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NEWS: Shenmue III for PS4/PC Launches Kickstarter Campaign

The game looks very pretty, but this is literally the first time I've heard of the Shenmue series (and I feel like I have a decent knowledge of video games). Is the series even popular enough to reach $2 million on Kickstarter? I feel like that's quite a stretch for just the bare minimum, let alone $4 million for another area and who knows how much for the other two. I mean, Bloodstained was $5.5 million and Yooka-Laylee is at $3 million, and those two were some of the most hyped games I've ever seen on Kickstarter, so I'm wondering if this game thinks it can easily get the money it needs but is really going in over its head.

Also, the people who dubbed over the video did not sound the least bit excited lol.

The game looks very pretty, but this is literally the first time I've heard of the Shenmue series (and I feel like I have a decent knowledge of video games). Is the series even popular enough to reach $2 million on Kickstarter? I feel like that's quite a stretch for just the bare minimum, let alone $4 million for another area and who knows how much for the other two. I mean, Bloodstained was $5.5 million and Yooka-Laylee is at $3 million, and those two were some of the most hyped games I've ever seen on Kickstarter, so I'm wondering if this game thinks it can easily get the money it needs but is really going in over its head.

Also, the people who dubbed over the video did not sound the least bit excited lol.

Well it's been over a decade since Shenmue II came out for Dreamcast/Xbox so maybe that's why you haven't heard of it. But it has a pretty big cult following. The kickstarter hasn't even been live for an hour and it's already 1/4th of the way to its goal.

As mentioned, Shenmue was a big deal when it first came out. When the original game was released it was one of the most expensive (production costs) video games ever created, and looked at as one of the most ambitious. It introduced Quick-Time Events the way we know of them now (hell, it coined the term!), had a world that was as real as a game could be at the time, with natural weather systems & NPC AI that acted like they had actual lives to live, & had the pedigree of Yu Suzuki, who at the time was still one of the most iconic game producers ever. Shenmue was insanely huge.

The fact that Yu Suzuki was constantly bombarded with questions about the third game for 14 straight years shows how much people wanted the story to finish.

I never played 2. Really want it on Live and Network.

Also, no Xbone port, no funding.

Beatdigga wrote:

I never played 2. Really want it on Live and Network. Also, no Xbone port, no funding.

Just get it on superior PC. I'm guessing no Xbox support because of one of these reasons..

1.Vastly more players on PS4.

2. Sony probably promising money if funding is made





Replying to the post earlier by "Xionea" about 2m being "a lot". It will hit that in days. I promise you. Possibly less. Shenmue is one of the most loved franchise from Sega.

edit: it's already half-way there...Lol

Actually, I think that was kind of on purpose. Shenmue wasn't known for having stellar dubbing, being filled with a lot of stilted & odd performances; I think that kind of helped add to the charm of the title. Maybe Suzuki wanted to maintain that feel, though it's obvious that the voice work was more a test run than anything right now.