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Shenmue 3 delayed to 2nd half of 2018.
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KuwabaraTheMan
Banned
Expected. I think a late 2018 release is doable, although it's always possible that it does slip into early 2019.
Megatron
Member
I would be surprised if it doesn't.
Son Of Sparda
Member
Uh, that's a bummer. I'll still be up for a HD remaster tho.
HomerSimpson-Man
Member
I didn't realize it was supposed to come out in 2017. 2 years flew by quick and seems really short for a proposed Shenmue 3 project.
It's not on the back burner, it's YSnet's sole project.
SEGA would be handling any prospective remasters, irrespective of any schedule Shenmue III is on.
As for the size of the environments, ¯\_(ツ
_/¯. Shenmue isn't that kind of open world game, but some of the proposed locations do lend themselves to bigger playing areas all the same.Doctrine Dark
Member
I was already expecting a 2018 release, anyway. I'm good with this.
AcademicSaucer
Member
No way, I don't expect this game to release before 2020, maybe cross-gen
The comparison is hard to make. If we keep seeing Shenmue 3 getting delayed every year in the next 3 years I doubt everyone will stay calm about it.
PdotMichael
Banned
No one cares, buy more ships.
Same here. I'm surprised we haven't seen anything new yet.
I mean, I don't want them to grossly curtail their vision, but it would be ideal if they could have finished it off with 3 and we didn't have to worry about whether or not 4 would ever exist.
I thought the original plan was to get to a conclusive ending with 3 but there'd be content left out in doing so and there could be a 4. I liked that plan.
mortal
Gold Member
I doubt it will. Folks are just trying to stay positive.
Well prepare to be disappointed.
I don't know how they can pretend it's coming out end of 2018.
No basic gameplay has been revealed yet. Once they have a bit of gameplay to show (Like E3 2018 at the earliest given what's been shown so far), they will still have one year of polish to do, that's just how it goes. Except if the scope of the game is dramatically reduced compared to Shenmue 2. 2018 is impossible if they aim for an ambitious Shenmue game.
No basic gameplay has been revealed yet. Once they have a bit of gameplay to show (Like E3 2018 at the earliest given what's been shown so far), they will still have one year of polish to do, that's just how it goes. Except if the scope of the game is dramatically reduced compared to Shenmue 2. 2018 is impossible if they aim for an ambitious Shenmue game.
Dash Kappei
Not actually that important
These jokers should've announced the game after running the Kickstarter but Sony wanted to scam its E3 audience with vaporware like usual
It's not on the back burner, it's YSnet's sole project.
SEGA would be handling any prospective remasters, irrespective of any schedule Shenmue III is on.
As for the size of the environments, ¯\_(ツ
As someone else who has been following the development closely, do you think we'll see a game closer to Yu's vision with this delay? I would hope that they would develop the game to the scope they had originally hoped if they have the funds and time to do so.
Friend of Sonic
Member
My usage of the quote was facetious as was the attribution to Yu Suzuki. Personally, I don't mind the delay. This is a passion project done on a Kickstarter budget. I want to be as great as it can be.
Soapbox Killer
Grand Nagus
I have waited near 20 years for vengeance, I shall wait...
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LAN DI MUST DIE
No, that was never the plan.
But - without going into spoiler material, some plot threads going back as far as the original game will be resolved, but as II showed us... there's a bigger story going on. Maybe that's what you're thinking about?
This is a totally backwards way to judge progress, and frankly pretty inaccurate too.
Why it's backwards - if heavily stage managed press cycles, E3 trailers, and vertical slices were any indication of how far a game was developed, it wouldn't have taken three and a half years for FF15 to go from reveal to release (and they're STILL bolting bits on to that game via patches).
Look at something like Shadow of War, ARMS, Fallout 4, etc instead. Short, tight, press cycles. That seems to be the direction YSnet want to go in for when they finally pop the lid off the work they've been doing since late 2015.
Why it's inaccurate - although fleeting, we've seen snips of gameplay already in footage from this February. We saw it first in a development environment with a game designer working on a "quest", and then during a playcheck/review with Yu Suzuki. Big, flashy reveal it aint', but it's there.
At the end of the day, it's Yu's vision regardless. There's no funding level that is the "true" vision, which is why Yu made several plans for Shenmue III at multiple funding levels; instead of just a single plan they'd take bits away from if they fell short.
But I do think they'll be able to take the money further than they originally intended, or certain stretch goals not already hit might align with overall design ambitions and get thrown in anyway. We know they've already done this with combat stuff like the Higher Ground Battle System.
Screamapillar
Member
Well in all fairness to most other kickstarters, games like Shenmue 3 will actually come out some day.
Yeah, I think we are running into the fact that I looked at the announcement, read the initial news blurbs and something in there spoke to the impression I got, and then I looked hard away because I wanted to just look at it when it was good and ready and near release, believing that would be a while.
So basically I am not informed at all and am being awoken to that fact (to my mild consternation, as this makes it come across as Shenmue is probably in jeopardy of never being finished)
.almostjuliuscaesar
Member
didn't even know it had a release window. So i guess this is good news?
darkinstinct
...lacks reading comprehension.
LOL what? It's original release was supposed to be this holiday season, how is it good news that it is coming later?
almostjuliuscaesar
Member
I, me, this guy; did not know it had a release window so it getting delayed to one was good-isa news b/c it means it has a target.
Elfforkusu
Member
Expected.
Hopefully it doesn't slip again, that'll be the danger zone.
Hopefully it doesn't slip again, that'll be the danger zone.
Being a Kickstarter with limited funds, I think the delay is good news. It means they have the budget to pay the team another full year, and that will mean a better game.
One of the fears I had with this project is the game not being up to the quality of its predecessors because of a rushed release forced by running out of money.
I mean, I don't disagree that there's the threat of the series not being concluded (as a game) still hanging over Shenmue, but there's two reasons why I'm not immediately concerned about it:Yeah, I think we are running into the fact that I looked at the announcement, read the initial news blurbs and something in there spoke to the impression I got, and then I looked hard away because I wanted to just look at it when it was good and ready and near release, believing that would be a while.
So basically I am not informed at all and am being awoken to that fact (to my mild consternation, as this makes it come across as Shenmue is probably in jeopardy of never being finished)
1.) Getting to Shenmue III was the hard part. That's done with now, and regardless of whatever happens afterwards it will be easier to continue the series in some form.
2.) After all these years of waiting, rushing to the end would be a disservice to fans and Yu Suzuki's vision. I didn't wait for closure, I waited for continuation, and I expect the same is true for the majority of fans when they really think about it. Shenmue's story is about a grand journey, and ultimately I'd rather it kept this sense of epic scale rather than hacking it down into a forced trilogy.
Gives them more time to work on the game. Simple as that.
Yu Suzuki said they needed more time because the scope of what they could achieve with modern technology had resulted in a bigger and better Shenmue. That's the important thing people should be taking from the delay announcement.