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Why We Need More Shenmue

TGC writes: Over the past year or so, the gaming world has had the release of certain games that have had terribly long production times – namely Duke Nukem Forever and Diablo III. The difference between the two, though, is DNF was critically slammed by almost every major publication, while Diablo III was praised worldwide. Now we’re only missing three games trapped in development – Kingdom Hearts III, Half-Life III, and Shenmue III. All of those three-quels deserve attention but arguably the least likely to ever appear is, unfortunately, Shenmue. Many people may not have heard of this Dreamcast classic, so here’s a quick run through of what Shenmue was, and what could be done to make a third game even greater.

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Ryo-Hazuki4273d ago

Shenmue revolutionized many things in gaming. It was a game that was way ahead of it's time. S1 & S2 are my favorite games ever

Deadpool6164273d ago

Come on Sega, make it happen. Lan Di has been on the run far too long.

waltyftm4273d ago

He seriously needs his ass kicked for what he did to FATHERRRRRRRRR!!!!!

DOMination-4273d ago

The problem is they were expensive games and nobody bought them. The only people who will buy Shenmue 3 are those who played the first two which is not that many. Maybe SEGA should at least re-release them on psn/xbl in HD to get a gauge on just how popular it is. Good though they were I think outside such places as N4G nobody really cares about it.

Ryo-Hazuki4273d ago

S1 sold over a million copies. S2 on DC only released in asia and europe. S2 on xbox was a huge mistake for reasons i don't need to explain. And in order for S1 to turn a profit everybody who owned a DC had to buy the game twice. That was sega's fault just like it was their fault for putting it on xbox when it would have sold a lot more on the ps2.

CC-Tron4273d ago (Edited 4273d ago )

I think too much time has passed so the best decision for the series would be to reboot it for the next gen consoles. Of course Sega would need major financial support from an outside publisher (maybe Microsoft).

Knight_Crawler4273d ago (Edited 4273d ago )

TBH another Shenmue would not make sense since the orignal developers are no longer together and I can not think of any studio right now that can bring the same magic that SEGA AM2 brought.

Maybe if Yu Suzuki, Fumito Ueda, Tomonobu Itagaki, Goichi Suda started a studio with a huge budget at hand then I would say do it.

Edit: Also Sega Japan's CS1 Team would probably do a descent job on a new Shenmue being that Yakuza almost feels like a successor.

tmv874273d ago

considering shenmue 2 came out over 10 years ago it seems really unlikely that 3 will ever come out..but I would freaking love to be proven wrong!!! cmon sega

Krimmson4273d ago

Hence why an HD remake of Shenmue 1 and 2 makes perfect sense. Have Sega see how well it sells, possibly gain a lot of new fans who missed out on Shenmue the first time around.

Sega did it with their Virtua Fighter 5: FS console port (to see if it was worth making Virtua Fighter 6(sales exceeded expectations)) so why not do it again?

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15 Biggest Unresolved Video Game Cliffhangers We May Never Get Answers To

Cultured Vultures: These 15 unresolved video cliffhangers could be solved in the future, though if we’re really honest with ourselves, we all know there’s no chance in hell of that happening.

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Fluke_Skywalker73d ago (Edited 73d ago )

Never say never, I really didn't expect to ever see Space Marine 2 and 12 years later its almost here.
So there is still hope for all these games.

Chocoburger73d ago

I've completed 5 of the games on the list, but the author forgot to include Advent Rising. It was supposed to be a trilogy, but it bombed hard, and the two sequels never got made. It was Mass Effect, a console generation before Mass Effect.

The game is buggy and unpolished, it needed a few more months of development, but the potential was there. At the end of the game, you have all these super abilities, I remember the stomp attack that created a shockwave being especially powerful.

shinoff218373d ago

I personally think days gone will recieve some sort of sequel at some point. I'm personally also hoping it's not the rumored multiplayer online stuff. I'd think most that enjoyed it would rather thisnto.

Knightofelemia73d ago

Sony needs to dust off Sly Cooper and Days Gone so needs a sequel two of my favorite Sony titles. Bulletstorm I love great game wish it also got a sequel. And I wish Namco would finally give Enslaved a sequel another great game.

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PlayStation Store Kicks Off PlayStation Indies Sale: Over 1000 Games On Sale

Daily Video Game writes: "If you are a fan of indie games, PlayStation Store has good news for you! PlayStation Store is running a new game sale for PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4 gamers that heavily discounts over 1000 indie games right now!"

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PlayStation Store Games Under $15 Sale: Over 400 Games Under $15

Daily Video Game writes: "PlayStation Store has just launched another new digital game sale that has over 400 games under $15, including many AAA games titled "Games Under $15 Sale" for PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4 gamers right now!"

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anast686d ago (Edited 686d ago )

Dragon's Dogma and XCOM 2 are the best deals. The rest of the games are still overpriced. I would say 8.99 is good for AC: Origins, but you need to put $10 more into MTs to avoid the grind that slows down the story. So, the game is actually 18.99.

It's not on this list, but Pathfinder: Kingmaker is only $9.99. This is a deal if you have a current gen. consoles, as it runs poorly on prev. gen.

hangdang685d ago

I beat AC origins without grinding or spending any money on MTX?

anast685d ago

I had to grind for side missions. So, did many other people.

HeliosHex686d ago

Has anyone been able to login in to the ps store on ps5 I haven't been able to in days and my network is good.

RedDevils685d ago

Reset or shutdown your PS5. I always can go login to PS5, in fact just a moment ago.

HeliosHex685d ago

Hey thanks again. Although the shutdown/reset didn't work i found that resetting the mdm and hub did the trick. I use a Lan network instead of wifi. In case anyone has a similar setup and problem.

RedDevils684d ago

I forgot to mention about the router reset, that usually do the trick when it come to network problems happen with iphone/android. btw np