Every Shenmue Game Reviewed (Part One)

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Published on April 10, 2021 12:14:54 AM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdFitEV6sZ0

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Shenmue (1999)

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Shenmue, a franchise that has intrigued me for a very long time. One of the most obscure but influential series of all time. After a lot of doing nothing, I decided to give the games a go. In Part One, I have a look at Shenmue 1 and 2. Let's see if I like the series or not. Like, comment and subscribe!

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Shenmue is an action-adventure game series created, produced and directed by Yu Suzuki. Shenmue (1999) and Shenmue II (2001) were developed by Sega AM2 and published by Sega for Dreamcast. Shenmue III, developed by Suzuki's company Ys Net, was released for PlayStation 4 and Windows in 2019.

The Shenmue games consist of open-world 3D environments interspersed with brawler battles and quick time events. They include elements of role-playing, life simulation and social simulation games, such as a day-and-night system, variable weather effects, non-player characters with daily schedules, and interactive elements such as vending machines, arcades, and minigames. The story follows teenage martial artist Ryo Hazuki as he travels through 1980s Japan and China in pursuit of his father's killer. The original Shenmue was the most expensive video game ever developed at the time, with an estimated production and marketing cost of US$47 to $70 million, though some of the development also covered Shenmue II.

Shenmue I and II received mostly positive reviews; critics praised its graphics, soundtrack, realism and ambition, but criticized their controls, slow pace and voice acting, and their realism and focus on mundane detail divided players. They attracted a cult following, appearing in several lists of the greatest video games of all time, and are credited for pioneering game systems including quick time events and open worlds. However, the games were commercial failures and further installments entered development hell.

In 2004, Sega announced a spin-off massively multiplayer online role-playing game, Shenmue Online, but it was not released. In December 2010, a social game, Shenmue City, was launched in Japan and was shut down a year later. In 2018, Sega released high-definition ports of Shenmue and Shenmue II for multiple formats. Following a successful crowdfunding campaign, Suzuki developed Shenmue III independently; it was released for PlayStation 4 and Windows in 2019, and received mixed reviews for its faithfulness to the original games.

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0:00 Introduction
4:45 Shenmue
21:37 Shenmue II



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