I would like to think that any MMO SEGA is partially responsible for will be shipped Stateside anyway. The MMO market is still pretty open, what with EQ2, SWG and probably FFXI being the only popular MMOs at this time.

Yea, they have better internet connection, but not graphics power. Computers in Asia aren't used for gaming like they are here. Which explains the abundance of ass that is Shenmue Online's graphics engine and also the fact that it's powerful enough to run a real time fighting game in an MMORPG sett...

I think they could do without the fireballs. But this doesn't mean take out the manifestation of "chi" altogether. Maybe when the player thrusts his hands forward in a "Kamehameha" motion an unseen force, with a range of maybe three feet to five feet, pushes an opponent to the ground. Something lik...

Oh goody, I was hoping to post in this thread.

I'll give you some credit, waiting three years on bended knee for a sequel is hard work, but then again so is waiting on Duke Nukem Forever, and man is it going to rock in 2007! [/sarcasm]

I can sympathize with your plight, LanDC. I've been waiting for an actual sequel since I finished the import on my DC many many eons ago. The problem is, what if they had released a sequel? What if they had decided to release Shenmue III instead of SO? The fanbase is large, that's true. They could s...

Well im looking for the guys in the black suites because suposidly Zhu is here, yes iv completed the gam ebefore but, im talking to the guys in the black suites, one of them wont tell me anything, one is saying go to the 7th floor (which there is nothing there) and one is saying go to the 3rd floor...

it'd be great if you can drive it. Why? So you could show off your "mad skillz" 'round town in your enormous, stupid looking car? You have to think strategically. Why beat them up when you can run them over? It's not like the whole 'hitting people with cars' idea has been done before! Oh, wait.

We're pissed because we wanted the series to be completed the way it was meant to be. Okay, I can understand where you are coming from. We've waited since 2002(?) for a real sequel to the series and nothing has come up. Let's face it if they had enough money we would have Shenmue 3 and maybe even 4...

threeblades wrote:

people are pissed at Yu / Sega / God because this game isn't what they wanted.

I don't get it

If you used your brain for even just one second you'd get it.

Thanks for a timely and inciteful response.

I'm a tad confused. Before, when the Shenmue series was thought to be dead in the water, people were pissed at Yu / Sega / God for cancelling one of the best RPGs ever released. And now that a new game has been announced and is being worked on right this minute because Yu and Sega cut a deal and pic...

According to this report it's done 30 to 40% of the whole game. It says it's still at "battle system programing" stage. Sorry, but I don't have time to translate details now, and have to be offline for a while. This is definitely a piece of good news. This means that they want to see how their batt...

I'm digging the music section, even if most of the tracks are remixed from the first two games. It's kind of nostalgic. I can't really imagine that this is the fruit of a 25,000,000 dollar budget. I'm wanting to say that the graphics are being displayed with minimum specs to get the maximum FPS or e...

Trying to pinpoint a single concept is like trying to wank with your left hand, it simply cant be done. Says you! It's a story of a teenager who has to handle not only the responsibilities of adulthood, good driving practices, Lucky Hit tactics and when to move left-left-left-left when told, but th...

This will end well. Do you think shenmue Online will flip or flop? EXPLAIN why or why not. It's an MMORPG. Regardless of whether or not it's a popular series, several MMOs get decent success. Being released in a Korean market will probably be its greatest advantage (Isn't it the MMO capital of the w...

If I recall, PSO Episode I and II held great success on the Gamecube and its graphics weren't entirely spellbinding. SO has to meet the same criteria of MMOs before it: Is it fun? Is it addicting? Will it keep people locked in the basement for months on end without a single ray of sunlight? However,...