Ryo’s adventure leads him to towns and mountain villages where he can further his training, try his hand at gambling, play arcade games, and work part-time jobs while investigating those who know truth behind the Phoenix Mirror. His journey takes him to an immersive representation of rural China, brimming with activity and surrounded by beautiful landscapes. In this third installment of the epic Shenmue series, Ryo seeks to solve the mystery behind the Phoenix Mirror, an artifact sought after by his father’s killer. Play as Ryo Hazuki, an 18-year-old Japanese martial artist hellbent on avenging his father’s death. An awe-inspiring world with an immersive story, featuring cinematic sequences, a realistic fighting system, and entertaining mini-games, Shenmue garnered acclaim and adoration all over the world. Shenmue established the open-world format for action RPG games. But aside from the atmosphere that has nothing to do with the plot, characters or gameplay, I don’t find a whole lot redeemable, especially for newcomers.The brainchild of award-winning game director, Yu Suzuki, Shenmue is commonly known as one of the most ambitious game projects in history, which captured the imagination of players from around the world. ![]() I can also appreciate the pretty and colorful environmental graphics portraying 1980’s China and I commend the franchise for maintaining the original character models. It seems like they were trying to be cinematic but what happens are dialogue scenes that last unnecessarily long and are very awkward. While I can appreciate the process of grinding to get a task done, what I have no patience for is slow AF walking that stops for no good reason to have the characters look at each other and say a sentence and then continue to walk again. I am used to games with a slow start because I have played my fair share of JPRGs in the past but this is slow to the point of unenjoyable. While they wont share the numbers and apparently dont have the Epic sales date, they have now lowered their upcoming financial projections claiming its 'mainly due to Shenmue III performing below our expectations', which makes us think that the sales numbers are really bad. There is so much fan service in this game with the character graphics that haven’t changed, the continued terrible dialogue and voice acting and the mouths that never do match up to anything that anyone is saying.Īll of that wouldn’t be a problem for newcomers if the gameplay just wasn’t so…damn…slow. Now this has been confirmed by the publishers owner Embracer Group. That being said, as someone who has never before laid hands on a Shenmue game, Shenmue III is only for one group of people and one group alone: fans of the franchise. Without giving anything away, the ending would seem there may be more Shenmue to come. He hears that Lan Di was trained in the village and continues his search for the murderer with the help of his new friend, Yuan. He has traveled from Japan to the rural village of Bailu Village in Guilan, China. It continues the story of Japanese teenager, Ryo Hazuki, as he hunts for the man who killed his father, a man named Lan Di. Shenmue III was developed by Ys Net and published by Deep Silver. Could Shenmue III draw a new player to the franchise in or is it a club that I just won’t ever be a part of? Sure, I had heard of bad dialogue and even worse voice acting, but as a huge fan of the original Resident Evil games, that was something that could most definitely be overlooked. Personally, I have never played a Shenmue game but have been curious and loved the vintage JRPG feeling that emanated off of it. Shenmue is one of those franchises that most gamers have heard of but not everyone has played. Platforms: PS4 (version reviewed), Windows Sometimes jumping into a new installment to an established franchise can be a great thing, but I’m not sure that Shenmue III makes the cut.
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