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Psychonauts 2 = Shenmue III? The Manchester City Approach to Videogame Financing

Brash Games writes "With the news that Markus ‘Minecraft’ Persson is looking to at least partially finance development of a sequel to Tim Schafer’s much loved but commercially unsuccessful Psychonauts, it looks like that same financial development model might be sneaking its way into the world of videogames".

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NYC_Gamer4446d ago

Shenmue 3 would be too expensive to fund.

LOGICWINS4446d ago (Edited 4445d ago )

Sega already has the Yakuza franchise, which is essentially a combo of Shenmue and Streets of Rage. Y4 has a deeper story, better characters, more action, and more replay value than any Shenmue game....and this is coming from a person that played through Shenmue 1 five times and Shenmue 2 three times.

It makes more sense to invest in what is arguably the better Japanese RPG/Beat em up franchise. Also, Sega ALREADY knows that Yakuza games sell well in the States.

christheredhead4445d ago (Edited 4445d ago )

Actually I think Shenmue is a far better series, just a personal preference of course. I liked the characters and story much more than Yakuza. Truthfully, I don't see and relation between the two other than blatant design implementations. The way each game is played is vastly different. Both are amazing, but I would take Shenmue 3 over a Yakzua game any day.

Its just a different style and a much richer story, for me at least. I liked the slow paced, detective like gameplay of Shenmue. Looking for clues, interrogating witnesses, keeping track of real days and times for story, working to earn cash and just the general exploration aspect that Yakuza lacks.

LOGICWINS4445d ago

"Looking for clues, interrogating witnesses, keeping track of real days and times for story, working to earn cash and just the general exploration aspect that Yakuza lacks."

I like these aspects of Shenmue as well, but I think that Shenmue 2 over did it with the grinding aspect of the game. At one point, you had to work to earn money, with this money you pay an entry fee to fight someone, then you need to work again to to earn money to fight the next guy. Shenmue 2 lost Shenmue 1's charm and that crap ending was a slap in the face to Shenmue fans IMO.

christheredhead4445d ago

Yah, I definitely remember that part. I liked working cause I thought it was a pretty fun in game task, but it still doesn't change the fact that it was overly repetitive. A one time fee would have been just fine. Go to work, earn the amount, fight and get on with the story.

The ending just sort of happened as well. Nothing really special at all. I think they were really banking on Shenmue 3 to seal the deal. Granted, they could have made if far more interesting instead of just dropping it at your feet mid game.

I mean I still would like to see how Shenmue 3 played out from start to finish. Lan Di got away with murder for all we know.

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Interview: "The Art Of Psychonauts 2" Writer Ashley Esqueda

from paulsemel.com: In this exclusive Q&A, Ashley Esqueda, the writer of "The Art Of Psychonauts 2," discusses how this this video game making-of art book came together.

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rpad41d ago

my friend said that a Best Buy clerk insisted that the game was called "Psycho Mouse"

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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_Skywalker72d ago (Edited 72d 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.

Chocoburger72d 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.

shinoff218372d 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.

Knightofelemia71d 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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Double Fine's documentary series PsychOdyssey takes us through the highs and lows of development

Just how do studios cope with the pressure to "produce a worthy sequel"?

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Orchard436d ago

I'm about 9 episodes into this and it's great. They've been recording it for long, long time, pre Kickstarter and Rhombus.

XxINFERNUSxX435d ago

Looks like it's 33 episodes. Going to keep this, using All Video Downloader. 😊