Before the third instalment was announced (to be available for the PlayStation 4 and PC some time in 2017), I had never heard of this franchise, and I\u2019m pretty sure I wasn\u2019t the only one.<\/p>\n
For this reason, I have taken some time to investigate just what the heck Shenmue <\/em>is. Let\u2019s have a look.<\/p>\n In-between looking for lost kittens, apparently you fight people?<\/p><\/div>\n It turns out that Shenmue <\/em>was a game that came out on the Dreamcast<\/a>, a console that never really took off in South Africa.<\/p>\n I do not remember ever seeing it in stores, so I can only presume that like the Nintendo 64, it was never officially distributed in the country.<\/p>\n I only remember one friend having this console, and I\u2019m pretty sure he bought it outside of South Africa.<\/p>\n Did you own a The game is an action-adventure brawler set in an open-world, simulating real-life events such as weather and day-and-night cycles.<\/p>\n A young Japanese martial artist called Ryo swears revenge on Lan Di, an evil Chinese martial artist that Ryo watched pulverise his father to death.<\/p>\n The game follows Ryo\u2019s path for vengeance on Di and his henchmen as he navigates his way through a city, beating up adversaries in a gameplay style similar to Virtua Fighter<\/em>.<\/p>\n The game was originally intended to be set in the world of Virtua Fighter,<\/em> but the cost of bridging the two realms proved too much.<\/p>\n Despite this, the game was the most expensive to make during the time of its production, costing a whopping $47 to $70 million.<\/p>\n I don’t actually know what’s happening.<\/p><\/div>\n Ryo helps civilians along the way with their individual problems, all the time searching for leads on Di.<\/p>\n A great part of Shenmue<\/em> was apparently the mini-games, ranging from throwing darts to playing classic SEGA arcade games such as Hang-On <\/em>and Space Harrier<\/em>.<\/p>\n The game also includes thrilling missions such as forklift racing.<\/p>\n We weren’t kidding. Forklift racing was totally a thing,<\/p><\/div>\n Shenmue received mostly positive reviews and critics praised its gameplay, story and attempts at capturing real-life.<\/p>\n Its voice acting was kind of terrible apparently, but that is only expected from earlier Japanese video games.<\/p>\n I decided to YouTube the game to get some better insight and see what all of the fuss is about, and yes, the voice acting is completely laughable.<\/p>\n Not even obscure Japanese games like Mr. Mosquito <\/em>or Kessen<\/em> are on par.<\/p>\n Ka 2 Let\u2019s Go Hawaii, otherwise known as Mr. Mosquito.<\/p><\/div>\n The iconic classic gathered a massive cult-following and its devoted minions enabled the crowd-funding for the abandoned franchise\u2019s Kickstarter reincarnation.<\/p>\n Within 102 minutes of the Kickstarter project, over $1 million were raised and in 8 hours the benchmark $2 million, the fastest a crowd-funded project has raised such a vast amount of money, ever.<\/p>\n By the end of it, Shenmue III’s<\/em> Kickstarter campaign<\/a> had raised $6,333,295. What; the; hell.<\/p>\n On a side-note, true Shenmue <\/em>fans are known as \u2018Shenmuedandies\u2019<\/em>. If you would like to become one, please head to Reddit’s Shenmue Dandies subreddit<\/a>.<\/p>\n We’d advise you play the games first, but good luck finding a copy or the console to play it on.<\/p>\n You might try searching Gumtree<\/a> for a Dreamcast, copy of Shenmue <\/em>and see what all of the fuss is about, but it’s not going to be cheap.<\/p>\n There’s always the emulation route, but that’s not exactly legitimate, so we won’t advise it. Or, alternatively, you could watch a Let’s Play of Shenmue<\/em>.<\/p>\n \u2018Shenmuedandies\u2019 reacted with jubilation at the return of their beloved Shenmue<\/em>.<\/p><\/div>\n So what exactly can we expect from the return of a failed gaming franchise nearly 17 years later? Not much information has been released as of yet, seeing as it was just very recently given the green light.<\/p>\n But for starters, it will be produced using the Unreal 4 engine. The early results follow:<\/p>\n There will also be several personal and NPC-affecting mechanisms that will decide the traits and outlooks of the protagonist and his friends.<\/p>\n This will also be a \u201cTrue open world\u201d according to a lead developer, provided they achieve their required $10 million. We’re guessing Sony will cover the balance.<\/p>\n If you want to imagine what Shenmue III <\/em>will be like, from what I gather, think of a tamer Sleeping Dogs<\/em> and throw in obscure mini-games.<\/p>\n Weird as it seems, and for as confused as we are, I actually can’t wait to see what this Shenmue<\/em> thing is all about.<\/p>\n Dying Light: The Following\u2019s map is larger than the original, introduces cars<\/a><\/p>\n![\"Shenmue](\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Shenmue-1.jpg\")
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