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Shenmue Episode 1 - “Thunderclap” Discussion Thread


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In 1999, Yu Suzuki bet the future of the Dreamcast on a game experience he dubbed “FREE”, claiming it would transcend games.


While he lost that bet, it laid the groundwork for the modern open world genre.  However, all these years later, Suzuki has never been able to finish telling the story of the series.

Over 20 years later, [adult swim] and Crunchyroll as part of their brief alliance made an anime that is an adaptation of the first two games.  Will the story of one man and his quest for revenge resonate without the gameplay and awful dubbing?  

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15 hours ago, Jman said:

In 1999, Yu Suzuki bet the future of the Dreamcast on a game experience he dubbed “FREE”, claiming it would transcend games.


While he lost that bet, it laid the groundwork for the modern open world genre.  However, all these years later, Suzuki has never been able to finish telling the story of the series.

Over 20 years later, [adult swim] and Crunchyroll as part of their brief alliance made an anime that is an adaptation of the first two games.  Will the story of one man and his quest for revenge resonate without the gameplay and awful dubbing?  

Just the first two games?  So we're never going to see the end of this story in any form? xD

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6 minutes ago, ben0119 said:

Just the first two games?  So we're never going to see the end of this story in any form? xD

Yeah lol. Hopefully he'll be working on a fourth since we finally got a third game in 2019.

Still remember the epic reactions to Shenmue III when it got announced at PlayStation E3 2015

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2 minutes ago, DangerMouse said:

Yeah lol. Hopefully he'll be working on a fourth since we finally got a third game in 2019.

Still remember the epic reactions to Shenmue III when it got announced at PlayStation E3 2015

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I saw a pretty definitive review on Shenmue III.  Apparently it doesn't advance the story in any meaningful way.  And Yu Suzuki said he doesn't play anyone else's games, so the years of progress made by the Yakuza series that were inspired by Shenmue, and the gaming industry overall, was ignored.  It seems the game did not turn out well at all.  And Suzuki said he wants to make 2 or 3 more games?  LOL.

Oh, here's the video -

 

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