Whilst that's true, that's all nothing to do with the state of the game. Don't worry about a delay if that's why you are worried.
And that's not also thinking about any minor improvements to come.According to Ersa, Ryo has a newer model in the gameplay he saw. It's very likely that that was not the only upgrade in the preview. We dont know how polished it actually is right now.
Reading the comments lots have said how refreshing it is to have a well written article on IGN.I hope Esra is the guy who gets to write the review for S3. IGN would royally mess this up if they let someone inexperience/bias agianst this unique game rate it and they run with it.
Even if Shenmue gets delayed, it’s not going to be more than a few months. Personally, I think a few extra months could really help to polish the game.
Don't bank on this as an absolute, given Yu said the next few months will be all about tuning, debugging, and upgrading. Same with the MAGIC footage not being final, and still considered WIP.It has been in development for years. It's as polished as it's going to get.
If Yu and his team couldn't implement better animations by this point, it's because they couldn't on the budget and resources they have...
Don't bank on this as an absolute, given Yu said the next few months will be all about tuning, debugging, and upgrading. Same with the MAGIC footage not being final, and still considered WIP.
Will it be radically better? I dunno. Will it be better in general? Sure.