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Shenmue III Review | GamersHeroes

For hardcore fans, Shenmue III is an easy choice. Unfortunately, for everyone else, it is archaic in design, limited in content, and flawed throughout.

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Gazondaily1614d ago

"Those same qualities that made the original games so intriguing have stagnated, instead throwing players into a world of dated mechanics, lackluster design, and an embarrassingly poor foundation."

This was always going to be the problem that Shenmue 3 had to contend with. If the HARDCORE fans will be happy with the game; that's great for them. For the rest of us, dated mechanics with poor design will be a problem no matter how fond our memories are of the original games.

At least Shenmue 3 exists though and brings the story to an end. We can take solace in the finality of it all.

Nerdmaster1614d ago (Edited 1614d ago )

"and brings the story to an end. We can take solace in the finality of it all."

But... it doesn't. Not in the least, actually. According to Yu Suzuki, the story of Shenmue is less than half complete, and it'll take a Shenmue 4 and probably a Shenmue 5 for the story to end.

https://www.videogameschron...

According to VG247's review of Shenmue 3, "It doesn’t have the conclusion we’ve been waiting two decades for and it barely drives the story forward at all".

gangsta_red1614d ago

Agreed, I said it before, there's just an over saturation of open world games and anything on the market that's outdated will definitely fail.

Dark-soul1614d ago

I heard story is not finished in shenmue 3.

DigitalRaptor1613d ago

@ Septic

Were you really ever invested in Shenmue III in the slightest? Trying to squeeze negativity from what is actually a rather good outcome for an antiquated sequel - it's hardly solace on your end. Shenmue III ain't the end, so I guess there's a small possibility that a sequel will be on hand for you to spread misinformation about.
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@ gangsta_red

There are plenty of popular outdated games in saturated genres, such as the shooter genre. I'd like to know other than satisfying its primary purpose, under what measure Shenmue III has failed other than being a game that appeals to the masses. It surpassed most people's expectations about what could be done on the budget and is (for the most part) a satisfying game for fans.

Gazondaily1613d ago

Do you want to go cry somewhere else?

gangsta_red1613d ago

@Digital Raptor

Not even sure what you're trying to say or make a point of in your reply.

The game may be for fans, I have no issues with that but to not improve on the archaic design, control and other aspects reviews are pointing out. It may have been acceptable for fans back then because it was something new, but in today's market, even for most fans,not so much.

"It surpassed most people's expectations about what could be done on the budget"

But failed to do anything else and I would say it didn't meet most expectations.

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Dark-soul1614d ago

I consider myself small shenmue fan, played on dream cast day one, however for me shenmue 3 is 6/10, game needs to keep up with current times (keep old values, but also understand that year is 2020 almost....

Pancit_Canton1614d ago

I'm just glad this game is not made for critics, but for fans.

CaptainCamper1614d ago

Unfortunately however, they did hope to attract new players with Shenmue 3. They screwed that up :D

Artemidorus1614d ago

I think having this game around is a good thing, you can quite clearly indentify who really does play games and who just do it to get paid.

King_Noctis1614d ago (Edited 1614d ago )

“ who really does play games and who just do it to get paid.”

What is the difference between both? You’ll get the same experience either way, just one you get money for playing and the other you don’t.

Artemidorus1612d ago

Person getting paid will flat out lie for deals or money an actual gamer buys the game and makes their mind up to what is or isn't.

DigitalRaptor1613d ago (Edited 1613d ago )

One thing Shenmue III *objectively* ain't, is limited in content. WTF?

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Fluke_Skywalker75d ago (Edited 75d 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.

Chocoburger75d 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.

shinoff218375d 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.

Knightofelemia75d 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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anast688d ago (Edited 688d 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.

hangdang687d ago

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

anast687d ago

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

HeliosHex687d 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.

RedDevils687d ago

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

HeliosHex686d 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.

RedDevils686d 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