Yu Suzuki, Producer/Director of Shenmue 1 & 2, is at E3

[MikeRox]

Hynad said:

MikeRox said:

Actually I'd say Heavy Rain is a pretty fair comparison (I can see how you'd find similarities). Quantic Dream actually made a game called The Nomad Soul back in 1998/1999 which had pretty much all of Shenmue's attributes, just nowhere near as polished. Heavy Rain is kind of an evolution of The Nomad Soul and so they would be the perfect studio to pick up a sequel.

I disagree. Heavy Rain focuses on a scene by scene pace, instead of leaving you free to go your own way. Control wise, it's somewhat similar, but the core of the gameplay is quite different. 

But I'd agree to say it is the closest to Shenmue a game has been, but that's not saying much. Shenmue did much more back then, from a gameplay perspective, compared to Heavy Rain overly scripted nature. 

Again, Nomad Soul :P