Shenmue II

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Shenmue II is an action-adventure game developed by Sega AM2 and published by Sega for the Dreamcast in 2001. It was directed, produced and written by Yu Suzuki.

Gameplay

Like the original Shenmue, Shenmue II consists of open-world environments interspersed with brawler battles and quick time events. It features a day-and-night system, variable weather effects, non-player characters with daily schedules, and various minigames. The player controls the teenage martial artist Ryo Hazuki as he arrives in Hong Kong in 1987 in pursuit of his father's killer. His journey takes him to Kowloon and the mountains of Guilin, where he meets a young woman who is part of his destiny.

Visuals and other features

Some of Shenmue II was developed alongside the original Shenmue, which was the most expensive video game ever developed at the time. The Dreamcast version was only released in Japan and Europe; Microsoft secured console exclusivity in North America for Shenmue II, and released an enhanced port for the Xbox console in 2002 and other territories in 2003.
The Dreamcast version of Shenmue II received positive reviews, but reviews for the Xbox port were mixed; it has since appeared in several "greatest video games of all time" lists. Shenmue II sold poorly and further games in the series entered a period of development hell lasting over a decade. In 2015, Suzuki and his company Ys Net began developing Shenmue III for Windows and PlayStation 4 following a successful crowdfunding campaign.

Release Date

Sep 06, 2001

Metacritic Score

88

Rating

Achievements Count

54

DLCs

1

Play Time

23 hours

Games in Series

2

ESRB

Teen: Gambling, Use of Alcohol and Tobacco, Violence

System Requirements

  • CPU: Intel i3-560 / AMD FX-4300
  • RAM: 4 GB
  • GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 Ti (1GB Vram) / AMD Radeon 6990
  • HDD: 30 GB

Interesting Facts

  • Like the original Shenmue (1999), Shenmue II consists of open-world environments, brawler battles and quick-time events.
  • It features a day-and-night system, variable weather effects, non-player characters with daily schedules, and various minigames.
  • The player controls the teenage martial artist Ryo Hazuki as he arrives in Hong Kong in 1987 in pursuit of his father’s killer.
  • The game features a 3D fighting system similar to Sega’s Virtua Fighter series.
  • The Dreamcast version allows the player to import their save data from the first Shenmue, transferring money, items and martial arts moves.

Mod Support

Yes

Cheats support

Yes

LGBTQ Inclusive

Yes

Number of maps

9

Third/First Person

Third person

Platforms

Dreamcast PC PlayStation 4 Xbox Xbox One

Genres

Action-AdventureAdventureRPG

Game Engine

Unreal Engine 4

Protagonist sex

Male

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