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I agree. And their biggest obstacle is that the narrative, the general consensus, whether this forum or many hardcore fans agree or not, is that the third game sucked and was a massive flop. No amount of long video essays on Youtube explaining why that opinion is incorrect, or laugh reacts on...

It isn't? Are you sure part of the game isn't at least on there? I bought it and could have sworn it only downloaded part of the game. It's a great game in my opinion, but honestly I think there's a third reason for it's alleged "disappointing" sales, and that's just that there really wasn't...

Yeah, I don't blame you. I ultimately decided the same. They're cheap and common enough, so at least replacing them is easy and doesn't break the bank.

Only issue I ever had is that my 6 button pad once started behaving as if the mode button was held down and had been forced into '3 button mode', so it was no longer being recognised as a 6 button pad. It was really weird. I opened it up and gave it a clean over with contact spray, which then...

Yeah, the Ecco games have fancy soundtracks that utilise the CD tech. I tried Ecco (the first one) earlier this morning and it does sound phenomenal to be fair. It's a really good soundtrack. I believe they rebalanced the difficulty and added 6 new levels as well. Sonic CD is one I want to get...

There are a few I want, but not that many. I picked up Time Gal, which I had wanted ever since I read about it in the official Sega magazine here when I was a kid (even though I am sure it is diabolical lol). Road Avenger is also pretty cool. Then there are some enhanced versions of Mega Drive...

I finally fulfilled my lifelong dream to own a Mega-CD lol.

Hate to be that guy, but.... are we really suggesting that Sega adding a channel for Shenmue in their Discord means anything? They're probably just adding random popular franchises and figured they should add Shenmue since it has been in the news recently.

Thanks. Yeah, I figured it probably was. I wonder if they were thinking of those flashback scenes early on in the game and thought they were playable. Most of the early previews in magazines were still behaving as if the game was set in Hong Kong from the beginning.

Hey, does anyone know if this was actually ever a thing or was it just a mistake on the part of the writer? (The source is issue 118 of Electronic Gaming Monthly from 1998).

That really did surprise me. Like you said, with a smaller scope and a more streamlined plot, it felt like Shenmue 3 had a perfect opportunity to allow some branching in terms of how you get from one point to the next when advancing the story. Hopefully it is something Yu Suzuki will look at if...

Yes, there isn't really any branching. Shenmue 2 also wasn't quite as open as the first game was in terms of how you push the story forward or in terms of providing optional scenes, but it still provided some examples of it (duck racing, Fangmei and the birthday quest, arranging the cups in...

Yeah, it's a cool idea. I always thought it would have been cool if eating more nutritional or better quality food not only filled your stamina but then reduced the rate that it declined until it had gone down to 3. I also would have been cool if you could have eaten meals in restaurants and...

I don't really think the comparison applies. Shenmue 3 also isn't going to sell a boatload either way. I don't think whatever form this re-release takes will do badly though, because I expect the risk and investment to be low.

No, I mean story DLC. But it wouldn't even be DLC, it would be new content embedded within a new release of the game. But as I said, I really wouldn't get your hopes up. A port with a few QoL changes is the most likely scenario.