Shenmue (Dreamcast)

...it's difficult. °°°The Game°°° Shenmue Chapter One is called FREE (Full Reactive Eyes Entertainment), it's like a p.i.-film on your dreamcast. You play the character through days, you have a realistic change from day to night and there's always a little watch in the left corner at the bottom of your screen so you can always see how much time it is. A day takes ca. one hour normal time. First you can act in Yamanose, Sakuragaoka and Dobuita JUST ...
...a great graphics-engine like in Shenmue Chapter One. Magic Time and Weather Control make the game even more realistic than The Sims. You really feel stuck in a Japanese township. What you want to know about the modern Japan you can't look up in a book. Look up in this game and learn about the culture and the way of life. The sound is great, too. After a hard day at school or work you can relax and hear the relaxing sounds of this game. Great!!! ...

scope-matthi 09.12.2001 · Read full review
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Shenmue is an RPG or role playing game, and for those of you who haven't already encountered the genre I’ll tell you what this involves. In an RPG you are the hero, through some sort of coincidence most probably very spurious you have a task, either to enact revenge, save a woman in distress or stop an evil dictator. At the beginning you will have very few resources, all the research, finding items, and puzzle solving is left up to you. The ...
...is the backdrop against which Shenmue is set. Story In the opening cut scene we meet our Japanese hero Ryo Hazuki. He is hearing a ruckus and runs out to find his mate beaten on the ground clutching his chest. He whispers that he’s OK but that Ryo’s father is still in danger. Ryo runs to the dojo (hut for fighting in don’t you know) and finds his father Iwao fighting with an evil martial arts genius and getting his ass kicked ...

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...big and risky statement. Shenmue is shall we say a steady game for a number of reasons, steady because that’s how the game’s pace goes, there’s a little action here and a little puzzle solving there and never at any point do you ever feel overwhelmed with things to do. A problem that surfaces within the first half hour of playing is how linear the game is, it’s a simple go here talk to him then go there and talk to her affair, ...
...people especially when the game promises so much. From the opening cutscene you see a dojo and some martial arts which leads you to believe you’ll be partaking in some great fighting scenerios but alas fighting is too little and too far inbetween but don’t worry there’s always someone to chat to about it. The nice feature in the game is the time, everything is played out according to the time, shops opening at ten, bars opening ...

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...think I first knew of Shenmue in about 2004, that was when I got a dreamcast. I had bought the old console from a local pawnshop, really cheap, with a few games like Quake III Arena and Virtua Fighter, decent games in their own right(especially Q3A) however I felt I needed something deeper. Iv'e alwasy been a fan of the action adventure genre, good storylines but with good gameplay, and that's what I wanted. So after looking around on internet review ...
...that for any adventure game, Shenmue has my favorite graphics of all. Everything is tweaked to perfection, there are no bad graphics here what-so-ever. The way the cutscenes and realtime gameplay are totally conjoined, the way they flow seamlessly into eachother is just one of the many ways Suzuki's team has creating one of the most engrossing gaming experiences ever. The musical score is a beautiful classic of video game music, epic beyond all known ...

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...with a 4th Disc, the Shenmue Passport. The basis of the game is that you play Ryo Hazuki, son of a martial arts master, who one day comes home to find his dad being murdered by a group of gangsters who steal a mirror from your fathers dojo. From then on you make it your duty to try and locate these gangsters and get revenge. Although this sounds quite tedious at the beggining, it gets more interesting as you go on. The game is sprayed over numerous ...
...also teach you moves, generally later on in the game. Occasionally you get fun special stages, such as the "Daily Races" on Disc 3!! Overall, Shenmue is a damn great game. I'd highly reccomend that you get yourself a copy of it. 2nd hand is good remember, kids. ...

bigbtommy 13.10.2002 · Read full review
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...they felt would pay off. Shenmue is now widely regarded as one of the Dreamcast’s best titles and a sequel was released for the console and for the Microsoft Xbox. Now its eight years later but is the game still worth a look or has it lost its charm? Shenmue starts off in November 1986, when Ryo runs home to find some strange men at his house. Before he can do anything to stop them, his father is murdered right in front of him. Swearing revenge on ...
...his revenge! For 1999, Shenmue actually looks brilliant: The characters are well detailed and the environments are constructed very well, as it is essentially the area it’s portraying: Yokosuka, Japan. Character design is, in itself, not an important part of the game as you can’t control it but the clothes that the younger and older people wear do show the cultural differences going on in the late 80s. The music for Shenmue is authentic for the ...

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...title in video game history: Shenmue II. Thousands of Sega fans gathered at the Zepp Tokyo in Japan, where the next generation of Dreamcast titles were showcased including Phantasy Star Online Version 2, Sonic Adventure 2 and Crazy Taxi 2. Shenmue II's developer, the highly acclaimed Yu Suzuki of Outrun and Virtua Fighter fame, was at hand to demonstrate the sequel to AM2's masterpiece, which at one point in the time, was believed to have been canned ...
...title ever, in its entirety, Shenmue II's 'play field' will be ten times that of the original. At Game Jam, Yu Suzuki also revealed that the sequel's QTEs (Quick Timer Events) would be far more involving than the ones featured in the original game. While the prequel's QTEs only allowed one button press at a time, the sequel will incorporate slightly more complicated routines, allowing for more intricate d-pad combinations. Overall, in-game action ...

a_leeming 24.04.2001 (23.04.2001) · Read full review
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I played this game without having any opinion or prejudgement on the ability of the Dreamcast. What I found was a game that was simply out of this world! In all my years of computer gaming I have never found a game as unique and original as this. The game is based around a young Chinese man called Ryo who has his father killed by a mysterious gang leader at the start of the game. This boy is only seventeen and it is up to him to try and find the ...
...his fathers slaying. To this, you must work your way from day to day, picking up new information and living a life packed full of things such as a curfew to be in by, interaction with other people and later even a job! The game comes with four discs, which is certainly the largest amount I have seen any game come with. The game is set sixteen years in the past, in 1986, but this has no effect on the quality of the game at all, and if anything actually ...

steveymacca 21.02.2001 · Read full review
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...much hyped and long awaited Shenmue has its European release and was it worth the wait, read on. Coming in a cardboard box with to normal Dreamcast boxes inside that slip in and out the right hand side, the game is on three disks with the fourth being the passport disk for Internet options. I have to say that when I first put the game in the Dreamcast and loaded it up I was not impressed by the menus or the way they looked. They are very basically ...
...to open up, Life in Shenmue is realistic. There is a very slack time limit in Shenmue, you start around November and must have finished your quest by spring. The game can be played in either 50 or 60 MHz depending on what your TV can handle, but if you start a 60Mhz game you cannot change the setting ever. The controls for Ryo are very much like Resident Evil, with left and right rotating the character and forward making the character move in the ...

Silent_Bob 12.04.2001 · Read full review
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Title: Shenmue Developer: AM2 Publisher: SEGA Genre: F.R.E.E (RPG) Origin: Japan Players: 1 After 3 years of developing Shenmue finally arrived for the Dreamcast, and the Shenmue craze started. You take control of 18 year-old Ryo, who goes around looking for evidence hopefully leading to the ninja that killed his father. The game starts with a 10-minute video of stunning graphics about the story leading up to the murder. The detail in Shenmue is ...
...off. Even though Shenmue is an RPG there are snippets of different genres, including fighting: There are 2 types of battle modes; QTE’s in which you have a few seconds to press the button that flashes on the screen. If you succeed then you will punch or counter or dodge something if in a chase; also there is a free play battle mode where you learn moves to inflict on your enemies. Another unique part of Shenmue is later on in the adventure when you ...

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This has got to be one of the most (if not THE most) eagerly awaited games to appear on this console. I bought the game the second day after its UK release and practically ran home to play it. Firstly, the graphics will WOW you. unless, of course you work for pixar. It HAS to be one of the most graphically advanced games of all time. And quite rightly so. Aparrently, the game cost more to develop that the average Hollywood movie (which, in itself, ...
...game. With no slowdown anywhere. The way that the characters move around in the game is a STUDY in human motion. They should use the character animation for teaching computer animators. The lipsync is not perfect, But it may as well be. The way the sky changes colour at different times of day is beautiful, especially at the light that is thrown apon all the objects in the game changes. If you are anything like me, you will find yourself engaging ...

mojofilter 02.03.2001 · Read full review
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Shenmue has been placed in the rather spectacular bracket of best game ever by many people. It has apparently taken many years and over $70 million to make and put it on the now dying Dreamcast. The first thing I noticed in my local games store was the genre it came under, not beat em up, nor RPG. It was labelled F.R.E.E. (not free, this stands for Fully Reactive Eyes Entertainment) A quick conversation later and I found that Shenmue was supposed ...
...clue. The fact that Shenmue has 2 distinct styles of gameplay and blends them together so well is a first for a game. The free environment sections play well and there is so much to see and do its unreal. You can literally interact with anything in the Shenmue world and this alone makes it an experience you have to try. There’s no better feeling than going down the local arcade and playing a complete version of Hang On or Space Harrier. The ...

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...me, Junker?" you ask. Well, Shenmue is set in the last months of 1986, why, I don't know. But I was only young then and I want to see if my memory stretches back that far. Sorry, the review. Ahem, well, the Dreamcast has had a short, yet impressive life, and Shenmue stands as a testament to its brilliant game lineup that for one reason or another, never took off. Why is it so good, read on... I'd like to start by telling you Shenmue has an engine ...
...through the babble, it means Shenmue is destined to be labeled an "adventure" game, basically because it works like this - you control a central chracter, Ryo, who needs to gain clues and information on his father's murderer, a mega-evil man called Lan Di who happens to have the coolest costume for a videogame character yet and the circumstances which led Poppa to his untimely demise. The difference with so many other Adventure/RPGs is that there ...

the_junker 12.11.2001 (24.12.2001) · Read full review
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...right I was… Shenmue is simply beautiful, you are Ryo Hazuki a martial arts expert in training, you are sent on a journey of revenge to find your Father`s killer Lan di and figure out why he killed your father. A little clichéd…granted but there are so many surprises and plot twists along the way you`ll be on the edge of your seat to find out what happens next, but I won`t ruin the story or what happens for people who have never played/experienced ...
...this game which is why Shenmue set new standards and created a new genre of its own, the creators called it F.R.E.E (Full Reactive Eyes Entertainment). You can go anyway you want, you can even use a phone box to find out what the weather will be like!, you can talk to anybody you wish which is essential because you have to ask people questions to find out the where abouts of Lan di (your fathers killer) by piecing together clues that you’ve gathered, ...

vectrex001 01.06.2003 (02.06.2003) · Read full review
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After 2 years of anticipation, Shen Mue arrives on the Dreamcast in the UK!! As I popped the CD into my console, I felt a chill run down my spine, as I knew this was going to be good!! Shen Mue is a game about the main character Ryo, who is a martial arts expert, searching to find clues to avenge his father’s death! Firstly the game is introduced by a sequence in which boasts the Dreamcast’s power, by showing off the luscious graphics ...
...is, whilst simultaneously setting the plot of this eye-candy adventure, this game not only has unbelievably brilliant graphics in the sequences, but whilst you are actually playing! As I played this game for about 30 mins for the first time, I found that the environment in which this game is based, gets light, to dark as time passes by, just like real-life, I thought this was a truly awesome effect, besides many others too, which makes this game ...

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