SEGAbits Shenmue III Hype Train! Update: Funded but lets go further!

[Pao]

What Shenmue combat needed is a better camera and some polishing, I hope they don't change it too much.

[MadeManG74]

http://shenmue.link/us-en/topics/#item25

He talks about wanting to scrap the Free battle system used in Shenmue. This worries me.

I imagine they know how important the battle system was to fans, so they won't screw it up too much, but I'm still concerned.

[Aki-at]

http://shenmue.link/us-en/topics/#item25

He talks about wanting to scrap the Free battle system used in Shenmue. This worries me.

I imagine they know how important the battle system was to fans, so they won't screw it up too much, but I'm still concerned.

Now you're just ignoring me :<

[Pao]

Didn't Suzuki say the free-battle will be one of the stretch goals here: http://blog.us.playstation.com/2015/06/15/yu-suzuki-begins-crowdfunding-shenmue-iii-on-ps4/

The more our project can collect for game development during this campaign, the more the game will come alive — with more quests, more story events, more mini-games, the addition of a free-battle system, and more fight options. Stretch goals are part of the project to show supporting fans what they can expect as project funds increase. Like at the 2.5 million dollar stretch goal, Shenmue I & II flashback scenes will be added.

Unless they mean it's technically a free-battle system, but significantly changed? Who knows... Everything is so vague in this Kickstarter.

[Barry the Nomad]

I would have loved to see the Shenmue II digital comics printed in a nice little booklet as a KS goodie.

[MadeManG74]

Now you're just ignoring me :<

I can't help it, this thread moves too fast for me! I can't keep up with all this Shenmue information.

[segaismysavior]

WIN:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DX4_ZUYt8M

[Sharky]

Guys, its probably a good idea to assume the worst for the battle system... without AM2 what hope is there for a battle system as good as Shenmue 2.

[Aki-at]

Guys, its probably a good idea to assume the worst for the battle system... without AM2 what hope is there for a battle system as good as Shenmue 2.

I'd expect the man who made AM2 to at least be able to deliver. Especially since he's grabbing former AM2 members.

I can't help it, this thread moves too fast for me! I can't keep up with all this Shenmue information.

You know the funny thing is we haven't seen Spock or Eraser since the announcement.

[Trippled]

I'd expect the man who made AM2 to at least be able to deliver. Especially since he's grabbing former AM2 members.

Key heads of Virtua Fighter arcade staff and people who made Shenmue are actually pretty seperate - fair to say that he'll be grabbing former members, but none of actual Virtua Fighter.

[crackdude]

Can you imagine an actual Virtua Fighter coding Shenmue III?

[MadeManG74]

You know the funny thing is we haven't seen Spock or Eraser since the announcement.

They are in a catatonic state from the shock.

Guys, its probably a good idea to assume the worst for the battle system... without AM2 what hope is there for a battle system as good as Shenmue 2.

I would hope that the groundwork is there for them to build on. It doesn't need to be as deep as VF, even the old games were like VF-Lite. As long as it's designed aroudn the P,K,Throw, Dodge mechanics like the last game and had the similar inputs it should be okay.

I just don't want them to turn it into Batman. The Batman system is fun for going for high scores and works for those games, but I don't want Shenmue to have it.

[Pao]

Interesting that he says the new system is "Ground-breaking"... At least it's going to be different.

[Aki-at]

Key heads of Virtua Fighter arcade staff and people who made Shenmue are actually pretty seperate - fair to say that he'll be grabbing former members, but none of actual Virtua Fighter.

I know but whatever ex AM2 members he brings on board are going to be top notch developers.

They are in a catatonic state from the shock.

Eraser seems to have erased his membership too

Interesting that he says the new system is "Ground-breaking"... At least it's going to be different.

It's a good thing that this is Yu Suzuki or else whenever a dev says ground breaking I think game breaking.

[Centrale]

Eraser seems to have erased his membership too

Wasn't there something that happened recently where some legit member accounts got erased by an automated spambot eradicator?

Or maybe at the moment of the announcement, he dissolved into stardust... "my work here is done..."

Can you imagine an actual Virtua Fighter coding Shenmue III?

I can imagine Jeffry McWild smashing the keyboard out of frustration.