Really nice read that. I agree that to expect the same level of ambition from Shenmue 3 is unrealistic - but personally, I'm just pleased the story will finally be told.

Yeah, whatever it turns out to be like - I just want to get my hands on Lan Di.

Not in a sexy way - I just want to kill him.

Shut up you idiot, this was always meant to be a trilogy, Sony and others are funding as well do dont say anything about the amount of money, we're helping not fully funding.

The only problem I have with shenmue 3 is how long I gotta wait to get my hands on it.

Well they will get funding outside of Kickstarter. While games got more expensive to make in some ways they also got cheaper. Licensing the Unreal 4 engine will be a lot cheaper compared to making the engine Shenmue used back in the days. Voice recording at that time might have been more expensive. It's a lot easier now to get voice actors and to have or rent voice recording facilities.

Clearly with the money from Kickstarter it wouldn't be possible to make a game on the scale of the previous Shenmue games with up to date tech, bit they do get other funding. I don't think they would need 100 million for it. Without knowing the exact scope of the game it's not that easy to judge, but I would guess 20-30 million in total would be sufficient. I don't expect it to go up against GTA, Yakuza, Sleeping Dogs, etc. I see Shenmue 3 as fan service, just like The Ladt Guardian is fan service given after so many years I can't see them making any profit on it.

I'm just happy to get the conclusion to the story even if the game won't be on the same scale as the previous two games. As long as the story is good and we get our conclusion I'm happy.

Only so much time in life so hopefully it gets finished before it’s too late

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.

Only if Suzuki is behind it

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.