Did someone say Lionel Richie is funding Shenmue IV?Yeah. It’s going to take more than a line from a Lionel Ritchie song to get me hyped. Hopefully we’ll get it in the coming months though.
how's unreal going spags?I don't think the teases mean anything specifically, but it's always nice to get a reminder as a community that Shenmue hasn't actually been forgotten at all.
Ziming could be a very useful character for Yu Suzuki because he's an unknown, and he could be used as a triple agent to guide Ryo to where he needs to be in the story, (similiar to Ren's role in Kowloon as a guide) Tentei I imagine could be combined with Yuanda Zhu, as a Palpatine type, Zhu is his mask in public, and there's something really chilling that the CYM leader sent the letter late on purpose to draw Ryo out, right from the beginning.There would be a lot to cover if Shenmue 4 ended the story.
-The cliff temple/the mountains where people disappear
-Meng Cun
-Luoyang
-Shenhua's 'powers'
-Xiuying's brother
-The power struggle between Niao Sun and Lan Di
-Ryo and Lan Di's feud
-Ryo's bigger goal after defeating Lan Di (stopping Tentei/the Resurrection of the chiyou?)
I think all of this would take at least another 2 games to get through.
It is definitely almost certain that Ziming will appear in Shenmue 4.In my opinion Ziming will be really important in Shenmue IV, i think we will see a lot of scenes with him. We saw him in Shenmue II and in the manga Side Stories, the side stories was really short but interesting.
For me Ziming is a interesting character and we can relate him with Ryo, Ziming wanted revenge just like Ryo wants, maybe one of the reasons Ziming is in the story is for Ryo to see what can happen to him if he continue in the revenge path.
"I will not forgive them! I'm going to find those who killed Dad and Mom! The Chiyoumen know. I'll take my revenge even if I have to sell my soul."―Ziming
Probably he is in the dark side now, and the character that will defeat him will probably be Xiuying, why i say that? because in the side story Ziming said... "Make yourself strong, Xiuying! stronger than me."
I really have a feeling that Xiuying will return in the story and that this part will be one of the most emotional and good parts of the Shenmue Story
I know is not VFRPG anymore, i know some things changed but i really think Xiuying will return like we can see in this chapter card, in this card we can clearly see Xiuying near Shenhua. if Xiuying return it will be epic and beautiful, like i said before Shenmue IV have the potential to be a intense game, The Chi You Men Arc
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It is definitely almost certain that Ziming will appear in Shenmue 4.
Shenmue Dojo member CrazyBob589 found him in a close up of Concept Art Chapter of the Cliff Temple.
Ziming in Shenmue IV? Almost the same hairstyle and scar on the face.
I would definitely love to see Xiuying return to the series; I can imagine a fight between Ryo and Ziming with Ryo losing that fight and him realizing that his Adversary is Xiuying's lost brother Ziming because he sees the Yin or Yang stone in his necklace and while lying on the floor all beaten up Ryo shows him the small stone with the Yin or Yang symbol that Xiuying gave him.
Realizing this Ziming spares Ryo's life and then later on he reencounters with his sister Xiuying; realizing the grand scheme of things Ziming decides to help Ryo; providing him with useful information about the Chiyoumen.
In secret both Xiuying and Ziming train Ryo; taking is martial arts skills to a whole new level; but will it be enough to finally defeat Lan Di !?
Don't miss out these amazing events in the upcoming Shenmue 4.
I think Ryo will remember Iwao's words 'center of balance' that referred to the elbow assault, but could have a different meaning. I guess Ryo will beat Lan Di when he no longer cares about revenge and Lan Di loses his cool, in some misguided quest to honour his father.It can go this way aswell. The thing is that Ziming is probably in the dark side now, he will die in the end? it is too late for him and Xiuying will defeat him or he never lost his good heart and will help Ryo?
It will be really interesting to see Ryo losing to Ziming, it can happen in the way you wrote or maybe Ziming can say... "You fool, you really think with this power you can defeat Lan Di? you are weak, come to the dark side, only here you will have true power to achieve your revenge, just like i did."
And maybe with this Ryo will be tempting to do this, i think it will be interesting to see at least once Ryo questioning himself about this and doing something different, and after this Shenhua will help him and remember him that he have a good heart and that this is not the way to do this.
He does not know of the strength hidden within him.
The strength that would destroy him.
The strength that would fulfill his wishes. ―Shenhua
Remember what Xiuying said to Ryo in Shenmue II
"You still don't understand. Martial arts are used to protect people's lives. If you use your fists otherwise, you will walk on the path of evil, too!" I don't know how but probably one day Ryo will understand Xiuying's words and Iwao's last words, i think it will be awesome when this happen, it will be a character development for sure.
But i like the way you wrote aswell, if this happen will be really nice. We don't know much about Ziming so only time will tell the answers to our question, Ziming and Xiuying story need to have closure in my opinion, it is one of the important things in the story, i hope we can see this in Shenmue IV.
I really think that maybe Ryo will win a fight against Lan Di but he will decide not to kill Lan Di, he will forget about revenge and be in peace with this, and like Sergeynest said one day... "Maybe Ryo will take off the Band Aid when his thoughts of revenge towards Lan Di will fade away revealing that his wound is fully healed."
One of the reasons i say this is because Iwao and Sunming Zhao were friends, so i think at some point Ryo and Lan Di will find out the true about what happened and that they will understand each other, it is possible.
Everytime i see the photo of Iwao with Sunming Zhao i think that this will happen. Because to me Shenmue is about friendship, love, Ryo learning and trying to find a path in his life and much more, the main thing will not be Ryo killing Lan Di, the main thing for me will be Ryo destroying the Chi You Men, maybe Lan Di will help or maybe not, it will depend on what will happen in Shenmue IV.
i just feel that this will happen, maybe i'm wrong about this, i don't know, only time will tell.
Bounced off it for the moment unfortunately. I'll get back on the horse at some point in the future when I find the free time to sit through some courses more attentively.how's unreal going spags?
Those attack animations look super smooth. I think they look more fluid than S3. You can feel the force behind them and the slight movements in the leg as its extended. Great work manBounced off it for the moment unfortunately. I'll get back on the horse at some point in the future when I find the free time to sit through some courses more attentively.
Here's some of the stuff I was working on though:
Building hand and finger widgets on the control rig
Basic attempt at an idle animation created inside UE4 using the control rig
Simple locomotion just to get myself familiar with animation blueprints, and a little test environment I planned to use for showing the IK implementation I never did
My botched implementation of an attack combo (not totally clear on the principle of handling animations and smooth transitions, which is why it looks so janky)
Was also testing out the new Full Body IK solver in UE5 with control rig and made this absolute nightmare
Ah - the attack animations aren't mine I should add. They're free ones I got online and did skeleton retargeting to Ryo's model with, haha.Those attack animations look super smooth. I think they look more fluid than S3. You can feel the force behind them and the slight movements in the leg as its extended. Great work man