BruceWayne911
Arm Break Fire (➡️⬅️⬅️ 👐)
- Joined
- Jul 29, 2018
- Location
- Everywhere like bird $hit
- Favourite title
- Shenmue II
- Currently playing
- Yakuza Kiwami 2
Haha you absolute mad man.Shenmue 3 Soundtrack- Digital copy from BraveWave
Shenmue 3 Vinyl Soundtrack- (Signed Edition)
Shenmue 3 Vinyl Soundtrack- (2 LP)
(2) Shenmue 3 Soundtrack- (CD)
Pre-orders don't close till December 20th, I plan on slowing buying the rest of the collection. mmmmmwwwwahahahahahaha
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I have a love for the Chobuchan Fighter themes, Slam Dunk, and Good Golf now that might border on insanity. I knew I liked them in the arcades, but it's something entirely different listening to Chobuchan Fighter 2 on its own.Got the FLAC from Bandcamp, the sound quality is amazing!
Edit - Shenhua's Poem might be the most beautiful piece of music in the series to date.
A useful insight :) and welcome to the forums and hope to see more posts from you going forward.Long time listener (like, 20 years...), first time caller. For some reason, not even the announcement of shenmue 3 compelled me to post, but this latest merch release finally gave me the impetus to create an account.
Honestly, the triple (quadruple? quintuple?) dipping on this game is really lousy. As an absolute Shenmue lover, i still can see the value in all of the extra goodies, so i caved and bought the limited edition complete boxset. Like most of you, i think this is the final time i will be coerced into purchasing the same game again and again - special edition upon special edition, not to mention the crazy amount I contributed to the Kickstarter.
However, most of my thoughts are regarding the 11 disc vinyl set. That $300 price tag is STEEP. It's definitely too much for myself and most people, i am sure. On the positive side, it should be noted that each record comes out to about $27, which is actually a fair price considering what regular albums sell for. Despite the per-record price, i am hard pressed to find the value in something so expensive. Moreover, the records are only 150g, which is heavier than the standard 140g, but not as sturdy as the higher end 180g. The lighter the vinyl, the more prone it is to warp or scratch easily. Most importantly though, I highly doubt these tracks were MASTERED for vinyl. Mastering is a complicated process that essentially maximizes the sonic spectrum of the recording to suit the medium it is presented on (streaming, CD, vinyl, TV, etc). Because of this, i am not sure how great they would sound when played. Again, i am only assuming, but i would imagine they are simply pressing the digital masters onto vinyl and calling it a day. Not to say that it will sound terrible, but it may just not really warrant a vinyl purchase when the CD or FLAC files would do just as well, if not better. To me, it sounds like the set is more like a $300 collector's item to look at fondly.
Just my two cents for those on the fence. Would I love to own the set? Of course! I can't justify the price tag, though. I ended up buying the complete edition game, the CD set and the 2x LP vinyl to join my DATADISCS, like many of you.
Hope i was able to provide some food for thought.
thank you very much! it feels odd finally contributing after 2 decades of lurking. i would check this site religiously for even the slightest rumor of a shenmue 3. i really cant believe we are in this moment in time right now. it is beyond incredible to me.A useful insight :) and welcome to the forums and hope to see more posts from you going forward.
i am loathe to say that i have spent over the amount you have on shenmue 3... it pains me a bit, but the series is so special to me that i can live with parting with the money. i waited years for the chance to continue the saga, so any amount (within reason) was fine with me. i was very fortunate to be in the position to contribute to the production and that fact is never lost on me, but it was certainly a stretch to spend that much. after this, i can't afford it anymore. this was the final hurrah.Welcome to the forums (officially!)
Yes, i'm with you. I love vinyl - even though I have a terrible record player as I struggle making big purchases - and collecting them is fun. However, the majority of them are single disc ones with only a handful of tracks; so something like Streets of Rage 1 which can fit on a single record for £20-ish is nice. However, 11 records is a bit overkill. I do appreciate that there is a 2-LP edition of highlights and I appreciate that such a gargantuan boxset exists. The problem is that for me, such a huge boxset seems ill fitting for vinyl. I'm no audiophile, but the fact that there was special mention to an individual mastering the songs suggests to me that they are taking this seriously.
Due to many factors, despite hyping myself up to get the mega boxset, in the end I couldn't bring myself to do it. If the 6CD edition wasn't available, I might have done it, but at the end of the day - a $250 difference to hear the same music in a different format was something I couldn't justify. I will be bummed I don't have it, but in the long run, i'd rather my money went towards getting a house or something.
I've spent over $600 on Shenmue III, so I feel like i've played my part in helping the series. Considering I get upset when I spend £10 on a film that turns out to be crap, that should tell you something about how much Shenmue means to me :)
Welcome to the forums (officially!)
Yes, i'm with you. I love vinyl - even though I have a terrible record player as I struggle making big purchases - and collecting them is fun. However, the majority of them are single disc ones with only a handful of tracks; so something like Streets of Rage 1 which can fit on a single record for £20-ish is nice. However, 11 records is a bit overkill. I do appreciate that there is a 2-LP edition of highlights and I appreciate that such a gargantuan boxset exists. The problem is that for me, such a huge boxset seems ill fitting for vinyl. I'm no audiophile, but the fact that there was special mention to an individual mastering the songs suggests to me that they are taking this seriously.
Due to many factors, despite hyping myself up to get the mega boxset, in the end I couldn't bring myself to do it. If the 6CD edition wasn't available, I might have done it, but at the end of the day - a $250 difference to hear the same music in a different format was something I couldn't justify. I will be bummed I don't have it, but in the long run, i'd rather my money went towards getting a house or something.
I've spent over $600 on Shenmue III, so I feel like i've played my part in helping the series. Considering I get upset when I spend £10 on a film that turns out to be crap, that should tell you something about how much Shenmue means to me :)
Ah! Here you go - 2nd paragraph down - https://bravewave.net/genseries/020 - it doesn't say anything about being mastered for vinyl per se, but maybe you'd know better with the mastering route!i am loathe to say that i have spent over the amount you have on shenmue 3... it pains me a bit, but the series is so special to me that i can live with parting with the money. i waited years for the chance to continue the saga, so any amount (within reason) was fine with me. i was very fortunate to be in the position to contribute to the production and that fact is never lost on me, but it was certainly a stretch to spend that much. after this, i can't afford it anymore. this was the final hurrah.
anyway, about the vinyl - i did not notice there was a mention of someone special mastering the tracks! where was that noted? perhaps these will be mastered for vinyl, in which case -- oooooh boy.. that might be a worthwhile investment. (but i'm still drawing the line. i can't sink any more money.. lol)
very interesting! the Brave Wave article states the tracks are "remastered", so i am inclined to believe that the old 1999/2001 shenmue 1/2 tracks have been "touched up" with current audio equipment to make them sound even better. i feel that if the tracks were mastered specifically for vinyl, they would mention it.Ah! Here you go - 2nd paragraph down - https://bravewave.net/genseries/020 - it doesn't say anything about being mastered for vinyl per se, but maybe you'd know better with the mastering route!
And yes, I adore Persona! I only got on board from Persona 3 onwards, but Persona 5 was my game of the last generation. When I met my girlfriend in Japan last year, she took me to Shibuya as a surprise so I can re-enact some of the places in the game I replied in kind by taking her to Yokosuka so we could have a Shenmue day haha.
Thank you :) I live in England, so we haven't seen each other in 18 months (the pandemic and her job doesn't help) and it is really tough relying on a couple of texts every couple of weeks, but I keep the faith and hope we will be together once again! When she last came to England, I introduced her to Shenmue and she really enjoyed it! I'm taking advantage of the pandemic by putting more money into savings so that I can own a house and we can live together :)very interesting! the Brave Wave article states the tracks are "remastered", so i am inclined to believe that the old 1999/2001 shenmue 1/2 tracks have been "touched up" with current audio equipment to make them sound even better. i feel that if the tracks were mastered specifically for vinyl, they would mention it.
all in all, i imagine the overall fidelity of the recordings will be good. i am still inclined to believe they have a single master that they are distributing on cd, streaming and vinyl - which would mean your best bet would be to download the tracks off bandcamp or purchase the cd set if you want something physical.
it would be really interesting if Brave Wave or LRG elaborated on the pressing/mastering process a bit more thoroughly, considering the price tag. really though, these are essentially pretty, shiny things that collectors just want to have for the sake of having them. i can't imagine fidelity is at the forefront of most purchasers' minds.
i say, if you can afford it, more power to you! that's a hell of a collector's item! i think of it this way - there is no way i could have a "complete" shenmue collection. i didn't get the one-of-a-kind ryo jacket, so i shouldn't feel bad if i skipped out on the vinyl set
P.S. that girlfriend of yours sounds like a keeper! i bet you had an amazing time in shibuya and yokosuka!
I don't believe it does, but getting the mega bundle doesn't save any money, so the best thing in this case is to purchase the collectors edition and the autographed vinyl as 2 separate items. That's my take on it anyway~!Sorry if this has been mentioned but does the mega bundle edition include Yu Suzuki's autograph? Seeing as it's the ultimate collection then it should do right?