Shenmue I & II
"Originally released for the Dreamcast in 2000 and 2001, Shenmue I & II is an open world action adventure combining jujitsu combat, investigative sleuthing, RPG elements, and memorable mini-games. It pioneered…
Shenmue I & II is an adventure developed by Sega AM2, released 21 August 2018 on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Shenmue I & II is
Shenmue I & II is an adventure game developed by Sega AM2 and released in 2018. It was published by Sega. It is available on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows).
The premise, in the publisher's words
"A tale of revenge. In 1986, teenage jujitsu artist Ryo Hazuki returns to the dojo of his father, Iwao Hazuki, only to witness his murder by a Chinese man, Lan Di. Lan Di steals a mysterious artifact known as the Dragon Mirror. Ryo vows to avenge his father’s death and sets out tracing Lan Di’s path. The first game in the series, Shenmue begins the tale as Ryo travels around Yokosuka, Japan, gathering clues about his father’s murder and dealing with nefarious gangsters along the way. The sequel Shenmue II continues Ryo’s quest, this time crossing the sea to Hong Kong, China. Ryo ventures deeper into the criminal underworld, meeting martial arts masters who aid him on his journey and offer…
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action, drama and open world. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the Shenmue series
Shenmue I & II is the 12th of 19 entries we hold in the Shenmue series. It arrived 3 years after Project X Zone 2. The next entry was Sega Heroes in 2018. Its critic score of 76 is almost exactly the series average of 76. The highest-rated entry is Shenmue at 90.
How it was received
Shenmue I & II holds a critic score of 76 out of 100. That places it above 54% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2018 averaged 69, so it scored 7 points above the year average.
What it launched against
Shenmue I & II launched on 21 August 2018, within three weeks of Marvel's Spider-Man, Marvel's Spider-Man, Divinity: Original Sin 2 - Definitive Edition and Dead Cells. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 5 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Marvel's Spider-Man, Marvel's Spider-Man, Divinity: Original Sin 2 - Definitive Edition, Dead Cells.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Shenmue I & II yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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