Shenmue III - For Real This Time (Was "Yu Suzuki, a Forklift, & E3 - What Does It Mean?")

[megasdkirby]

I will soon pledge. I will just wait a bit to see if a better edition on PS4 becomes available. If not, then physical PS4 version it is.

I still believe he should use the extra money to finish the game instead of expanding areas. I dont want to wait another 14 years to see how it ends, of ever.

[Nz17]

"About that day..."

"You mean the day Shenmue III was funded?"

"Yeah..."

Well, here's the final tally: 69,320 backers pledged $6,333,295.

With that much money and all of the stretch goals which it unlocked, the final game should include:

• the cinemas from Shenmue I & Shenmue II (They'll be like the recap included with Shenmue II.)
• Japanese dubbing
• English dubbing
• Japanese, English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese subtitles
• a rapport system (i.e. Some characters will remember what you say and how you act and will react to you differently in the future based upon this.)
• skill tree system (basically like skill trees in other modern games)
• Baisha village super-expanded with much more content and many more buildings
• 5 mini-games
• an infiltration mission
• an additional quest
• a battle event
• the character perspective system (???)
• the battle system expanded
• advanced free battle added

Oh, and Shenmue III set an all-time Kickstarter record for the most money raised in the video games category for a single project. Go world record!

[megasdkirby]

It better end the series. I dont want to wait another 14 years for the conclusion.

[Nz17]

Um, it's been confirmed Shenmue III won't end the series. Yu Suzuki has been talking about how if S3 is a success, then there will be a Shenmue IV and Shenmue V.

[Leo_A]

That doesn't mean that this can't conclude their story-line, does it?

If there's another Shenmue release, it could be set between previous games, perhaps be a prequel, or not even feature Ryo.

Not saying that this would be the case since I simply have no way to know. But this series could certainly continue while this existing story-line is brought to a conclusion in Shenmue 3.

[sfchakan]

He's said previously that he hoped there would be Shenmue III and at least IV in order to complete the storyline properly.

As someone who's completed the first two, I really wonder what he has in store. I thought the pacing in the second game was far better and made for a higher quality playing experience. Pushing it out to 5 total games is a recipe that could easily lead to disappointment if it doesn't deliver.

I guess we'll see!

[otaku]

He's said previously that he hoped there would be Shenmue III and at least IV in order to complete the storyline properly.

As someone who's completed the first two, I really wonder what he has in store. I thought the pacing in the second game was far better and made for a higher quality playing experience. Pushing it out to 5 total games is a recipe that could easily lead to disappointment if it doesn't deliver.

I guess we'll see!

I agree pacing in 2 was far better. I hope he manages to do these games as well as 2 and gets it all wrapped up in a couple games we can all afford to support cause the support is needed (and to some extent there of course)