Shenmue Postmortem Discussion

[Wude-Tang Clan]

Just had a thought. If there wasn't a YES or a NO to anymore shenmue releases then isn't that a little hope? Wouldn't we be hearing a firm NO if they really hated the game and a little explanation as to why. I think maybe they are doing the whole psychological trick of trying to make us want it even more. As some companies will try to do. Maybe I'm just dreaming? thoughts on this anyone?

Grasping at straws. I'll probably see Ryo on my toast tomorrow morning.

yeah. i kinda thought that. but why no YES. and why no NO?

There's no limbo; there is nothing in development. It's excruciatingly obvious since Yu says he'd like to exhume, er, resume where he left off. I'd feel a little different if he refused to answer the question, then maybe, maybe I'd consider the prospect that something is brewing and he isn't able to tip his hand because of an NDA would put a veil of secrecy over the projec.

A worthy sequel / end would take several years to complete and he's 55.
There aren't many in the industry pushing 60 that are working 12 hour days in today's cycle, either. It'd probably be demanded to get a game of this scope finished with what would probably be a very tight budget.

I really don't see any light at the end of the tunnel any more.

[urbanveteran]

Well there was definitely a lot of new info about the series, especially the early storyboard stuff. You can't really call it a bad conference, i think he really delivered on that aspect. Sure we have no new info on the future of the series, but that wasn't what this day was about.

It just sucks so bad because it seemed like the stars where aligning for the perfect time for an announcement.. Which brings me to my next point: fuck Mark Cerny. I don't care if they're friends, they need to stop being friends if it's giving us all this false hope. "You're translator has failed you," Yes you have Mark, yes you have.

At the same time it was great to see Yu reminisce about the series. You could see how nostalgic he was, and the passion he had for the game. It really must be painfully bittersweet for him to talk about Shenmue, when he knows the story may never be concluded. But he is a proud man, and he refuses to deny that the series is dead. Yu still hasn't given up, and neither should we.



Now it's time to forget about this, get drunk, boot up the dreamcast, and play some goddamn shenmue.

"I don't care if they're friends, they need to stop being friends" I lol'd

i agree with what you said and all this talking and activity is making me want to fire up shenmue.

I might have to delete my game save to start fresh. shenmue took up a huge amount of space. but it was my main dreamcast game so all over game saves just had to get out the way!

Need to find all my cables

Shenmue is always on my shelf. I still need to pick up a copy of the second. i had the original and a pirate of the 2nd. maybe this is why it didn't do so well also. Has that been discussed yet?

[urbanveteran]

I love the activity on the board at least. Keep it up till at least E3! haha

I thought i was alone in my liking for shenmue.

Nobody I meet knows wtf it is when i tell them my top ten games of all time. I'm like bla bla, shenmue. What's that? what do you mean what's that??? You mean you've never played shenmue before! what the fk! you need to play it! that's how it usually goes.

[urbanveteran]

Just had a thought. If there wasn't a YES or a NO to anymore shenmue releases then isn't that a little hope? Wouldn't we be hearing a firm NO if they really hated the game and a little explanation as to why. I think maybe they are doing the whole psychological trick of trying to make us want it even more. As some companies will try to do. Maybe I'm just dreaming? thoughts on this anyone?

Grasping at straws. I'll probably see Ryo on my toast tomorrow morning.

yeah. i kinda thought that. but why no YES. and why no NO?

There's no limbo; there is nothing in development. It's excruciatingly obvious since Yu says he'd like to exhume, er, resume where he left off. I'd feel a little different if he refused to answer the question, then maybe, maybe I'd consider the prospect that something is brewing and he isn't able to tip his hand because of an NDA would put a veil of secrecy over the projec.

A worthy sequel / end would take several years to complete and he's 55.
There aren't many in the industry pushing 60 that are working 12 hour days in today's cycle, either. It'd probably be demanded to get a game of this scope finished with what would probably be a very tight budget.

I really don't see any light at the end of the tunnel any more.

ahh age that's a good point. i guess there's more things pointing towards no sequel.

i'm trying to think, was there any other game this good that ended on a cliffhanger than never had a sequel. Or another scenario where the sequel got made?

Or is it just shenmue fans being tortured?

[Yokosuka Martian]

I'm glad we meet new Shenmue fans still in 2014. Come for the discussions! Stay for the sake!

[Wude-Tang Clan]

I'm glad we meet new Shenmue fans still in 2014. Come for the discussions! Stay for the sake!

FTR: I've been visiting weekly since the dojo was on planet Xbox.

[Ryo_Hazuki--san]

looks like we should all pack up our tents and gear and leave camp shenmue dojo lol the shenmue 3 train will never come... we are lost souls...

[urbanveteran]

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[mue 26]

Because it's nice to read the analysis of someone with a balanced head and not a sufferer of bipolar disorder:
https://www.facebook.com/TeamYu/posts/7 ... eam_ref=10

[ShenSun]

looks like we should all pack up our tents and gear and leave camp shenmue dojo lol the shenmue 3 train will never come... we are lost souls...

Quiet you

[Ryo_Hazuki--san]

lol was looking forward to this for months and all i got out of it was some badass concept art of akira... :/

[_StreetSonic_]

I enjoyed this very much. I wish it could have been longer. Maybe I'm not disappointed because I didn't expect much. I'm still hoping for a HD remake and Shenmue 3. Never give up! Never surrender!

[Nahovil]

Because it's nice to read the analysis of someone with a balanced head and not a sufferer of bipolar disorder:
https://www.facebook.com/TeamYu/posts/7 ... eam_ref=10

Also, three articles post-postmortem linked in the post



Polygon.com - Creator Yu Suzuki shares the story of Shenmue's development


Destructoid.com - Shenmue: from peach tree prototype to Virtua Fighter RPG to final release


Eurogamer.net - Shenmue once featured cats that walk on two legs

And was originally called The Old Man and the Peach Tree.

[Totti]

They make us like monkeys monkeys what about Shen 3 plate I will not look more to shenmue news they make us like monkeys

[Icehotman2004]

It's fine that Shenmue 3 would be last Shenmue ever made by Yu even last Shenmue ever :o then maybe handing copyrights to Sony to continue shenmue series first let's see Shenmue 1 HD/Shenmue 2 HD fans would like to fight San Di In a hidden dojo where Ran Di Is In Shenmue 3 last Shenmue ever maybe Yu finding ways to cut costs on creating Shenmue 3 a Shen 3 demo Is perfect to see how many more fans follow to create Shen 4 until there's last chapters of Shen that Yu suzuki mentioned