Shenmue II (DC)

Developed by Yu Suzuki, Shenmue II is the follow up to one of the most engrossing video games in recent memory, Shenmue. While a lot of people tend to dismiss the game as boring, or uneventful, they typically do not play past the first hour, which is when the action really picks up. Picking up where the first game left off, Ryo Hazuki leaves the small town of Yokosuka behind to arrive at Hong Kong, hoping to find his fathers killer, Lan Di, and avenge his death, all the while trying to solve the ever unraveling mystery of the Phoenix and Dragon mirrors. Arriving in Hong Kong literally takes your breath away the first time you lay your eyes on it. As ...  Read the complete review

Sorry about the title, but seriously, what CAN'T this game do? Shenmue 2 is the long-awaited sequel to Shenmue (predictably), a game that was released to much critical acclaim a few years ago on the Dreamcast. In those days, Yu Suzuki, creator, had grand plans for the series, 16 episodes, all huge, to be released on the wondrous Dreamcast, a console sure to last a thousand years, or something. Anyway, this never really happened (curse that PS2) and now only Shenmue 2 has graced the ill-fated format. Still, it?s obvious that the 7 YEARS Yu Suzuki spent developing these masterpieces has not gone to waste. You?ll be glad to know that the second ...  Read the complete review

Shenmue II. Yu Suzuki's continuation of the much anticipated Shenmue series. Developed by those boys over in AM2, this game fully carries on the great ideas in the first game, but develops on them further. The basics The basics of the game for all of you who haven't played the first is this: You're Ryo Hazuki, your father has been killed by the leader of a chinese criminal organisation called the chiyoumen. It is your role to find this man and kill him. But you soon find yourself trapped in the quest for a secret mirror, leading to a treasure rumoured to be somewhere in China. The Story The story is what will really bring ...  Read the complete review

Most hardcore DC fans own a copy of Shenmue and have completed it one or more times. At the end of Shenmue you are left with a cliff hanger where Ryo is forced to go to Hong Kong in order to continue his quest which is to get revenge on Lan Di, the man who killed his father The game begins in Hong Kong and the first thing that you notice is that everything has kept the same to the original game (this is a good thing) One of the most noticeable changes is the landscape and scenery as this gets about as close as it gets in creating a virtual Hong Kong. I couldn't wait to get into this game and I was very happy to see that all my items and money I had ...  Read the complete review

Well I just completed it and felt the need to share my opinions. Basically if you haven't already bought it you must. In my opinion Shenmue was an average game but Shenmue II left me saying "thats the greatest game I've ever played". 3 chapters, 3 different locations, each one bigger than that in chapter 1. The right atmosphere with Japanese voice overs, and FAST PACED something the first wasn't. Absoulutley boiling over with plot, forget a cutscene once every few days, think a scene every 2 gaming hours, each one adding something. The characters were far more real this time round and it was positivley addictive. I'd love ...  Read the complete review