Five days into the new year, and we have a bombshell to share with you.
It seems SEGA Europe has registered a domain name called “Shenmuehd.com”. In fact, they’re mentioned directly as “Sega Europe Ltd.” If there’s one thing past experiences have taught us here on TSSZ, it’s that a domain registration is not only very accurate with SEGA projects, but it usually means that that SEGA project is very close to being unveiled.
It seems an HD remake of Shenmue is on the horizon, although it’s not certain exactly what titles may be involved with this. Stay tuned.
Awesome, would definitely play again. Regret not backing the Kickstarter campaign. If anyone here had second thoughts about their purchase of Shenmue 3 and be willing to trade for a PS4 System Shock remake key let me know
Would love to see remaster of this. Sega should understand that the industry has changed a lot since the DC days. Games like Yakuza and open world titles like Witcher 3 show that people want sim-like rpg titles with immersive environments that suck you into their worlds.
All they need is the money the poor bastards. (couldn't afford to bring sequel to Bayonetta and there doesn't seem to be a sequel for Binary Domain in sight)
Binary Domain 2 should be funded by nintendo as an exclusive switch title like Bayonetta 2 on Wii U I reckon. They need a gears of war clone.
"A delayed game is eventually good, but a rushed game is forever bad." -Shigeru Miyamoto
A trusted source close to Atlus USA, today revealed to me that Shenmue HD Remaster will be released this year. Both games, Episodes 1 & 2, may be released together rather than separately. They are presumably being geared up for launch to precede Shenmue 3, which could possibly slip into 2018.
Of course they are. It's like going back and playing GTA3 after GTAV. Shenmue opened the doors for open world games but even in 2000 we knew the controls and pacing for Shenmue were arse. I really struggled to complete the first game with all that sailor hunting and Forklift work. In fact if Shenmue 2 didn't come out I probably wouldn't have finished the first, it was only everyone else going on about how great disc 3 and 4 were did I get the motivation to finished the first to play the second game.
Shenmue 1&2 HD need more than just a graphical tweak to be great games by today's standards.
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The original Shenmue is one of my all-time favourite "in the moment" gaming experiences. I loved it from start to finish, but I know I wouldn't love it now if it was the exact same game and certainly not after the Yakuza games which every old Sega fan here should be playing right now.
I was a massive shenmue fanboy but I couldn't imagine playing through it these days, the controls were fucking terrible! They can't just give it the HD treatment, those games need to be remade with better controls and updated visuals.
People new to shenmue will not tolerate the slow pace and bad controls... It was an issue back in 2000!