Well, yeah, it was pretty fake.
But I suppose some people doubted.
I'm pretty sure Shenmue is a dead franchise. That 3rd part was just a catastrophe in many ways, and the least important of them were the outdated graphics, which of course, at least had their "logic".
Sorry Yu Suzuki, but you were not up to the task after almost 20 years of people waiting that game. The pacing and the gameplay experience was just horrible, as well as the wasted story in a full new chapter long awaited for many many years. Oh, well...
I don't expect enough people paying again a crowdfunding... to receive a new Shenmue game that does not conclude or at least advance the story in a motivating way. What a bummer Shenmue III was.
At least Yakuza series can be considered its descendant.