![]() ![]() There are a couple of final conversations that set Ryo and friends on a path to find Lan Di – again – on the Great Wall of China and hint to a potential follow-up, but ultimately the close of this chapter stumbles and falls flat on its blank, emotionless face. So to recap, Ryo lost the thing he spent two games trying to find to a woman who was established as a villain in an unsatisfying twist moments prior, he lost a fight against Lan Di that had no urgency because it was impossible to win anyway, and now Lan Di thinks the mirror is somewhere on the ground outside. Ryo and pals escape as the building erupts in flames and Niao Sun laughs because she started the fire. ![]() The fight is unwinnable by design, and when it’s over, your pal Ren offers to give Lan Di the Phoenix Mirror (a fake one he stole from an antique shop earlier in the game), but he chucks it out the window before Lan Di can grab it. I would say that the grinding, padded length, the exchange system that forces unnecessary running around, and the ridiculous food system make Shenmue 3 a bad game. Shenmue 3 There is no getting away from the fact the Shenmue series has always had terrible voice acting. In my review I wrote it feels like the end takes a frustrating shuffle backwards, as opposed to the large step forward that we’ve been waiting 20 years for – but I want to explain why I feel that way with full spoilers for context, so if you haven’t played Shenmue 3 and you intend to, then I would recommend not reading any further.Īfter that disappointing interaction, you meet with your old nemesis and dad-killer, Lan Di. Those revelations have little to do with the larger conflict between Ryo and Lan Di, however, which is partly why the ending of Shenmue 3 is so disappointing – though that isn’t the only reason, to be sure. Shenmue 3 delves into the creation of the mirrors, along with the relationship between Ryo’s father and Lan Di’s father, Sunming Zhao. Arguably, the biggest plot development is when Ryo acquires the Phoenix Mirror at the end of the first Shenmue – it doesn’t really do anything, but is important for reasons that are still unclear. Shenmue and its sequel chronicle Ryo’s efforts to track down Lan Di and learn more about the mirrors and their potential power.
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