In light of the recent information regarding development, that has come to light with yu suzuki being in china. I think its safe to say that shenmue 3 will be much better than we all expected.
With the kickstarter reach only 6.3 million and not the 10 million that people were hoping for, some people probably had genuine concerns that this would be a smaller game made on an indie game budget.
But just look at the progress made in the few initual months, and the game hasnt even officially begun the production stage. Its all still prototype. Its amazing. Story and scenarios set. Large environments already being made. Charachters models being improved. Basic fighting mechanics are already in. Day night and weather system being worked on. A conversation system also under development. Already nice looking backgrounds / areas designed. Building exteriors and interiors being made. And a forest section thats 2km x 2km that may need doubling as its already full. Confirmation of full voice acting. Confirmation of it being open world with areas somilar to kowloon etc.
And to think still 2 years to go.wow!
i personally think that ysnet is downplaying the progress theyve really made. In my opinion the final product will have a triple A feel to it. Just like the previous entries did.