcast-era quality graphics is so surreal to me, I'm super in love with those screenshots.

 

[Loudninja]

Screenshots look really nice. Any reason not to link them here directly?

Nope just uploading them

 

[Kwansu Dudes]

The graphics actually look really good.

Yeah, I was legitimately surprised after being used to the reveal graphics. Looking good so far.

Edit:

Indeed! Very pretty. I can't wait to see more. And I still can't believe Shenmue 3 is really happening.

Well, you better believe it! Also, thanks for uploading to imgur (that's where I looked at them, heh).

 

[Curler]

Backerkit soooooon!

 

[bobbytkc]

Really disappointed that this isn't getting a full AAA budget. This is almost surely not to meet my expectations.

Shenmue's complexity is more like Yakuza than GTA.

 

[KCroxtonJr]

Ryo looks much better, I think his eyes are still too light though. Glad to see progress!

 

[Chobel]

It looks very good, just lose the CA.

 

[Dreamgazer]

I'm struggling to understand how an open world game can be great without a large budget. Is there a precedence for this? If they have to cut too many corners then I'll be extremely upset.

Yakuza 0.

Keep the open world small but fill it with tons of stuff you can do.

 

[Get_craycray]

Yeah, I was legitimately surprised after being used to the reveal graphics. Looking good so far.

Indeed! Very pretty. I can't wait to see more. And I still can't believe Shenmue 3 is really happening.

 

[NekoFever]

I'm struggling to understand how an open world game can be great without a large budget. Is there a precedence for this? If they have to cut too many corners then I'll be extremely upset.

Have you played Shenmue recently? It's not nearly as big or open as a modern open-world game. It's a relatively small but dense town.

 

[alexandros]

That looks great!

 

[ant1532]

Really disappointed that this isn't getting a full AAA budget. This is almost surely not to meet my expectations.

I'm struggling to understand how an open world game can be great without a large budget. Is there a precedence for this? If they have to cut too many corners then I'll be extremely upset.

Shenmue is not trying to be todays modern AAA open world game. its a very different kind of game...


that said, dude needs new clothes tho

 

[krimsoncharge]

ryo looks better now. they can still improve his model though. visuals looks good otherwise.

 

[Subhuman Filth]

Shenmue's complexity is more like Yakuza than GTA.

Which is ironic really, considering the latter emerged from the ashes of the former.

 

[raven777]

Looks a lot better than the E3 reveal graphics...

But Ryo's face still feels really off.

 

[A-V-B]

Shenmue is not trying to be todays modern AAA open world game. its a very different kind of game...

Yeah, it's actually hub-based, which is what open world was before GTA3 came along.

 

[Lernaean]

Looks great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Fuck your AAA budget, Yu's passion is all this thing needs.

Passion doesn't feed developers.

 

[GhaleonEB]

Looking quite good, especially given how early things are.

 

[Elfforkusu]

Nice.

 

[Dremark]

Well, it has a good shot at coming out before FF15 at this rate.

Is there a game in development this doesn't apply to?

 

[protonion]

I hope they have plans for us that have not played the previous games.

A japanese guy was streaming Shenmue on PS4 just yesterday. He was at the part where an old man taught him a move at a park. It looked good and I'd like to experience it.

 

[Augemitbutter]

good shots there. keep it up.

 

[UrbanRats]

The graphics actually look really good.

UE4 looks pretty great, out of the box.

 

[DAREALGUMMY]

Can't wait to see the updated Ryo model.


Also, the comment section on the KS is god awful. Does it get that bad for most games?

 

[KainXVIII]

Why would this get an AAA budget lmao

Because, you know, previous Shenmue had one.

 

[SolidSnakex]

Can't wait to see the updated Ryo model.


Also, the comment section on the KS is god awful. Does it get that bad for most games?

Maybe i'm missing something, but what's so bad about it? People are just saying that it looks great.

 

[Panajev2001a]

Passion doesn't feed developers.

With this attitude you will never make it into a game publisher HR department... .

 

[Blues1990]

Like with past entries of the series, Shenmue 3 will take place in the 1980's, right?

 

[The Spoony Hou]

Am I the only one who prefers the original DC graphics?

 

[guybrushfreeman]

Nope just uploading them

Good job. Thanks,

 

[zoukka]

Looks a bit like "a fan created Shenmue in UE4" kind of a project.

 

[DAREALGUMMY]

Maybe i'm missing something, but what's so bad about it? People are just saying that it looks great.

All I see is people treating it like they're group texting.

Ryo still doesn't look like Ryo.

All elements in the following screen shots are still in testing. Objects are being used as place holders, like the men in black suits, and Ryo is also an older model.

 

[dhonk]

Wait, are screenshot 2 and 3 in the UE4 "reflections" demo?

 

[JohnSpartanLee]

Ryo still doesn't look like Ryo.

 

[SolidSnakex]

Ryo still doesn't look like Ryo.

That's still an older model. But it's much closer to what Ryo's supposed to look like than the E3 model. So they're on the right track.

 

[Soriku]

I'm struggling to understand how an open world game can be great without a large budget. Is there a precedence for this? If they have to cut too many corners then I'll be extremely upset.

From the article.

Map testing will define the different areas to make sure they are neither too big, nor too small to get to that Goldilocks zone. This consists of looking at the layout of a certain space, and experimenting to make necessary alterations. For example, an outside area may feel too open. That space may be reduced by 20%, and the number of people there increased from 10 to 16, to affect the proper consistency and density of the area.

It's not going to be a sprawling open world game. Which sounds like a good thing to me.

Because, you know, previous Shenmue had one.

Yeah except it's almost 2016, the market has changed, and anyway the overbloated budgets of the other games is why there hasn't been a Shenmue 3 till now. With help from crowdfunding.

 

[Neff]

Am I the only one who prefers the original DC graphics?

The originals had a very authentic arcade-y AM2 look, which this third chapter totally lacks, sadly. I can't think how such an approach would work in 2015, but hopefully we'll get to see one day if VF6 ever turns up.

Why would this get an AAA budget lmao

Because the first games had AAA budgets.

Yeah except it's almost 2016, the market has changed

Yeah. Games development has gotten more expensive, and inflation means you get far less bang for your buck than you did in the late '90s. Expect this game to be a teeny tiny fraction of the Shenmue experience we're used to.