Yu Suzuki is no longer at Sega

Nuke · Post by **Nuke** » Mon Aug 18, 2008 3:26 pm

Regarding Shenmue substitutes, Alan Wake might fit the bill if we throw away the fighting system.
It at least seems to be an open ended mystery adventure set in a detailed game world. I at least hope so...
But It's hard to say, since there's so little info as of yet.
But a 6+ year development cycle just screams Shenmue! (Or Duke Nukem' Forever, but let's not get too pessimistic)

JoshF · Post by **JoshF** » Mon Aug 18, 2008 3:28 pm

Nuke · Post by **Nuke** » Mon Aug 18, 2008 4:16 pm

JoshF wrote:Nope

That too. I can't really say. You can't really say. Nobody can say but Remedy Entertainment at this point. I just hope they'll go the Shenmue route when it comes to investigation, rather than the GTA route, since it would no doubt lend itself more to the environment and the adventure/mystery/exploration they're trying to portray than an empty sandbox with cars in it.

JoshF · Post by **JoshF** » Mon Aug 18, 2008 4:20 pm

That was to the Konami Golden Age joke.

Ed Oscuro · Post by **Ed Oscuro** » Mon Aug 18, 2008 9:33 pm

Neon wrote:
they should make a re-make of afterburner 2.....prolly one of my fav sega titles ever!!!
this is one of the few saturn games i've sold. justify ab2's existence please

The music.

Hate the actual "game" though.

JoshF · Post by **JoshF** » Mon Aug 18, 2008 10:22 pm

It's a flip book.

Haha, no one wants to challenge my opinions. Just try.

neorichieb1971 · Post by **neorichieb1971** » Tue Aug 19, 2008 7:08 pm

Sega goes all Grindhouse on us.

Well at least its not Sonic. Personally I think the trailer is awesome. Although I can't say the same for the actual game. That narrator is just wicked

http://www.gametrailers.com/player/user ... 55235.html

MJR · Post by **MJR** » Tue Aug 19, 2008 7:41 pm

Nuke wrote:
JoshF wrote:Nope
That too. I can't really say. You can't really say. Nobody can say but Remedy Entertainment at this point. I just hope they'll go the Shenmue route when it comes to investigation, rather than the GTA route, since it would no doubt lend itself more to the environment and the adventure/mystery/exploration they're trying to portray than an empty sandbox with cars in it.

I can say a little bit. I know some of the guys who work at remedy.
Sorry to bust your hopes, but Alan Wake has very little to do with shenmue actually. It has had quite little gameplay so far, but I've heard that they are working hard on adding more and more things to do. I'm not sure how much I can really say without putting my sources into trouble, but it surely will not be anything like GTA or shenmue.

kozo · Post by **kozo** » Tue Aug 19, 2008 7:59 pm

spongdangly wrote:Came across this. Apparently he's still at Sega.

I don't think anyone saw that.

Nuke · Post by **Nuke** » Tue Aug 19, 2008 9:16 pm

MJR wrote:
Nuke wrote:
JoshF wrote:Nope
That too. I can't really say. You can't really say. Nobody can say but Remedy Entertainment at this point. I just hope they'll go the Shenmue route when it comes to investigation, rather than the GTA route, since it would no doubt lend itself more to the environment and the adventure/mystery/exploration they're trying to portray than an empty sandbox with cars in it.
I can say a little bit. I know some of the guys who work at remedy.
Sorry to bust your hopes, but Alan Wake has very little to do with shenmue actually. It has had quite little gameplay so far, but I've heard that they are working hard on adding more and more things to do. I'm not sure how much I can really say without putting my sources into trouble, but it surely will not be anything like GTA or shenmue.

That's both great and crushing to hear. It's great to know that it probably won't simply try to be a horror-GTA in a more rural setting (a fear aroused by a wikipedia article that sourly needs to be updated) but I was kind of hoping for it to be more than a simple action/survival horror type of game.
Both it's setting and hinted level of "realism" suggested more.
I was/still am hoping for a game that'll allow me to -live- trough a cinematic live simulation experience (horror mystery in this case) like Shenmue did, but not merely just play trough the action/horror encounters and try to survive them, like I've been doing since games began to feature cut sequences.
And even though the game might have a town "hub" of some sorts I doubt it's immersion factor will be deep enough to satisfy that thirst (at least, if I'm reading between the lines in your post correctly).
But nitpickings and rants aside; I still look forward to the game, being a Max Payne/Horror fan -even though It'll probably not allow any deep investigation in a living, breathing world.