While we wait for more information on Shenmue 3, the highly-anticipated third iteration in the long-running franchise from Ys Net, game director Yu Suzuki has offered some more details about the combat system through a new video posted on Shenmue 3's Kickstarter page.
"I want to do something a little different with the battles. When it comes to fighting, there are things that I want to make my own, so I was thinking of doing things a bit different from last time. We have been running some tests, and well, it's not a game like Virtua Fighter that is about timing. So, I hope it will take the form of a puzzle game that anyone can play with a strong emphasis on choreography," he said. "They may be influenced by whether you pick up some item, and so on, incorporating more puzzle-type elements. That's what I would like to do. And QTEs, alongside some other things."
Shenmue 3 is currently in development for PC and PlayStation 4 and its launch window remains in 2018, as confirmed by Cedric Biscay, Shibuya Productions' co-founder and CEO, who is working with Ys Net on the development of the game.
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