Well in the end i enjoyed shenmue regardless of Corey voicing Ryo but if we had to rate Corey on his ability to do proper VO then he would in all honesty be pretty low on the list and yeah i guess in a way it's nice to have some consistency and perhaps it would be too weird to hear Ryo played by someone else other than Corey.
I just hope the script writers can work with him and try to do a better job than they did with I&II or else it may be a sticking point in the reviews for shenmue III as it was before
When i got shenmue II i was really bummed there was no english VO and at 11 i couldn't stand to read subtitles throughout the whole game but by the end of it i'm pretty sure i become more engrossed within the game as a result of not being subjected to the english VO