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After the initial burst of enthusiasm following its announcement, Shenmue III's long awaited Kickstarter campaign has slowed right down. In order for the title to reach its ultimate $10 million target, there's going to need to be another huge surge of interest – and creator Yu Suzuki and crew are desperately trying to drum up hype with a batch of new Stretch Goals.

Unlike other campaigns, the team has decided to lay all of its cards out at once. The additional targets include new quests, missions, and mini-games for all of the title's three major locations, as well as an improved battle system with ragdoll physics and more. These additional targets essentially tally with Suzuki's comments: you'll be getting a truly open world experience at $10 million.

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The problem is that, unlike with other crowd funding drives, the new goals are unlikely to encourage people to pledge more money. Without the lure of, say, a Blu-ray release, these are quite nebulous targets – and we don't think that they're going to give the campaign the uptick in enthusiasm that it needs. The last few days are still going to be key, of course – but we hope that Suzuki and crew have a much better final push in mind.

[source kickstarter.com]