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Shenmue 3 Demo keys going out now!
- Thread starter Red XIII
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I only ask because we all know this whole campaign's been somewhat incompetent, so it wouldn't shock me. That's great, though. I'd love to sneak a look at areas they've yet to show us, but I think I've already spoiled enough. :)
Demo seems to be a hit so with fans and that's what really matters.
Anyone try on the blue shirt you can get from the shop? Changing his clothes seems so... wrong.
A PCless friend who backed the kickstarter gave me their code, so grateful to 'em :')
Only had a quick go but I do think it looks lovely given the budget, environments are really nice. Felt really cosy exploring in the way Shenmue tends to, though this time with elegant analog controls!
Kept laughing at just how often Ryo replies with "I see...", almost feels like it was exaggerated for comedic (+nostalgic) effect :p
Yeah was wondering if anyone else was getting this, regardless of settings and being on SSD I'd usually get stutters going into a new segment of the map.
Hopefully optimisation can improve things though I suspect it won't be completely eliminated
Only had a quick go but I do think it looks lovely given the budget, environments are really nice. Felt really cosy exploring in the way Shenmue tends to, though this time with elegant analog controls!
Kept laughing at just how often Ryo replies with "I see...", almost feels like it was exaggerated for comedic (+nostalgic) effect :p
Yeah was wondering if anyone else was getting this, regardless of settings and being on SSD I'd usually get stutters going into a new segment of the map.
Hopefully optimisation can improve things though I suspect it won't be completely eliminated
A few other details I've picked up on:
- I like how the flowers on the ground and bushes move when you run through them.
- There's actually an auto-run feature. If you hold down run on a linear path Ryo will follow the path until the end.
- I like how kids won't open the door if Ryo knocks but will speak to him through the door saying their parents aren't home so won't answer.
- I found a orange on the ground below a tree and behind some rocks for the herb collection which was cool.
- I didn't notice my first few playthroughs because I went to the dojo first to train but if you get beat by the bookie and then go the dojo there's a whole story cutscene where the master talks about the bookie which was cool.
This game is so great.
- I like how the flowers on the ground and bushes move when you run through them.
- There's actually an auto-run feature. If you hold down run on a linear path Ryo will follow the path until the end.
- I like how kids won't open the door if Ryo knocks but will speak to him through the door saying their parents aren't home so won't answer.
- I found a orange on the ground below a tree and behind some rocks for the herb collection which was cool.
- I didn't notice my first few playthroughs because I went to the dojo first to train but if you get beat by the bookie and then go the dojo there's a whole story cutscene where the master talks about the bookie which was cool.
This game is so great.
Some very minor spoilers about the music (numbers, amount of new tracks etc.)
There are over 250 tracks in the data files.
There are a very good amount of new tracks (I would say I did not recognize at least half of the tracks I've listened to so far, but I am not too familiar with Shenmue 2's music outside of the main story.)
There are a very good amount of new tracks (I would say I did not recognize at least half of the tracks I've listened to so far, but I am not too familiar with Shenmue 2's music outside of the main story.)
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It won't, even Spyro Trilogy have stutters when you load new zones.
Let's not talk about how crappy runs Days Gone... UE4 is a really good engine when you talk about rendering and stuff, but on streaming assets it's a problem.
I'm excited to try this. I was originally planning to play through both of the original games before Shenmue 3 came out but due to time I've had to do movie versions instead. I only just started the Shenmue 2 movie which will be interesting as I never finished that game. I owned it on both Dreamcast and Xbox back in the day but despite how much I loved the first I just always bounced off of the second game. There were just some design choices they made in that game that I found infuriating at the time.
So far so good it seems. The core Shenmue formula is still there with some addition.
The art direction is doing a lot of work trying to make up for the limited graphics budget.
It's an early build but there is a lot of jaggies and pop in to be seen in addition to the UE4 asset streaming slowdown.
There is a lot of NPC dialogue and mini-games available.
You can even go test the combat some more in the martial hall by fighting some of the people training there.
The art direction is doing a lot of work trying to make up for the limited graphics budget.
It's an early build but there is a lot of jaggies and pop in to be seen in addition to the UE4 asset streaming slowdown.
You are supposed to look around for other things to do other than finding the guy with the scar.
There is a lot of NPC dialogue and mini-games available.
You can even go test the combat some more in the martial hall by fighting some of the people training there.
I did all of that. It was just fast. Maybe I'm just efficient.
This is definitely Shenmue, I am quite satisfied. I especially like wandering around and collecting herbs to simply immerse myself in the environment.
Personal gripes I have are:
- Cross-hair when zooming in first-person mode
- Those red and blur visual cues they have around objects you can interact with - I find these quite distracting and unnecessary. I really hope there is an option to turn these off
- Those audio cues when you are around objects or people of interest (perhaps this are only for demo purposes?)
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You can smell a bit of the budget as you cannot speak with everyone you see as in the past games (this was already mentioned in past interviews) and when zooming onto a sign Ryo doesn't read it out to you. Pretty much every sign in Shenmue 1 and 2 Ryo would read it out to you once zoomed in.
Other than that every thing seems fine. I feel this will please most Shenmue fans and I can't wait to sink hours into the final game.
Personal gripes I have are:
- Cross-hair when zooming in first-person mode
- Those red and blur visual cues they have around objects you can interact with - I find these quite distracting and unnecessary. I really hope there is an option to turn these off
- Those audio cues when you are around objects or people of interest (perhaps this are only for demo purposes?)
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You can smell a bit of the budget as you cannot speak with everyone you see as in the past games (this was already mentioned in past interviews) and when zooming onto a sign Ryo doesn't read it out to you. Pretty much every sign in Shenmue 1 and 2 Ryo would read it out to you once zoomed in.
Other than that every thing seems fine. I feel this will please most Shenmue fans and I can't wait to sink hours into the final game.
lol yep. Was one of the things I did on my first playthrough. Looks so wrong though :D Saying that, I can't wait to put on some kinda of martial arts attire!
That poor old man looks like he fell and broke his hip. Ryo is a bully.
Man, I'm so envy of you right now! I can't play it but I would absolutely take a key if someone doesn't want it.
Reading these impressions is surreal, I can't believe there's an functional Shenmue 3 demo and that is looking as amazing as it is. I can't fucking wait to play the full game on November!
Reading these impressions is surreal, I can't believe there's an functional Shenmue 3 demo and that is looking as amazing as it is. I can't fucking wait to play the full game on November!
How did you manage to change his clothes?lol yep. Was one of the things I did on my first playthrough. Looks so wrong though :D Saying that, I can't wait to put on some kinda of martial arts attire!
You can change his clothes in the menu. Go to Settings, then Clothes I think it is. Then it will come up with T shirt, Jeans and Shoes. You can remove the jacket here, or can switch to another T. You can buy a purple one in the Tao Get shop.
I just played it on my brother's EGS account. This is an incredibly well designed Shenmue game. I absolutely love how they made eating part of the game. The fighting is much better than shenmue 1 & 2. Running around feels much better. This game is going to be incredible for shenmue fans
First playthrough,
The game looks much better than on the trailers/youtube videos, I guess the video compression kills a lot of how sharp the visuals are.
Only issue so far is I barely can lock onto objects with my 8bitdo SN30 Pro controller, I'll try again with an xbox 360 controller.
That was quick, went directly to the guy with the scar, and indeed if you beat him, the demo ends, I had the snake tonic which helps a lot but the fight was tough, I had like 2 circles of health left.
The game looks much better than on the trailers/youtube videos, I guess the video compression kills a lot of how sharp the visuals are.
Only issue so far is I barely can lock onto objects with my 8bitdo SN30 Pro controller, I'll try again with an xbox 360 controller.
It does indeed look much better than the videos. I hope we can turnoff the square box in the zoom feature.
Hard to believe for long term fans Shenmue 3 is almost here and boy does it look great-
Wtf, why do you have much better draw distance? I see nearly no trees at the village from this spot. Iam using very high settings.
One of my takeaways is just how big the area is. A bunch of paths are locked but you can already see there's a bunch of directions to go and things in the distance you can't reach which will be in the full game. I didn't expect the village to that big so looking forward to exploring the full game.
I was wondering about that based on the images shown so far - for some reason I assumed the village would be a small place (maybe Dobuita sized?) but the more I see of it the more I wonder if its around the size of all of Shenmue put together (minus the harbor). Makes me wonder how large the second town is, as that looks bigger still!
What's amazing is they've shown us NOTHING of the town. Everything has concentrated mostly on the demo areas. We are in for a treat.
Yu Suzuki has mentioned the game world is larger than the first two games. It's also supposed to have way more content.
I still can't believe that we're actually getting a shenmue 3 and that it looks so good. Been a wild ride, tbh.
I just now hope that us Kickstarter backers get the physical copies delivered by actual release date.
I just now hope that us Kickstarter backers get the physical copies delivered by actual release date.
Those aren't my images, it's from user at Dojo. You can see his full stream here- https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nXS8gdqz8b0
I've heard users getting much better draw distances at Dojo by fiddling with some of the settings.
Judging from other kickstarters it's probably unlikely we'll get it on release day. You'd be wise to make some backup arrangements just in case
