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Digital Foundry Direct! Genesis Mini, Shenmue 3, Control, Abe: Soulstorm + More E3 Hits!
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Nice to hear such positive impressions of Shenmue III from someone who is obviously a fan of the originals.
Really happy to hear more positive impressions for Shenmue 3. Having the choice of Japanese or English voices, free to explore including roaming across fields and not locked to a linear path, fluid combat that's close to Virtua Fighter. Glad they liked it and sounds exactly what I'm looking for.
Any chance of someone making another Shenmue thread with DF impressions? It contains alot of juicy new information and directly goes against some of the other media reporting.
I haven't read any other impressions yet. Any links? Curious to see where we differ!
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Mixed but seem to lean more toward the negative.
IGN's is a lot more positive:
You understand French IIRC, right?
French media has been very negative/disheartened about it:
Along with the others ppl have posted above, here are some more.
https://as.com/meristation/2019/06/14/avances/1560503524_674045.html
https://www.thumbsticks.com/shenmue-iii-is-a-classic-shenmue-game-for-better-or-worse/
https://www.pcgames.de/Shenmue-3-Sp...Fortsetzung-Neilo-Ys-Net-Deep-Silver-1284317/
https://www.psu.com/news/opinion-shenmue-3-looks-dated-and-at-e3-2019-thats-a-good-thing-heres-why/
Been waiting for your impressions John. Really happy to hear your overall positive experience and frankly I put more faith in DF's analysis, than many others quoted above. Despite being a fan I know John is typically fair in his critique from both from a technical and gameplay perspective. Best news for me-
Overall I am so pumped for this.
- "Seeing it in person, it looks great" along with 60 FPS on PC (be wonderful if PS4 pro got similar performance)
- Dual audio option in menu. I like many fans want to play this in Japanese, so this option is a must.
- R trigger to run and ability to stray of path and explore Chinese countryside sounds amazing.
- I wasn't as surprised, but happy to confirm they both felt combat felt good. "Animation felt quite impressive". Looking at last 10 seconds of clip from Epic game store and it looks smooth as described
Overall I am so pumped for this.
This. I have mine prr-ordered. Cannot wait for it. The line up of games is insanely good.
60 FPS is great news as well. I swear some of those other impressions claimed otherwise, but Digital Foundry is unimpeachable in this regard.
I'd like this as well. The forum seems to be plastered with negative Shenmue threads. There's positivity out there, too!
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John thank you very much for your work and impressions. I'm hoping you could answer a couple of questions based on what you saw.
1.) Visually you seemed pleased with what you saw. There's been conjecture mainly from Huber that the E3 build looked prettier or more advanced than the IGN released footage we've seen. What do you think?
2.) You mentioned controls will use R trigger to run. How was Ryo's run or walk animation?
3.) In combat Suzuki mentioned there will be two modes: Automatic Transmission and Manual Transmission. Can you confirm which mode you were using in demo? Did lack of throw moves bother you?
Any other insights with your time with the game would be appreciated. Thanks again.
Awesome video -- cannot wait for Shenmue III and the MD Mini.
So this refutes those French Shenmue articles that Ryo has to walk tight paths in the environment with little freedom, that it was running in "720p" with bad aliasing and a blurry imagine overall etc. I mean, maybe the PC overheated for those sessions, but something doesn't add up.
Hoping the bandwagon of negativity starts to slow down now there have been plenty of positive previews, as well as YS Net looking to organise something for those who don't want to use EGS, because I am pumped for Shenmue III. PUMPED.
So this refutes those French Shenmue articles that Ryo has to walk tight paths in the environment with little freedom, that it was running in "720p" with bad aliasing and a blurry imagine overall etc. I mean, maybe the PC overheated for those sessions, but something doesn't add up.
Hoping the bandwagon of negativity starts to slow down now there have been plenty of positive previews, as well as YS Net looking to organise something for those who don't want to use EGS, because I am pumped for Shenmue III. PUMPED.
at this point it's going to be tough to beat the negative, what i'm glad for, is that it seems that the ps4 pre orders are quite high, at least in the UK. I'm just hoping this game breaks 1 Mill worldwide.
As a fan myself, i'm probably purchasing 2 copies simply to support a sequel and Yu.
Sorry one more question John, was there music during the demo and to best of your recollection was it new music?
1) Hard to say - it looks pretty similar to that footage but without direct comparisons, I can't say for sure.
2) Yes, R trigger runs and animation is a noticeable step-up from the previous games. It looks good.
3) I don't know which mode I was in and the lack of a throw was slightly annoying
4) I can't recall the audio as the volume was low since I was sitting with Yu Suzuki talking about the game
Thanks John. Appreciate your answer, last question as it appeared Suzuki discussed wanting to use existing team to continue development with Shenmue 4. The delay from August to November seemed to happen last minute, did he give any indication for why the delay? Was it due to extra funding due to EGS deal?
Someone NEEDS to gif the one inch punch that John does in the video, se we can use it in all DF threads until the end of time.
I've really appreciated the DF directs from E3. The passion and happiness on John's face while he was talking about meeting the guy from Sega brought a smile to my face.
Also I need to keep an eye out for Abe. That game looks amazing.
I've really appreciated the DF directs from E3. The passion and happiness on John's face while he was talking about meeting the guy from Sega brought a smile to my face.
Also I need to keep an eye out for Abe. That game looks amazing.