Shenmue III on 360?

[Zeptari1]

I loved the first Shenmue on the Dreamcast.. and this past weekend I picked up Shenmue II for the Xbox..

 

My question is will the 3rd one make it to the next-gen systems?

 

I know this article is old but it does give me some hope.... only a little bit...

 

http://games.kikizo.com/news/200508/141_p1.asp

 

 

-rick

 

[moycon]

Here's another old article....

 

http://www.xbox360news.com/Blogs/News/hqs/blr_879.aspx

 

The bad thing is, it's not as old as the article you posted.

[Zeptari1]

Here's another old article....

 

http://www.xbox360news.com/Blogs/News/hqs/blr_879.aspx

 

The bad thing is, it's not as old as the article you posted.

 

 

NNNNNOOOOOoooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!

 

Damn! I finally find a game series I really like ( no love!) and they go ahead and cancel it!

 

I watched the Shenmue DVD that came with ShenmueII on the xbox... boy did that bring back some great Dreamcast

memories! Thinking back i was finally happy i found a game series that was somewhat serious ( no fantasy or sci-fi stuff)

plus all fighting games get boring to me after an hour.... well maybe except Tobal#1.. ohh god there's another one I wanted the sequel to! I'm depressed now....

 

-rick

[Shawn]

Here is supposed to be something crazy like 11 games in the Shenmue storyline. They where all to be originally on the DC.

[StormSurge]

I never knew there was a Shenmue II for the Xbox. I loved the original on the Dreamcast.

Edited June 5, 2007 by StormSurge

[MetalSlime23]

I've never even heard of Shenmue until now. I'll have to see if I can find a really cheap used copy.

[Scumdogg]

I would be extremely shocked if the series ever continued. It's been years, how many people even remember that day? You know...that day when it snowed?

[IronMongeR]

I think if Shenmue 3 were to materialise, it would be nice if it came in a trilogy box set with ports of the first two games. Though I expect that would be asking too much.

[Tempest]

Considering the first two didn't sell enough to even cover the costs of the game development (or so I hear), and that the Xbox 360 version didn't sell well at all, I'd be surprised if the series was continued. It was just too ambioutious.

 

Personally I'd like to see the Saturn Beta get released. The existing footage looks really neat.

 

Tempest

[FastRobPlus]

I'd love to see one (I was the support PM on Xbox Shenmue II) but I have not heard anything about it.

[Scumdogg]

Considering the first two didn't sell enough to even cover the costs of the game development (or so I hear), and that the Xbox 360 version didn't sell well at all, I'd be surprised if the series was continued. It was just too ambioutious.

 

Personally I'd like to see the Saturn Beta get released. The existing footage looks really neat.

 

Tempest

 

 

But oddly enough, what was too ambitious only a few years ago seems not nearly ambitious enough by today's standards. It didn't take long for the once-innovative "open world" of Shenmue to be completely blown out of the water by other series. Compared to a game like Oblivion, Shenmue looks like a linear text adventure with pretty graphics.

I don't really think it'd be prohibitively expensive or overwhelming to put sequels back into production, i just think the interest level is far, far too low.

That said though, i'd definitely be on board. The Dreamcast version of Shenmue II is the only game i've ever imported, and it's always irritated me that i spent like $70 to get a game that never had a follow up and just left the story hanging.

[Shannon]

Shenmue II did come out for the DC, but only in europe.

Shenmue II was released for the Xbox, not the 360.

[Zeptari1]

I think if Shenmue 3 were to materialise, it would be nice if it came in a trilogy box set with ports of the first two games. Though I expect that would be asking too much.

 

 

I totally agree!

 

A trilogy box set for the 360 would be sweet! I wound't mind starting off from the beginning again!

 

Where can I see the unreleased video of Shenmue 3?

 

-rick

[bones]

Not that I expected anything positive, but reading this is downright depressing. Shenmue II on the DC was one of the first games I imported, excellent series and well worth the money.

[liveinabin]

I did like Shenmue, but I felt they were taking the piss a bit, spacing the events out SO much (and intending to tell the story over an impossible 11 games).

Look at where you start and where you end up in the two existing games. Not much progression, really.

 

Heck, it's like watching Lost.

[A Sprite]

I'm one of the mourners, and yet what are we mourning?

 

Shenmue was a game that depended on talking to people, but had some of the worst voice acting ever heard. It claimed to offer freedom, but also gave you a bedtime.

 

It gave you a girlfriend. She watches from the sidelines. For most of the game, you only have the game's word for it that there's a relationship there.

 

It gave you a kitten - this kitten lives in a box, just like the rest of the world.

 

So why are we mourning?

 

What did the game do right?

 

Is it the fighting engine, which was Virtua Fighter in Double Dragon drag? Is it the emulation of classic arcade hits, like Afterburner and Outrun?

 

Who knows. Maybe the answer is different for everyone.

 

For me, it was watching people pass by, going about their limited lives, and thinking to myself, that despite all it's flaws, there was no visual seam in the world. It was the first video game world I've ever seen that looked lived in.

 

It was the first time I ever looked beyond the uncanny valley.

 

I fell in love with the view.

 

RIP Shenmue, you'll be missed.

[bones]

I did like Shenmue, but I felt they were taking the piss a bit, spacing the events out SO much (and intending to tell the story over an impossible 11 games).

Look at where you start and where you end up in the two existing games. Not much progression, really.

 

Heck, it's like watching Lost.

I hear you, some elements are rather slow, but that's the nice part. The game mimics life a bit more and really hones in on the small details. After playing a slew of RPGs that save the world in one disc Shenmue is a pleasant change of pace.

[Scumdogg]

So why are we mourning?

 

What did the game do right?

 

 

I miss blowing my allowance on the little toys. That was so close to my real life it was scary.

 

You're right though, the game is mostly terrible by today's standards. Trying to squeeze more life out of my investment in the games, i tried to start back from the beginning a couple years ago...i lasted a few hours, not even all the way through disc 1, before i abandoned the whole thing.

Edited June 7, 2007 by Scumdogg

[FastRobPlus]

I'm sure this has made rounds here before, but this summs up what I miss about Shenmue:

http://www.mega64.com/shenmue.htm

Repeated Question Asking

 

Have not asked the same quesitons over and over again since Ultima IV

[liveinabin]

I did like Shenmue, but I felt they were taking the piss a bit, spacing the events out SO much (and intending to tell the story over an impossible 11 games).

Look at where you start and where you end up in the two existing games. Not much progression, really.

 

Heck, it's like watching Lost.

I hear you, some elements are rather slow, but that's the nice part. The game mimics life a bit more and really hones in on the small details. After playing a slew of RPGs that save the world in one disc Shenmue is a pleasant change of pace.

 

Oh don't get me wrong. I fell in love with Shenmue 1 for precisely the reason you cite. It was just a great place to be.

 

Couldn't say the same for Shenmue II though. I spent a lot of time doing shitty jobs and I don't need a simulation of that

[Tempest]

Couldn't say the same for Shenmue II though. I spent a lot of time doing shitty jobs and I don't need a simulation of that

 

There comes a point in a game when the fantasy becomes too much like reality. When you're working just as hard in a fantasy world at the same types of jobs you'd do in the real world, then the game becomes a second job and not a fun escape.

 

Tempest

[FastRobPlus]

I thought that when I first heard about Ultima Online.

You can come home from work and sit in front of your computer to be a virtual baker!

[A Sprite]

Shenmue made me wanna be a dock worker. I mean, who wouldn't want to go to a job where a race starts your day off, you can earn a raise every day, and insanely weak evil kung-fu is lurking behind every corner? Even the box puzzle game was alright, if only they didn't give you a time limit.

 

As for Shenmue 2, all I can say is "Pawn off everything you own as soon as you can, for as much money as you can"...

[Shannon]

Couldn't say the same for Shenmue II though. I spent a lot of time doing shitty jobs and I don't need a simulation of that

 

There comes a point in a game when the fantasy becomes too much like reality. When you're working just as hard in a fantasy world at the same types of jobs you'd do in the real world, then the game becomes a second job and not a fun escape.

 

Tempest

 

Sounds like The Sims...

[moycon]

I liked Omikron way better than I ever liked Shamu.

Talk about a feeling of awe when I walked out of the ally and into the big city. Wow.

Shenmue always came off as pretty mundane to me from the get go.

Altho admittedly I probably didn't give it much of a chance as I could have. When I found out a major "plot" device was learning to drive a forklift I was like...Ummmmm I used to do that when I was 15 and working for minimum wage at Winn Dixie. No thanks.