The Shenmue Thread - Now with an anime adaptation

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I.B. Niggin said:
I think it's become even more charming as the years pass by.

It's pretty refreshing not being bashed over the head with quest markers, the urge to complete things as quick and as much as you can as possible, arrows and highlighted objectives, etc.

Most, if not all people that started playing games in the new millennium would probably be bored to tears by it or confused as all hell with how obtuse it can be at times but there's no denying how comfy of an experience it is and just how much fun it is to dick around in Dobuita even 20 plus years later.
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From everything I've read about Shenmue it does a lot of things right and some really innovative features like reflective floors and the weather system but couldn't make a fun game out of it the same way a game like GTA could do. Plus when it was released in the U.S. it had questionable voice acting (it's all Japanese people doing bad American accents) and they couldn't get the Coca-Cola license in the Western releases so the Fanta and Coke cans got retextured.
 
Shenmue 4 announcement trailer supposedly leaked!



Could be an AI-generated hoax, as there is some weirdness like some plates seemingly floating in the air, and other things that could signify either AI or just being a kinda janky work in progress.

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A lot more effort than your typical AI slop video though, really nails the Shenmue vibe. Hopefully it's real, anyway.
 
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Something Awful said:
Shenmue 4 announcement trailer supposedly leaked!

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Could be an AI-generated hoax, as there is some weirdness like some plates seemingly floating in the air, and other things that could signify either AI or just being a kinda janky work in progress.

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A lot more effort than your typical AI slop video though, really nails the Shenmue vibe. Hopefully it's real, anyway.
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AI or not, it's well done. It's got just the right amount of weird jank.
 
I.B. Niggin said:
The silver lining is that it legit feels like a conclusion though
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It's going to be funny as hell in 2050 when 90-year-old Yu Suzuki somehow begs and cons his way into finishing Shenmue 8 and the ending of his epic saga is just as half-baked and unsatisfying as everything else about the series.
 
Does anyone happen to know the song that plays at 18:00 in this video? I swear I've heard it play around the time Christmas decorations go up in Dobuita but I cant figure it out for the life of me what this song is and if it even plays in Shenmue 1 and that I am just misremembering (I haven't played the second)
 
I just hope after the enhanced version of the third game, they would do a remake of 1&2 with the graphics of the third game. A upgrade for 1&2 is much needed i think.
 
That fake AI trailer looks more like Shenmue and is more like the game people want than Shenmue 3 is
 
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