It happened to 1 and 2, so it was fully expected.
Seaman - I love your optimism but did you read what Cedric said? We aren't reading into anything or saying we have seen the progress. Not trying to be a downer, just dealing with reality. I am happy that it doesn't bother you.Im assuming everyone but me has already seen the pitching material to boldly state that any progress hasn't been made. Please link some screenshots, I wanna see it too.
Again, nothing like that has been said by Cedric. And no, if S4 started development from scratch tomorrow, it won't mean 10~15 years vista. But It seems like a mood of joyful rolling over a mud pool has installed. Dont count me for that.
Also, this proves something that I've said before when many were asking for news, leverage and such: anything but "S4 is ready and next to announce probably in a week or so" won't be enough. It was proven at Lucca, IGN interview and now with Cedric response. I hope that they take note and from now on ignore future demands, and keep themselves busy with their things.
Can't wait to see Yu Suzuki's new game this TGA :)
I respect the creators too. I don't want to go on and on, but my high level summary is that once you ask your fans to fund your dream, I think it becomes little different than just doing it on your own terms.As a creatrix myself i feel this is not simple, and i saw many cases where other creators feel this way too.
Hunter x Hunter is a manga by Yoshihiro Togashi, The manga began to be published in 1998, the manga has frequently gone on extended hiatuses since 2006 and we still don't have a conclusion to the story. Yoshihiro Togashi has health problems, people say he could hire other artists so he can make the chapters faster, but Togashi-san has his reasons on why he prefer to make it in his own terms.
Kentaro Miura was the creator of the manga Berserk, the manga began to be published in 1989, as far as i know Berserk has gone on extended hiatuses similar to Hunter x Hunter. Miura-san has passed away in 2021.
A close friend of Miura-san know how the story continue and how the story ends, he decided to continue the manga for Miura-san.
Another example is George R.R. Martin the author of the novels A Song of Ice and Fire, he is struggling to write the new book "The Winds of Winter" he even said... "I'm 12 years late on this damn novel, and I'm struggling with it."
I'm sharing all of this because for the creators is not that simple, in my opinion creators have their reasons for the choices they make and i respect that, i'm not saying i agree with everything, i'm just saying i respect the creators/artists.
Now back to Shenmue... i feel that Yu-san want to share the whole story but in his way, and what is his way? i think his way is to try to make the games Shenmue IV and Shenmue V on his own terms.
Probably right now he doesn't want to share the whole story in manga form, book form or other medium, Yu-san probably want to make the games Shenmue IV and Shenmue V, to realize his vision.
I really understand that people don't want to wait another 18 years for Shenmue IV, i understand that people are worried about the future of the Shenmue series, i understand the feelings of sadness, tiredness and hopelessness.
Can you all imagine how Yu-san must feel about this situation? i imagine that it is really hard for him, but it looks like Yu-san want to continue trying and i really admire him, his power to never give up is really amazing, and this was one of the reasons why we got Shenmue III.
In the Shenmue III credits Yu-san said that he will never give up about completing Shenmue.
The fact that Yu Suzuki has his own studio YS NET, and that he still making games is something really positive, that gives me hope.
If we don't receive any news about the future of Shenmue next year, i will be worried.. I don't know why exactly but right now i remain positive even after Cedric's update, if the Shenmue community give up now then the situation will be
worse.
I will not give up now, i will continue to fight for my favorite game series to be completed. I think i will only give up if Yu-san say that the game is over, that he will not try to continue Shenmue anymore in game form, if this happen i just hope he share the story with us in another form.
Did u say pretend? sometimes i pretend too maybe i pretend too much, u should listen to freddie mercury’s the great pretender the song is about a man who’s pretending his love is still there after she’s gone, maybe we’ll pretend that shenmue is still around if shenmue 4 never get releasedI actually had a bit of a “Shenmue 4” experience yesterday. I was playing 3 and had just fought Mr Muscles with Ren at the Red Snakes hideout. After Muscles beat us the game froze instead of going to the cinematic with Ren and Shenhua at the Hotel.
I restarted the PS4 Pro and continued the game and the game started me in the hotel with Ren and Shenhua in the lobby but without the cinematic. I could talk to Ren (kept telling me to go get him treasure) but not Shenhua and oddly it was about 8PM but the desk lady collected the rate from me when I approached her.
So basically I had Ren and Shenhua right there not doing anything and I could “pretend” the 3 heroes were just chilling during Shenmue 4. Then 9PM hit and I couldn’t talk to Ren or Shenhua but they were still just hanging out in the lobby.
Well at least I got a “taste” of what S4 would have been like.
No shezook no shenmueNo Yu Suzuki no Shenmue.
Is this just spitballing or does this guy have a record?
I forget how good those scores actually were. My mistake. Think I was confusing this with the reception 1 & 2 received over the years, being branded as “boring”, “forklift simulators for assholes” etc.Wasn't 1 and 2 more positive? I remember the first one being a little more mixed than 2, particularly in the context of how hyped up it was, but even the lower review scores were still 7s and 8s out of 10 (and mostly 8s, I don't really remember many, if any, 7s). 2 seemed to get a much better scores.
Or do you mean the HD re-release?
Agreed. It’s unfortunately right there in Cedric’s tweet. There could always be more than meets the eye I suppose, but right now it reads quite negative.Seaman - I love your optimism but did you read what Cedric said? We aren't reading into anything or saying we have seen the progress. Not trying to be a downer, just dealing with reality. I am happy that it doesn't bother you.
I think he's just saying that he wants one of those in the show, not predicting or thinking that any of them will actually appear.Is this just spitballing or does this guy have a record?
Are you me?If I can dream like this guy on twitter, the games i want to see at the Game awards when i woke up tommorow are: Shenmue 4, Chaos legion 2, Dino Crisis 4, Tenchu 5, Grandia 4, Project Zero 6, Haunting Ground 2, Magna Carta 3, Deadly Premonition 3, Parasite Eve 3, Dragon Force 3 and... maybe Clock Tower 4 and Deep Fear 2? Please, Lord, at least one! Preferably the first one.