Shenmue 3: 10 Things It Must Do To Appeal To The Modern Gamer
5. Online Battle Arena
The modern game simply has to have an online component. Whether that's multiplayer, DLC or even microtransactions, there is simply no chance that any game of the modern era is going to be able to get away from the online behemoth,
Thankfully, this shouldn't be too much of a problem for Ys.Net, especially given the fact that a Shenmue MMORPG was in development up until 2007, demonstrating that there has been interest in bringing the series online before.
While making Shenmue 3 an MMORPG would be a mistake, the team need to consider what they are going to offer gamers who want to get online. Thankfully, with such a rich cast of characters already in the series it seems obvious that a battle arena where players get to duke it out with friends playing as their favourite character of the series is the choice that should be made.
It would be awesome to be able to get to grips with Ren, Dou Niu or even Lan Di and have them do battle against one another. There are plenty of dream matches to be made and it shouldn't be too hard to implement, given that the series has its roots in the Virtua Fighter games.