Has for the game I loved playing it even with all the new implementations that were added. I have to be honest I love Yu Suzuki and genuinly think that he as put is heart and soul into Shenmue 3 but he and his team made a lot of bad desitions during the games development mostly by not being honest with fans when it came into the business side of things mainly with the Epic deal that made a lot of the fans feel backstabed and gave more fuel to the haters and also the backers that werent fans of the series from the get go. In my opinion it wasn't the game that hurt the series it was all the controversy right from the start that caused it.įirst there was the controversy that sony had already helped fund the game and that there was no need for the kickstarter second was the lack of feedback from the Kickstarter PR team with the fans third there was the Gamescom trailer of Ryo and Shenhua without facial expressions then there was the Steam/Epic controversy then there was the Yu Suzuki cashgrab with people saying he was only doing it for the money then there was also the refunds controversy not to mention all the drama around youtube and all the haters.Īll of these things created a huge negative vibe around the series even amongst fans. ![]() I haven't seen any other KickStarter games come close to the quality Shenmue 3 Offers - There is BloodStained, but being a Sidecrolling action game does it really compete with scale of Shenmue 3 in comparison? I often hear many people say "Shenmue 3 Sold poorly" is this taking into account all the backers copies or just profit from sales from retail and digital beyond that? I've just always been puzzled to when people claim it sold poorly because considering the results we did get a solid-ish game! Which being pushed from a Kickstarter is an achievement which many overlook. I'd like to hope that will blow over soon - with an upcoming Steam release at a reasonable price. Shenmue 3 doesn't add much to the series as a whole but there is plenty of potential for Shenmue IV to continue from this foundation set.Īs for the reception/controversy etc. Combat could be better yes, but It didn't bother me as much as many and the end battle was pretty much spot on - just which the time frame was a bit longer. ![]() The actual game was a blast, the majority of my problems are with a lack of plot progression and Niaowu's poor scenario writing. Regarding the game itself, it doesn't progress the narrative as much as many would like but I don't think it actively ruins anything either. I don't feel Shenmue III hurt the series, remember this is a series which has been dormant for 18+ years! bringing Shenmue III back from the dead was a triumph and one I will hold dearly for the longest time. It was trending on Twitter and fans were generally pleased so barring a few who seem to think that Shenmue III not being to the standard hoped for means everything going forward will be like that, it shows Shenmue fans want more and actually 3 didn't impact that much at all.īut we can't have a repeat of the Shenmue III issues with Shenmue 4. It's clear theres an interest in the series given the buzz the anime created. ![]() Had Shenmue III been the complete big budget experience then maybe the impact would have been less significant.īut overall I'd say it may have hurt getting a Shenmue 4, however sales were fine, people can say just "fine" but it didnt lose money, kickstarter or not. The overall kickstarter issues, epic issues etc harmed it too. ![]() The reviews didn't help, which place the game overall as middling but then we know why that was the case. The game itself has mainly positive user reviews if you look around so wider of the hardcore fanbase it was received ok.
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