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SHENMUE 3 kickstarter (PC/PS4) - FINAL DAY - NEW KS RECORD GO GO GO!

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Theonik

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Dead Prince said:
we're going to have to get it over 4 million so they can keep adding stretch goal. i mean... has anyone stopped giving goals before? lol.
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Bloodstained hit all their goals so they did $5m one then they had to add another $5.5m one which was also smashed them they had nothing to add anymore.
 
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Blablurn

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Lightning Count said:
Bearing down on $2.5 million.
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Trojan X

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Speevy said:
How much does it take to produce a Call of Duty game?


Imagine if the funding reached that.
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Guessing, I'd say Call of Duty probably cost around $20 million to make, but don't be surprised if this is actually lower due to the re-use of the same engine.

We have no idea how much the investors has put in, but I strongly believe they will go bat-crazy and do anything that Yu Suzuki wishes if the Kickstarter ends at $25 million+. My prediction is the funding will stop at $15 million unless the stretch goals and reward schemes are revised.
 
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Epix said:
Having never played Shenmue can someone summarize why it's so popular....
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Quoting something I said in another thread yesterday...
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In a way, I think Shenmue has aged so well because it simply does things no other game does. It hasn't been outclassed in those areas because it just doesn't have any competition. It moves to the beat of its own drum.

This is a game where you can call your friends on the phone for absolutely no reason and than have really awkward conversations. You can go to the convenience store and spend a bunch of time trying to find the right food for an abandoned kitten. You can try to bury your grief for your dead father by distracting yourself with arcade games and gambling. More than any other game I've played you really felt that you are this person, this is your life, this is your house, these are your friends... and all of it has been tainted by this horrible event that has shattered your life.

In most games the heroes just leap into action with no consequences, but every bold thing you do in Shenmue you constantly feel the ways in which you are scaring and hurting the people around you who care about you.

It is just the best.
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Laevateinn said:
I was too bitter to want a PS2 at the time but if PSO, Shenmue and Jet Set Radio were released on it I would've moved to Sony's camp much earlier. At least we got Yakuza out of all of it.
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I had similar feelings.

Then Virtua Fighter 4 was announced and I was throwing money at it.

Seriously I wish SEGA had established themselves on one platform instead of segmenting us, I feel stuff like Valkyria Chronicles, Jet Set Radio et all would have been much much bigger :/

Oh well, SHENMUE THREEEEEEEEE!
 
Northeastmonk

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The hype hasn't died down for me since this was announced. Been checking the Kickstarter and reading the thread since and I'm still finding it all surreal. Such an exciting time.
 
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Epix said:
Having never played Shenmue can someone summarize why it's so popular....
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Krejlooc said:
Remember what it was like when you saw Mario 64 the first time? How you can define pre-mario 64 3D gaming, and post-mario 64 3D gaming.

Shenmue was that for modern gaming. It was also the last hurrah for Yu Suzuki, Sega's Shigeru Miyamoto. Suzuki is the guy behind Space Harrier, Outrun, Afterburner, Virtua Fighter, Daytona USA, etc.

Imagine if Miyamoto suddenly stopped making games after Zelda; OOT. And imagine OOT ended on a cliffhanger. And the resolution got announced 15 years later with Miyamoto's glorious return.
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Krejlooc said:
What I don't think some realize is why this is surging the way it is. Much like that Yooka-laylee kickstarter, this is more about getting the band back together. This is a bunch of one of Sega's most legendary first party studios getting back together to make another game after all these years. That's insane.
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And on top of this, shenmue I and ii were simply so far ahead of their time. True visionary type games.
 
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JTran2003

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First kickstarter I'm gonna back and I am excited to do it. Spending the extra money at $175 to boot! If I could afford to I would have went with the $500 tier. Words cannot describe this feeling!!!
 
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Also why people are so ridiculously hyped:
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Shenmue I got a movie, Shenmue II is backwards compatible on the Xbox 360.

I recommend people at least hold off on watching Shenmue II on youtube or whatever. You play Shenmue I more for the experience of an amazingly intricate handcrafted world, not so much the story. Shenmue II, by contrast, is very story driven.

It's such a slow burn - a lot of people can't get into it because the story is so slow to get started. But it's slow for a reason - it lays an extremely solid foundation with lots of backstory and motivation. Shenmue II ends just as the story kicks into high gear.

I am so ridiculously stoked for this because, as someone who has played a lot of video games in my lifetime, Shenmue remains one of the better gaming stories told. It's a really classic Kung Fu story. It doesn't feel cheesy or derivative, it feels definitive.

Actually playing Shenmue II makes the beats hit harder, especially when it crescendos just as your heart starts beating. Shenmue I, by comparison, has much fewer peaks.
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nelsonroyale

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Is that footage they showed in the kickstarter what we can expect? Because the environment looks beautiful. I would be super happy with those visuals, although with upgrades to the characters obviously.
 
marcincz

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shinobi602 said:
I'm sure a physical PS4 version will be added as a stretch goal.
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AzureTranquility95 said:
I don't think it would cost another $2 million to get a physical release, especially if Sony offers to handle publishing.
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I am 110% sure it will be a physical PS4 version and limited edition. Besides I suppose they'll gather 15-20 mln $ within 31 days.

When Project Cars was on KS there was any goal for physical edition?
 
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