Upsidedown Fuji
Member
I have been enjoying just wandering around admiring scenery and gambling in Bailu Village. Got a Nozomi capsule toy on my first try.
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And to think I once dreamed of making this OT. Well it was a long slow disappointing ride and I feel like we're all poorer for the experience.....
Kazza
Member
Please let us know (without spoilers) how the larger town area (Niaowu?) is once you get to it. I'm hearing that Shenmue 3 is a combination of 1 and 2 in terms of atmosphere, with Bailu feeling like the first game, and Niaowu like the second. Personally, I'm most looking forward to the town area. My game is currently downloading, but I don't think my laptop will be able to run it properly, so I might have to wait until next year to play.
ROMhack
Member
Shenmue 1 definitely is yeah, but not 2. That's when the story gets flowing and it seems like 3 is more of a continuation of that.
Correct if wrong
Constant Flux
Member
I played like 30 minutes or so of the game and I’m not sure how to feel about it. Is there a way to side-step when fighting? Red Tiger almost kicked my ass the first time I fought him. I’m a HUGE Shenmue fan and I’ve been clamoring for Shenmue 3 since 2 came out, but this game feels a bit weird. Maybe it’ll grow on me. I really want to like this game.
TheGreatYosh
Banned
I'm not very far, just got to Sunset Hill. I am enjoying the hell out of it. It's as if it came out 4 years after 2, but on much better hardware.
Hostile_18
Banned
Please tell me the Kickstarter PS4 client has trophies? For some reason it's not bringing up an entry/trophy list.
IbizaPocholo
NeoGAFs Kent Brockman
The game whose announcement made BlimBlim cry is now officially available everywhere. Shenmue III is obviously not a triple A game, and those who naively believed that a rather limited budget would be enough to compete what the biggest publishers can
The game whose announcement made BlimBlim cry is now officially available everywhere. Shenmue III is obviously not a triple A game, and those who naively believed that a rather limited budget would be enough to compete what the biggest publishers can do today are bound to whine in the days to...
www.gamersyde.com
Incorruptible Gamer
Neo Member
Yes there are trophies, the list of trophies is showing after having unlocked the first one, it's a little bit strange but it works like this.
Tiamat2san
Member
So far I love it.
Taking my time, collecting herbs, capsules, chopping wood, learning my Kung fu.
I am not a fan of the endurance system though.
Taking my time, collecting herbs, capsules, chopping wood, learning my Kung fu.
I am not a fan of the endurance system though.
ranmafan
Member
I had the same problem. However once I earned a trophy in the game, the list showed up on my trophy list. Not sure what the issue is but its happened to others,
TheWanderingOgre
Member
I left the cave yesterday. And I have finally recovered such an important part of myself...
Shenmue III is magic.
Cant wait to play more.
Shenmue III is magic.
Cant wait to play more.
Vampire On Titus
Member
Collecting the herb sets is such a great idea. It goes hand in hand with admiring the amazingly beautiful scenery, chilling out and taking in all the detail. Absolutely loving the game so far.
IbizaPocholo
NeoGAFs Kent Brockman
Less people worked on Shenmue 3 than the Dreamcast originals | VGC
Analysis also suggests around 10 people worked on at least two games in the series…
www.videogameschronicle.com
Kazza
Member
To my surprise, the game actually booted up fine on my laptop (Intel i3 with HD620 integrated graphics and 8GB of RAM). The game looks pretty decent even on the lowest setting, but the 15fps framerate makes it a little difficult to play 
. Some thoughts after playing for around 30 minutes:
- I didn't like the strange fading-to-black cuts in the cut scenes. It's a little weird when it's the same two people having the same conversation at the same place and at the same time
- everyone else sounds fine, but Corey Marshall does seem to be hamming up the Ryo role a little too much, almost to the point of self-parody at times
- the whole atmosphere of the village is just great, it really does feel like a living place inhabited by real characters
- Ryo's interactions with NPCs seems just as awkward as in the original two games, but they each have a lot of personality
- I love the whole art style, even the NPCs
I really wanted to keep playing until at least one in-game day had passed, as I've heard how great Ryo and Shenhua's nightly fireside chats are really great, but my fan was blowing like crazy and the laptop was starting to burn my legs, so I shut it off for the sake of the health of my computer. As tempting as it is to power on through the 15fps framerate, I think I'm going to wait until I can play it on a proper PC next year. I'm jealous of everyone being able to play it right now.
Shenmue tip - try playing the game following the in-game schedule (i.e. play one in-game day per actual real life day). I did this with the other games, and it was a really nice way to experience the game. Shenmue is meant to be played slowly after all, and playing that way gets you into a nice, relaxing rhythm.
. Some thoughts after playing for around 30 minutes:- I didn't like the strange fading-to-black cuts in the cut scenes. It's a little weird when it's the same two people having the same conversation at the same place and at the same time
- everyone else sounds fine, but Corey Marshall does seem to be hamming up the Ryo role a little too much, almost to the point of self-parody at times
- the whole atmosphere of the village is just great, it really does feel like a living place inhabited by real characters
- Ryo's interactions with NPCs seems just as awkward as in the original two games, but they each have a lot of personality
- I love the whole art style, even the NPCs
I really wanted to keep playing until at least one in-game day had passed, as I've heard how great Ryo and Shenhua's nightly fireside chats are really great, but my fan was blowing like crazy and the laptop was starting to burn my legs, so I shut it off for the sake of the health of my computer. As tempting as it is to power on through the 15fps framerate, I think I'm going to wait until I can play it on a proper PC next year. I'm jealous of everyone being able to play it right now.
Shenmue tip - try playing the game following the in-game schedule (i.e. play one in-game day per actual real life day). I did this with the other games, and it was a really nice way to experience the game. Shenmue is meant to be played slowly after all, and playing that way gets you into a nice, relaxing rhythm.
TylersProphecy4.0
Banned
I mean, you're not entirely wrong. I guess I just dicked around in 2 more than you? I love running the pachi games lol.
Having sat down with 3 for maybe a half hour, I gotta say...I love this. It feels like i got a new dreamcast game in 2019 and it feels good.
Stuart360
Member
Less people worked on Shenmue 3 than the Dreamcast originals | VGC
Analysis also suggests around 10 people worked on at least two games in the series…
Oh jesus. does the game have a 30fps mode on console?
Vampire On Titus
Member
The nightly conversations with Shenhua are such a great part of the routine. Super heartwarming and chill. Also I'm getting a hang of the combat now and enjoying it. I do miss the grabs and throws but all the moves still feel unique and it's super satisfying when they connect. I think the new input method is really good, too. Once you get the combinations down you can launch the moves out really naturally amidst the regular blows.
Vampire On Titus
Member
You can skip the dialogue with the X button (on an Xbox gamepad so I assume it's Square on Playstation).
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Stuart360
Member
Eh?, i was playing on a XB1 pad on PC and pressing every button, nothing happened. Weird.
Vampire On Titus
Member
I'm playing the same way. You can definitely skip lines with the X button. I talk to the villagers repeatedly a lot to see their responses during each investigation phase/find out the local gossip when Ryo has no objective. So I'd go nuts if you couldn't skip repeat lines.
Edit: After messing around a bit I've discovered you can only skip repeated lines. So that's probably the issue you were running into.
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celsowmbr
Banned
Have you ever played minecraft?
Komatsu
Member
Guys, this is Suzuki we are talking about. Of course he wasn’t going to wrap up Shenmue’s plot. Shenmue’s kind of like Falcom’s Ys... Aldo is always going places but never gets anywhere. The journey is the whole point.
The game is super janky, like the original, but beautiful and otherwordly. I love it.
The game is super janky, like the original, but beautiful and otherwordly. I love it.
Vampire On Titus
Member
I get what Yu meant by everything being more interconnected this time. All of the systems funnel into each other much more than in I & II. Like playing the arcade games giving you capsule tickets, then complete capsule sets giving you new moves. Rather than just getting cash for them. Move scrolls are a great way to inventivize messing around with all the life sim stuff like collecting, shopping, gambling, etc because I've already gotten in a few tough fights and having good leveled up moves came in handy.
Been playing for hours today and having an awesome time. Yeah, the VA is clunky, like it was in the older games, and the lip sync isn't perfect but this is a beautiful game with a really engrossing gameplay loop that rewards players that take the time to adsorb all the fine detail.
I missed that Shenmue feeling of planning your day out & progressing in martial arts while you push forward the story.
edit: Arcade games actually give you a different kind of ticket I was just remembering that wrong because Ryo says "capsule ticket" every time at the machine lol. but my overall point about the interconnected systems still stands.
Been playing for hours today and having an awesome time. Yeah, the VA is clunky, like it was in the older games, and the lip sync isn't perfect but this is a beautiful game with a really engrossing gameplay loop that rewards players that take the time to adsorb all the fine detail.
I missed that Shenmue feeling of planning your day out & progressing in martial arts while you push forward the story.
edit: Arcade games actually give you a different kind of ticket I was just remembering that wrong because Ryo says "capsule ticket" every time at the machine lol. but my overall point about the interconnected systems still stands.
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lachesis
Member
Well, as much as I'm a fan of both franchise - Ys and Shenmue - one actually is profitable and the other isn't! LOL.
Only similarity that Ryo and Adol are their womanizing aspect, that girls just line up for them. (as sailors too ... although Adol's ship always goes down... except the one from Mask of Sun)
I'm currently wrapping up my Trail in the Skies FC on Steam - but as soon as I'm done (hopefully within a week or so) - the holiday season would be a nice long vacation in Guilin China for me! Very excited.
Hopefully rest of the backer stuff (signed artbook and whatnot) would come in soon for me to help to lift the mood!
Komatsu
Member
As someone who’s been playing Shenmue for almost two decades, I still haven’t accepted the fact that his happened.
Well, the first Shenmue alone had a larger budget than the first 7 Ys games put together (including here the off-brand versions of Ys IV), so no huge surprise. The franchise would never make that kind of money. But yes, play it!
Northeastmonk
Gold Member
One thing I find funny is interrupting someone while you’re walking with them. Ryo is the deep, serious type.
PeacefulWorldGuy
Neo Member
Health = Stamina
Shenmoe developer seems want to make this game more realism... but sadly not in a graphic way.
Incorruptible Gamer
Neo Member
I can understand their point of view and introduce this kind of situation but honestly it doesn't work very well with the old Shenmue mechanics, the explore phase is important and leave player's "blocking" the story to do other activities is fundamental and having to eat to restore energy makes it too frustrating sometimes, especially for all those who come from the first chapters.
Vampire On Titus
Member
Training and fights are the only big drains on stamina that I've encountered (maybe chopping wood too?) and there are fairly cheap food items that are basically a full restore so it's never prohibited my exploration. Maybe this becomes a problem later in the bigger areas? I'm still in Bailu and I can basically run around the entire village without issue.
DisguiseArrsick
Member
The more you train the one-inch punch you increase your endurance level which increases your stamina bar and also reduces the amount spent by activities such as running.
You don't really need to have your energy topped up unless your training, sparring or expecting a fight. Don't bother eating at the end of the day when your going home as it renews the next day.
Black garlic from Shop Tao (not the veg stall) is the cheapest in Bailu and the most economical for price to energy ratio after that pears from the same shop or red peppers. Picking herbs regularly and selling them gets the most cash as well. If your spending money on capsules, better to do the save and reload after a few tries rather than spend hundreds of yuan looking for that one rare one.
Pity the gambling isn't a straight cash transaction anymore.
Once you're hitting 4 figures in your cash flow you should buy a bottle or two of the snake wine which is to be used in battle. Now I am playing on normal so I don't know if playing on hard also affects the economy or energy consumption of items.
You don't really need to have your energy topped up unless your training, sparring or expecting a fight. Don't bother eating at the end of the day when your going home as it renews the next day.
Black garlic from Shop Tao (not the veg stall) is the cheapest in Bailu and the most economical for price to energy ratio after that pears from the same shop or red peppers. Picking herbs regularly and selling them gets the most cash as well. If your spending money on capsules, better to do the save and reload after a few tries rather than spend hundreds of yuan looking for that one rare one.
Pity the gambling isn't a straight cash transaction anymore.
Once you're hitting 4 figures in your cash flow you should buy a bottle or two of the snake wine which is to be used in battle. Now I am playing on normal so I don't know if playing on hard also affects the economy or energy consumption of items.
Grand Theft Scratchy
Banned
You still planning to update the Reviews section of the OT? Here is one review:
www.eurogamer.net
Shenmue 3 review - a faithful follow-up to an all-time classic
Against all odds, here it is. 18 years on from the last episode, and well after most had given up hope that Ryo Hazuki …
www.eurogamer.net
Vampire On Titus
Member
Man, I'm loving this game so much. I've seen a few complaints about that the plot doesn't progress fast enough but the small moments are everything to me. All the nightly Shenhua conversations, getting to know all the different villagers, these earnest quaint moments like finding the young sparring partner after dark in Sunflower Grove and discovering she has a crush on Ryo (lol who doesn't). All this stuff is the appeal of Shenmue to me even if other people consider it filler. It's part of what makes the world feel real & lived in, there's all these small moments you happen upon by chance.
I would never want a Shenmue game that feels like it's rushing to the conclusion of its epic saga. Teasing out the mystery that is part of what makes Shenmue feel like such a grand narrative. It meant so much more when you finally met Shenhua at the end of II because you had seen little hints of her in dreams for an entire game & knew her from the cover. It's likewise that we're just now learning the real history behind the Phoenix mirror. There's a lot of weight behind the reveal because of how long that mystery has been in the background of every event in Shenmue.
I understand the logic of people saying Yu should have played it safe and given the story a conclusion in III but in my opinion I'd rather have another legitimate portion of the Shenmue story than a rushed game which forego's a big part of what makes Shenmue appealing to me.
I would never want a Shenmue game that feels like it's rushing to the conclusion of its epic saga. Teasing out the mystery that is part of what makes Shenmue feel like such a grand narrative. It meant so much more when you finally met Shenhua at the end of II because you had seen little hints of her in dreams for an entire game & knew her from the cover. It's likewise that we're just now learning the real history behind the Phoenix mirror. There's a lot of weight behind the reveal because of how long that mystery has been in the background of every event in Shenmue.
I understand the logic of people saying Yu should have played it safe and given the story a conclusion in III but in my opinion I'd rather have another legitimate portion of the Shenmue story than a rushed game which forego's a big part of what makes Shenmue appealing to me.
ThatStupidLion
Member
so is the concensus that i should play 1 & 2 before this. or can i play this and if I want to continue the journey go back to a 1 & 2?
JohnSpartanLee
Member
That's just incredible.
Vampire On Titus
Member
Play 1 & 2 first for sure. It's really easy with the remaster. Jumping straight into Shenmue III would be really weird.
Elektro Demon
Banned
I like it so far, but I've just reached a point where I have to collect 2000 yen to buy some guy a special brew of alcohol.
Man this is gonna be a grind. I have to chop so many god damn logs for this.
Maybe finding herb sets is an easier way to make money.
Man this is gonna be a grind. I have to chop so many god damn logs for this.
Maybe finding herb sets is an easier way to make money.
TheWanderingOgre
Member
Herbs are a much faster solution ay.
Or spend 10 minutes playing the capsule machine of the Gem Set.
The Emerald P is very hard to get but all the others come in dozens.
As soon as you have the full set you can sell it for 1050 yuan at the
Pawn Shop.
With some luck you can even get the full set with capsule tickets alone if you have them.
Vampire On Titus
Member
Elektro Demon
You can get like 200~300 Yuan off a single decent fishing session. I've only been fishing twice and got 300 on my second session at the spot near the bridge.
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TylersProphecy4.0
Banned
I'm loving my time with this game but I'd be lying if I said I didnt want someone to mod hd versions of the dreamcast models and animations into this puppy.
Otherwise, I'm completely enamored.
Otherwise, I'm completely enamored.
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Komatsu
Member
You still planning to update the Reviews section of the OT? Here is one review:
Shenmue 3 review - a faithful follow-up to an all-time classic
Against all odds, here it is. 18 years on from the last episode, and well after most had given up hope that Ryo Hazuki …
Currently traveling but will do so.
AeonGaidenRaiden
Member
Im actually gonna buy the remastered collection first. I only played Shenmue 1 back in 2005. Im aware its an old mechanic but fuck, if people can play 50 hours of walking simulators, I might as well jump back into an older title that is slow paced and complete the story so that I can fully enjoy Shenmue 3.