Just in case people aren't reading the YouTube description:
The first teaser of Shenmue III is built from a small slice of an in-development build of the game, and it delivers small peeks in new look of main characters, new characters, and feels of Shenmue world.
Anyway, a mixed bag, but mostly good stuff IMO.
I'm sure 99% of complaints about the teaser will be the facial animations, and that's justified because some of it doesn't look done yet in some spots, while other parts look pretty okay, actually.
It's a game with another 12-16 months before release though, so y'know. Don't get too in a twist about the bits that aren't done yet. I just wish they maybe avoided showing parts where they basically hadn't animated the faces, hahaha.
Body animations = good. Ryo doing his kung fu shit (that's the technical term innit?) looked really fucking nice. Makes me excited for the combat.
Environments =
WOW. Top fucking notch, super vibrant, nicely detailed. I'm not surprised that they look like this considering they were an early priority for YSnet. Bailu village looks massively updated from the last time we saw it, Choubu looks dope, and that shot of the boat heading up the river was amazing.
Camerawork = Some of that's pretty good. Some of it needs work. The one-sided fight against the old man on the docks looked neat. Actually all the fighting looked good, IMO.
Lighting = Mixed. Looks good in some places, but washes out the character models in others. Again, fight with the old man on the docks at sunset was hotttttt. The fight with Mr Muscles (the affectionate fan nickname for the ripped dude) looked good too. That's the Great Wall of China location, I believe.
Models = Kinda depends on the light. For the third time, that old man fight made Ryo's model look great. Mr Muscles looks good, Shenhua looks better in motion than the render released last week. Nothing is obviously final here, and the original Shenmue games saw models updated through production too. I noticed what I think are a few placeholder assets too, which wouldn't be a first.
I'm pleasantly surprised. It was always going to be Shenmue on a shoestring but there's still a pretty strong sense of scale here, and lots of time left for polish.