For hardcore fans, Shenmue III is an easy choice. Unfortunately, for everyone else, it is archaic in design, limited in content, and flawed throughout.
"Keep an eye out for upcoming announcements"
I think that’s the problem. Just give us a conclusion like we were hoping for with 3 instead of basically pulling a Shenmue 2 on us and leaving it all in limbo again,
No trilogy collection? All the years Sega knocked out Shenmue clone Yakuza, yet took years to release Shenmue 3 on PS4 only. Was made waiting all those years after Shenmue 2 on Dreamcast.
And they think it's a positive thing?
Potential new fans won't be interested in future sequels because they would need to know the story of all the previous games.
Old fans who were burnt by 3 (like me) won't be interested in the next ones. Especially if they are fillers like 3 is.
The truth is, Yu Suzuki threw away his golden oportunity of finishing the saga in a dignified way. Old fans were thirsty for its conclusion and they got good money on Kickstarter.
Now that they made 3 with some of the worst game design decisions in any modern game, and made the plot be a useless filler, a Kickstarter for 4 would probably fail badly, and the shameful sales of 3 won't convince any publisher to put good money on a sequel.
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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.
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.
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.
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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"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.
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....
I'm just glad this game is not made for critics, but for fans.
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.
One thing Shenmue III *objectively* ain't, is limited in content. WTF?