TGC writes: Over the past year or so, the gaming world has had the release of certain games that have had terribly long production times – namely Duke Nukem Forever and Diablo III. The difference between the two, though, is DNF was critically slammed by almost every major publication, while Diablo III was praised worldwide. Now we’re only missing three games trapped in development – Kingdom Hearts III, Half-Life III, and Shenmue III. All of those three-quels deserve attention but arguably the least likely to ever appear is, unfortunately, Shenmue. Many people may not have heard of this Dreamcast classic, so here’s a quick run through of what Shenmue was, and what could be done to make a third game even greater.
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I think that’s the problem. Just give us a conclusion like we were hoping for with 3 instead of basically pulling a Shenmue 2 on us and leaving it all in limbo again,
No trilogy collection? All the years Sega knocked out Shenmue clone Yakuza, yet took years to release Shenmue 3 on PS4 only. Was made waiting all those years after Shenmue 2 on Dreamcast.
And they think it's a positive thing?
Potential new fans won't be interested in future sequels because they would need to know the story of all the previous games.
Old fans who were burnt by 3 (like me) won't be interested in the next ones. Especially if they are fillers like 3 is.
The truth is, Yu Suzuki threw away his golden oportunity of finishing the saga in a dignified way. Old fans were thirsty for its conclusion and they got good money on Kickstarter.
Now that they made 3 with some of the worst game design decisions in any modern game, and made the plot be a useless filler, a Kickstarter for 4 would probably fail badly, and the shameful sales of 3 won't convince any publisher to put good money on a sequel.
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Never say never, I really didn't expect to ever see Space Marine 2 and 12 years later its almost here.
So there is still hope for all these games.
I've completed 5 of the games on the list, but the author forgot to include Advent Rising. It was supposed to be a trilogy, but it bombed hard, and the two sequels never got made. It was Mass Effect, a console generation before Mass Effect.
The game is buggy and unpolished, it needed a few more months of development, but the potential was there. At the end of the game, you have all these super abilities, I remember the stomp attack that created a shockwave being especially powerful.
I personally think days gone will recieve some sort of sequel at some point. I'm personally also hoping it's not the rumored multiplayer online stuff. I'd think most that enjoyed it would rather thisnto.
Sony needs to dust off Sly Cooper and Days Gone so needs a sequel two of my favorite Sony titles. Bulletstorm I love great game wish it also got a sequel. And I wish Namco would finally give Enslaved a sequel another great game.
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Shenmue revolutionized many things in gaming. It was a game that was way ahead of it's time. S1 & S2 are my favorite games ever
Come on Sega, make it happen. Lan Di has been on the run far too long.
The problem is they were expensive games and nobody bought them. The only people who will buy Shenmue 3 are those who played the first two which is not that many. Maybe SEGA should at least re-release them on psn/xbl in HD to get a gauge on just how popular it is. Good though they were I think outside such places as N4G nobody really cares about it.
TBH another Shenmue would not make sense since the orignal developers are no longer together and I can not think of any studio right now that can bring the same magic that SEGA AM2 brought.
Maybe if Yu Suzuki, Fumito Ueda, Tomonobu Itagaki, Goichi Suda started a studio with a huge budget at hand then I would say do it.
Edit: Also Sega Japan's CS1 Team would probably do a descent job on a new Shenmue being that Yakuza almost feels like a successor.
considering shenmue 2 came out over 10 years ago it seems really unlikely that 3 will ever come out..but I would freaking love to be proven wrong!!! cmon sega