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I'm sorry expectations did come into this. Maybe not the main driver but certainly around here it's been discussed for years around what may/may not happen in Shenmue III thus creating an expectation once the game was announced. To a point it was never going to reach those.
That said it's not the sole reason for the dissatisfaction of some and let's be honest here its the same people who are repeating the same things to death and not the majority of the wider community who actually were receptive to Shenmue III.
We know the story and character development is thin and there should have been more. But we also know that there were some pie in sky expectations from some, who thought they were going to get an epic like Shenmue II for the budget and that's plain unrealistic.
You can definitely tell a good story on a budget games have but none are the scope and size of Shenmue and who are we to tell Yu Suzuki what to do? He's wanted to give us a Shenmue experience that he felt balanced with the first 2. Now he's gone too much down the side stuff route and I think knows this from the fair criticism given.
This is why Shenmue 4 needs to be made in only Yu Suzuki's vision, without us bitching at him it's this or that. Shenmue is an experience thats different for each, that's a given, but personally while I do play for story and wanted more, I also played for the world and sense of escapism the game provides and I got that.
See my reply above.
If you're going to say someones view is "wrong" at least have the decency to explain your counter arguement.
Then again, I know we discussed that matter over and over, but I'm not judging whenever in the grand scheme, YS's decision is bad or not. What I disagree with though is the notion that, because of the budget and solely on that, we couldn't get more story and characterisation. Yes, it's true, with the decisions being made here. When budget is constrained, choices are to be done. Could we have the same game with more story and same budget ? Dont know, dont think so. But skipping story bits was a decision that was taken.
We know her name.
Besides, I find her far more intriguing not knowing much about her at this time. It makes what lies ahead for Shenmue 4 far more exciting.
We know her name because we're fan who have been following side materials for year.
Imagine the person who played Shenmue I-II in 2018, didn't follow side materials and played Shenmue III ?
They know shit about her because how poor the writing is. Her betrayalton has no effect since her character has limited screen time. And once she's shown, you get a weird flashback telling you she was that girl you barely saw earlier... She's not even introduced. You guess she's a major antagonist, but very few information is provided.
It's not intriguing, it's barebone writing.