The Shenmue legacy lives on: Ryuu ga Gotoku Kenzan!

[icycalm]

I am a bit miffed that they seem to be using only a slightly updated version of their PS2 engine (which wasn't anything fancy in the first place), but apart from that this game looks awesome. Going by the 'Battle' video on the official site, it seems like the hack-and-slash action will be similar to the Onimusha games, if not better:

http://ryu-ga-gotoku.com/

I don't expect it to have the deepest fighting system yet, but as long as it's reasonably technical I will be content. This is supposed to be an adventure game, after all. It's also the most promising exclusive PS3 title I've yet seen (not counting MGS 4, which will likely not be/remain exclusive for long).





http://www.gpara.com/comingsoon/ryu_kenzan/1025/



More scans from this awesome 7-page Famitsu spread:

http://insomnia.ac/archive/games/playst ... okukenzan/

And coverage of an event that featured the director, Toshihiro Nagoshi, and the voice actors:

http://www.gpara.com/pickupnews/news/20071204ryu/

Comes out March 6.

[icycalm]

Pretty great trailer, even though it's mostly cutscene stuff. The comparison of the characters' faces with those of their respective voice actors is the best part.

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Also, something I posted in another forum:

Note that the title of this game is Ryuu ga Gotoku Kenzan!, i.e. there's no '3' anywhere. What I am wondering is what title the American marketers will come up with for it, if they ever decide to localize it. "Like a Dragon" wasn't good enough for them, so they used "Yakuza" for the first two games, but since there's no yakuza in this one it would be kinda weird to call it "Yakuza 3". Not that I'd put it past them, mind you, but in any case here are some suggestions:

-Mobile Light Force III
-Ghasts and Goblins
-Like a Yakuza (But Not Quite)

Feel free to come up with your own.

[CosMind]

-Karate Kid Future
-Return of the Last Samurai
-Halo 4