blacktorn wrote: To be honest with you i think releasing the originals in this day 'n age would actually have more of a negative impact on shenmue than positive,they would be rated poorly and everyone will complain about the controls,voice acting ect.
I think it's more about adding people to the loud fanbase Shenmue has. If they release a game and people play it for the first time they'll have more squawking for a conclusion.
mue 26 wrote:the game has aged well in my opinion. saying that re-releasing them will have a negative impact is total nonsense.
I completely agree. When you look at the textures and animations they remind me more of a PS3/360 game than a PS2/Xbox game. It's aged fantastically. The Dreamcast was years ahead of the other consoles and Shenmue is a perfect example of why. It makes me wonder just how great HD remakes would be. Which brings me to my next point.
I was listening to an interview from SegaNerds with Corey Marshall and late in the interview they mentioned those pictures of him by a Sega sign and then another of him in a recording studio. He responded that it was his way of letting his fans know he was getting back into voice acting after a break while he was raising his daughter. He was quick to say he couldn't give details because of a non-disclosure agreement but he said it wasn't Shenmue 3. I know others have probably speculated this but, is there a chance they're doing a reboot?
I'll be a little disappointed if they do a reboot because that means they'll surely have to compress the game's 16 chapters. But I really shouldn't complain if they go that route because I want a conclusion. We already have chapters 1, (2 is on the boat), 3, 4 and 5 they could do an HD remake spanning 1-5 with maybe three extra chapters and then release the final installment spanning chapters 6-11. So we would have two new games Shenmue Part 1(chapters 1-8) and Shenmue Part 2(chapters 9-16). That's the best idea I can come up with to bring in new gamers and satisfy the core fans.
All that to say the probability of any of this happening is still slim to none, but I always like to stay positive. And if they can't make a game I wish we could kickstart it to at least get a manga conclusion.