Rumor: Shenmue Gone for Good

[acn010]

rest in peace

[Dull Blade]

how unfortunate, a great series comes to an end with no conclusion... If you havent played either of the 2, you should try them, your missing alot. I will admit that at the start, it is a bit boaring but it gets better lator on.

[Skai725]

well... I am a big fan of Shenmue, I bought my Xbox just so I could play the 2nd game... Literally. Anyway, Shenmue is an RPG I guess you can say, but Yu Suzuki called it F.R.E.E. (Full Reactive Eye Entertainment) he wanted the game to feel like a movie as much as a game, and I believe he exceeded it, to me it felt more like I was Ryo living in Japan and that I was looking for Lan Di, its immersive and the story is cliche but it works so well since there's more to it than just revenge, I really hope this is a rumor, I'd like to see the end of Ryo's story, and jeez Sega could you have atleast put Ryo as a secret character for VF5, instead of just shoving him to the side like he never existed...?

[Elven6]

Well mabye hes saying we should forget about it because Shenmue Online is a MMORPG, and those need constant care, so they could have meant to say forget about it for a few years?

And if its about sales, Shenmue 1 had the misfortune of being released at a time when the Dreamcast had big piracy problems, if people didn't have Broadband they could have gotten it from friends, or a street merchant. Shenmue 2 wasen't even advertised, so if no one knew about this game being on the Xbox or Dreamcast, how could they buy it?

[Vangar]

God damn. So i played them right though, never to know the end. Fail'd.

[Lupin3rd]

They could go the advent children route to end the franchise, would be better than nothing, bundle it with ports of the first two for current gen consoles.

[sourced]

This is like: "I don't like video games"

hey. i LOVE video games. its just that... shenmue was one of those games which just didnt tickle my fancy. too slow paced and boring to me.

i must agree with some of you guys that the game has an original concept and is to a certain extent interesting. its just that i found the game to cliche and boring. it felt too much like an "interactive movie" if you know what i mean.

[Ichijoe]

hey. i LOVE video games. its just that... shenmue was one of those games which just didnt tickle my fancy. too slow paced and boring to me.

i must agree with some of you guys that the game has an original concept and is to a certain extent interesting. its just that i found the game to cliche and boring. it felt too much like an "interactive movie" if you know what i mean.

It's difficult to argue the point about it being "slow", but, again ~that's the "magical" part~ of this Game.
Your not soposed to know what to do or where to go right of the bat, and yes it can be a bit boring and drag on... and on... et-al.

But, by the time you managed to regain your stolen Gear and find the Temple it starts moving along fairly fast.

I wouldn't really know how to categorizes this Game it does so much, RPG, Puzzle or Fighter, not counting the ~scripted~ feel that this Game has.

I really hope that somehow we'll get to see the "End" to this Story, 'couse it does kinda leave hanging there at the end of Shenmue 2.

[ShinMike]

overrate game woo! so only the fans of it care , anyways i would actually give it a try if they improve the gameplay and all of that, bc i never liked the series =/, itwas just ok for me =p

[VampDude]

Are SEGA purposely trying to doom themselves?

Firstly: They pull out've the console market.

Secondly: From their pull out've the console market they focus on publishing poor quality games for just about every console in the market.

Thirdly: This rumor is probably true.