Shenmue III Preview And New Trailer ‘A Day in Shenmue’

Shenmue III is a game that looked like it would never happen. With the last game of the series released way back in 2001, the likelihood of a sequel ever coming to fruition was slim, however, with the advent of Kickstarter funding, and a legion of passionate fans, the unimaginable is finally happening!

It’s rare for a game so distanced from its predecessors to get anything other than a remaster or remake, but Shenmue III is a direct continuation of the story set in motion by the events of the first two games. It shares the same art direction as the previous games, and it looks phenomenal, as well as also looking instantly familiar to fans of Shenmue, even though it’s, graphically, several orders of magnitude more detailed than before.

We recently reviewed the original Shenmue on Xbox One and praised its unique art design, excellent character building and wealth of content. The ageing, janky controls were the biggest issue; however, these are vaunted to be significantly improved for the latest outing, with a more modern system in place, along with improved fighting mechanics.

Check out the newest trailer below, and join us as we wait in anticipation for one of the most eagerly awaited returns of this generation!

Shenmue III releases on 19th November 2019, for Playstation 4 and Windows PC.

Shenmue III is the eagerly anticipated sequel to Dreamcast classics Shenmue (1999) and Shenmue II (2001). The brainchild of award-winning game director, Yu Suzuki, Shenmue set out to combine action gameplay from his arcade classic Virtua Fighter with RPG mechanics to weave a long-form epic for home consoles. Commonly known as one of the most ambitious game projects in history, Shenmue captured the imagination of players from around the world with its unique setting, intimate and cinematic character-focused story, realistic battles, and fun mini-games. Many of the features pioneered in Shenmue is now commonplace in modern games, including open world and Quick Time Event gameplay. Shenmue III was officially announced on stage at Sony’s E3 2015 press conference and simultaneously launched on crowdfunding platform Kickstarter, breaking two Guinness World Records upon raising over $6 million dollars. The game is currently in development at Yu Suzuki’s independent company, Ys Net, located in Tokyo along with many original Shenmue team members.<span class="su-quote-cite">Deep Silver Press Release</span>

Gary Teasdale

Co-owner and Editor in Chief of TGA, Gary has been playing since the '80s. The only thing he likes more than games is gaming hardware (oh yeah, and his children). His questionable claims to fame are his gamerscore of over 370,000, and being the 1994 Hollywood Bowl Mortal Kombat 2 winner-stays-on champion, racking up an unbeaten 52 consecutive wins, with no losses.