Online Shenmue announced

[Arrrhalomynn]

http://www.shenmue-online...nmueOnline_English_HP.pdf

Great! I'm waiting for Shenmue 3 to be released, but instead of that, sega decided to make an online rpg instead! Bastards!

[IceBladeX]

I cant wait to ask countless stangers if they had seen a black car. On that day.
That day?
Yes, that day it was raining.
The day it was raining?
Yes, the day that it rained.
Hmm.
No I dont believe I can help you.

[Sauza12]

Yeah, Shenmue doesn't seem like it would lend itself to the online RPG genre to well (or maybe it lends itself too well-if that makes any sense).  Oh well, we shall see.

[Izret101]

I think its going to be a huge bomb. I didnt like the original Shenmue i spent more time playing the Sega Arcade styl games then i did the actual game in Shenmue.

[Mike Leon]

Doesn't seem like it would lend itself to the online genre well? Shenmue doesn't lend itself to ANY genre well. Shenmue was a horrible horrible horrible worthless boring piece of crap, with an awesome fighting system (and you only use it for a total of 10 minutes or so out of the 20+ hour game). Never before have I played a game in which the vast majority of the "gameplay" consisted of leaving the controller sit while I go find something to eat in the other room because the scripted event I'm waiting for won't occur for another half hour.

[Arrrhalomynn]

Never really had that problem, although I do agree with Sauza. Allthough Sega also managed to make a cool rpg out of the Panzer Dragoon shooting games.

[IceBladeX]

Kind of strange theyre making that anyway, considering theyre making Phantasy Star Universe.