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I'll make this simple. Shenmue was my favorite Dreamcast game. Shenmue II, is my favorite Xbox game as a result of that. It's the best version as the time I write this, as it has more features than the original Dreamcast release of Shenmue II. The Xbox version includes "Shenmue: The Movie", which is a nice rearranged and rolled-up recording of the Original Shenmue so players get the backstory who need it. It supports 480p with the Xbox's component cables, as well as back compatibility support making it playable on the Xbox 360, in 480p via HDMI or component. This is nice considering the Dreamcast version only supports RGB VGA, which is hard to come by these days if you want to play on a TV and not a monitor. Oh, and did I mention this version features the return of the English voice cast from the original Shenmue, unlike the Dreamcast version of Shenmue II? This version gives you the most bang for your buck. It's a solid sequel worth taking up shelf space of any game collector.Read full review
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I waited a long time to play this game. Six years to be exact but its still a great game compared to todays standards. And it works great on the 360, I didn't even have to download any special patches to make it work. Shenmue is still as addictive as the first DC chapter or maybe even more so. I like that you can choose what job you want to do for extra money and not just stuck with one like in the last game. This game has lots of things to do on the side when your taking a break from the main story whether it be playing games at the local arcade or gambling theres always lots to do, I just wish you didn't have an 11p.m. curfew like the last game. But don't get me wrong the main story is great too full of lots of twists and heart warming drama. Still a great game and compared to most next gen games on the market it dosen't show its age. Heres hoping for another sequel.Read full review
Shenmue II's gameplay offers as much variety as its story, combining many different gameplay styles culled from a wide range of genres. At its core, the game is basically a hybrid of traditional RPG and action RPG elements--you'll find that standard exploration, puzzle solving, and character interaction will make up a large part of your time with the game. However, you'll also find fighting sequences that use a simplified Virtua Fighter-style fighting system, numerous minigames, and quick time events (QTEs), which are timed sequences that require you to quickly match onscreen commands with controller inputs, much like in the classic arcade game Dragon's Lair. While its main structure is linear, Shenmue II is extremely open-ended in terms of your options. Your main focus is always Ryo's search for information on his father's death, but you'll also find a wealth of diversions, mostly in the form of the minigames. In some cases, the minigames are essential to the main quest, such as working jobs or gambling to earn money in order to progress. However, you'll also be able to take a break from the high-stress vengeance-seeking lifestyle and play near-perfect ports of classic arcade games such as Space Harrier, Outrun, and Afterburner II, which you'll come across in your travels. You'll even be able to do some shopping and spend your hard-earned cash in vending machines bearing assorted toys or on a variety of goods from street vendors.Read full review
Shenmue 2 has alot going for it, but it may not be right for every player. The game play is fairly slow, but utimatly rewarding. Shenmue 2 is a cross between many different game styles. It is basically an adventure/detective game with elements of an rpg and a fighting game. Your charachter, Ryo, is a 20 somthing year old Japanese martial artist whose objective is to find the killer of his father. He must find clues by questioning people. During this process you will encounter qte's, and fight sequences. Qte's are quick time events. Bascially during a movie sequence you have to push corresponding buttons within a time period in order for your character to progress. The fight sequences are decent. Better than most hybrid games the fighting is based on the virtual fighter series. The game is pretty big with 1000's of characters in it. The best part is the entire game has real voice actors. The voice acting is fair, some of it is really good, while others are bland and sometimes annoying. This game takes at least 20mins to really start enjoying it so don't give up to soon. The game portrays a real enviroment with real weather and night and day. Computer characters have jobs and visit stores. The graphics may not be next gen but they are more than adequate and sometimes awesome. I would defiently suggest buying this game if you enjoy adventure games or just want to try somthing different becuase there really isn't any game all that similar to this one. *Also* With the newest patch Shenmue 2 works for the xbox 360.Read full review
When S was released for now faded away Dreamcast-console,it got mixed review for a good reason.While it showed just how far technology had come in terms of building advanced and delailed playing enviroments with full of life,at the same time it proved how much work was still to be done to fully immerse players so that gaming would not feel like only a movie with some playable battles.It was like not keeping a promise,but claiming that the best was still yet to come and actually pointing out some of the highlighs.On some respect,Zelda games are still ahead of S as a RPG,despite having kind of inferior realization,if you know what mean.When building a game that is practically same as reality,it is going to be somewhat depressing!Personally I have played more enternaining RPGs than S,like already mentioned one.This is due the fact that some other RPGs offer far more choices instead of one path to follow,and while on S you could do small little things like buy a can of soda,you could rarely do any long term difference what so ever to anything.Same is true with the reality,but then again we play games because they tend to offer other things.It also felt,that nothing interesting sadly ever happened outside the cut-scenes."On-Rails Role Playing Real-life Simulation" is what S was and will always remain,and that alone made it as "boring" as real-life as you even had to go to work nearly every day to earn some cash!Some peoples hated it for that while others loved real-life alternative,or "Virtual Reality" as it`s usually called.Reality where absolutely no one changes their clothes despite how many months you spent there,for example.OK,admitedly S was way too ambitious for it`s own good,but it still managed to do most of the things that it did right and that is why it was success it is.But it has to be said,that if you can not do one single thing that the games story requires you to do,-finding Lan Di,you are going to be disapointed.Unfortunately,first game was released only as a movie clip as a part of the saga on the XBOX version of the S2,but i recommend to try that on SEGA`s console.What made things even worse,is that not only is it missing,second game is only port of the DC-version,but instead of giving Japanese speech you get English only,that is disapointment for fans as USA customers particulary has no option to even purchase DC-version instead,that is available on EU and Japan.This all means that XBOX-owners get more or less dumped down version,as you can not even use your existing game saves from the first game.However,it`s still nice to get even something from the legacy of DC,but it`s still true that these games shine differently on it,and should played on that machine.Having said all that,you might think that i absolutely hate S-games!That is not true,as this "V.F RPG" is still as close to combining movies and games together to "interactive movie" as any game has ever been.Period.Some efforts like Bouncer,or Berserk,not to even mention FMV-games just fail short when compared to S2 that really delivered what the first game only promised.It`s not only the story,it`s the Chinese culture that is so well presented on it.This is the game that is full of beautiful moments,things to explore,strong characters,captivating story of growing as a person,exiting battles,professional cutting edge biggest budget realization.-List just goes on.These as still unique games & get high recommention!I can hardly wait for Shenmue 3.GO BUY IT! Score:88%Read full review
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