Shenmue III answered more of the mysteries left by Shenmue I and II than Shenmue II answered of I.Considering how little story S3 covered, i think we may need another 2, 3 or maybe 4 installments.
Shenmue III answered more of the mysteries left by Shenmue I and II than Shenmue II answered of I.Considering how little story S3 covered, i think we may need another 2, 3 or maybe 4 installments.
Shenmue III answered more of the mysteries left by Shenmue I and II than Shenmue II answered of I.
Fair enough. Check out my analysis: https://www.shenmuedojo.com/forum/i...have-we-learned-in-shenmue-i-ii-and-iii.2566/Well I will agree to disagree on that.
Fair enough. Check out my analysis: https://www.shenmuedojo.com/forum/i...have-we-learned-in-shenmue-i-ii-and-iii.2566/
I don't mind if people didn't like how the story progressed, or maybe felt the pace was a little off (I felt that way), but while making some more mysteries, it cleared off more than II did for it's previous installment.
Then maybe reply with something of substance rather than the passive aggressive tone?I have already read your little analysis buddy.
Then maybe reply with something of substance rather than the passive aggressive tone?
No worries, man. We're all here to discuss some Shenmue.I'm sorry. I wasn't trying to come off as passive aggressive, I was just stating that I didn't agree is all. Sorry
Considering how little story S3 covered, i think we may need another 2, 3 or maybe 4 installments.
People really piss me off concerning the endings of this franchise. Let's be frank here.
- Shenmue was relatively successful unit wise and well funded at the peak of its popularity but was a catastrophic loss.
- Shenmue II bombed, was well funded and was a catastrophic loss.
- Shenmue III bombed, wasn't well funded and was incredibly hard to get made and no doubt a loss even with our funding.
A lot of people on the edge who liked the original games have clearly stated they didn't buy III just for the fact that it didn't end the saga. It's not worth it to invest not only time but money into another incomplete uncertainty, especially after 17-18 years. And people here actually want a 5th game and beyond? Really? III is likely it, we're no doubt at the end of the road already, but to be so arrogant and so selfish as to push for anything beyond a 4th game when so much time over decades of peoples lives have been consumed and wasted just waiting for this to end is just nuts.
III felt disrespectful enough that in 18 years this man couldn't find a way to tell his story in one final game, after 18 years this great visionary of storytelling couldn't find a way to bring things to a close... It's not like we know the story, whatever he laid out would have been the canon ending as far as we're concerned, he could have ended it in a thoughtful manner.
This fanbase was already small, all that's happened now is a large section of the sparse remainder is now soured and turned off, not only for the fact that it's not been completed when given the insanely rare opportunity, but also for the fact that III was disappointing all its own, and now we're in the same position we were in for the last 18 years.
So no, the game needs to end in 4 if it somehow miraculously gets a chance to exist. The thought of a 5th game shouldn't be on anyones mind, it should be relentlessly beat into Yu Suzuki's head that 4 is it if he gets the opportunity to create it, it needs to end and he needs to find a competent enough way to make that happen regardless of plans he had 20 years ago when Sega was giving him $50+ million for a game.
People really piss me off concerning the endings of this franchise. Let's be frank here.
If on the insanely off chance this honestly dead franchise gets a fourth wind somehow, it needs to end. The "grand vision" doesn't matter anymore, it can be condensed, other games have told more of a story in a single title than the culmination of all three Shenmue games rolled into one so to say it would somehow be this bastardization and compromise everything is totally ridiculous.
- Shenmue was relatively successful unit wise and well funded at the peak of its popularity but was a catastrophic loss.
- Shenmue II bombed, was well funded and was a catastrophic loss.
- Shenmue III bombed, wasn't well funded and was incredibly hard to get made and no doubt a loss even with our funding.
A lot of people on the edge who liked the original games have clearly stated they didn't buy III just for the fact that it didn't end the saga. It's not worth it to invest not only time but money into another incomplete uncertainty, especially after 17-18 years. And people here actually want a 5th game and beyond? Really? III is likely it, we're no doubt at the end of the road already, but to be so arrogant and so selfish as to push for anything beyond a 4th game when so much time over decades of peoples lives have been consumed and wasted just waiting for this to end is just nuts.
III felt disrespectful enough that in 18 years this man couldn't find a way to tell his story in one final game, after 18 years this great visionary of storytelling couldn't find a way to bring things to a close... It's not like we know the story, whatever he laid out would have been the canon ending as far as we're concerned, he could have ended it in a thoughtful manner.
This fanbase was already small, all that's happened now is a large section of the sparse remainder is now soured and turned off, not only for the fact that it's not been completed when given the insanely rare opportunity, but also for the fact that III was disappointing all its own, and now we're in the same position we were in for the last 18 years.
So no, the game needs to end in 4 if it somehow miraculously gets a chance to exist. The thought of a 5th game shouldn't be on anyones mind, it should be relentlessly beat into Yu Suzuki's head that 4 is it if he gets the opportunity to create it, it needs to end and he needs to find a competent enough way to make that happen regardless of plans he had 20 years ago when Sega was giving him $50+ million for a game.
He's old, we're old or getting there, interest is at an all time low, the circus tent needs to be torn down.
This. There's a fair bit of chat based on how many chapters of the story are in the master plan for Shenmue, but I don't understand why that gets interpreted as needing heaps more games to cover each chapter fully, as if making a large game with more chapters would somehow not give each chapter enough space to be told.What if 5 had the scope of something like The Witcher 3? Then no need for 6 lol - Extremely doubtful but you get the idea.