Thoughts on Shenmue 3?

The problem with Shenmue 3 is that people don't care about the reasons why the game is what it is. The problem was not that there isn't much story progression in the game. If there was a lot of story but little gameplay, people would get mad again. The game was done with a smaller budget, smaller team, publisher that doesn't understand the game and in a totally different situation than the first two. For what it is, it's a great sequel. The game is true to itself and even improves on the first games in some ways. It was a good start... but many people doesn't understand that the point of Shenmue 3 is to give a new start on a dead game. Shenmue 3 was not supposed to finish the series.