Demanding fans have still shown disapproval for the long desired Shenmue III, with the release of a new developer diary causing many to find the newly implemented facial animations to not be good enough, in addition to the fact that the character models are still “rather dated”.
The new developer diary unveiling the game’s facial animations (which fans complained were missing in the game’s first trailer):
As always, the content is still in-development and subject to change; Shenmue III will launch next year for the PC and PS4.
looks ok to me :/
Since a game like Yakuza has gone so far, it makes this one in comparison look like s♥♥t
I think Shenmue 1 and 2 looked better than this… I lost all hope for a quality conclusion to Shenmue.
I think that between Shenmue 2 and 3, they overstepped the boundary of uncanny valley.
The previous games had just as vacant expressions. Today’s visual quality and level of realism makes those kinds of things stand out a lot more.
Remember that Shenmue 3 is set during the late 1980s, and that the game will start in Bailu Village in Guilin which is in China. Appearances etc probably aren’t hugely important in such an out of the way location in the 1980s.
Yes the game needs proper facial animations, but it is set like 30 years ago.