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Go wherever you want to go, see whatever you want to see,

investigate whatever you want to investigate.

Here, the passage of time is realistic.

A refreshingly cool morning breaks and transforms into

a warm, sunny afternoon. The beautiful sunset of early evening

melds slowly into a quiet and still night.

When it rains, it rains. When it snows, it snows.

At times it continues without letting up.

Here, life is realistic.

There are people who take daily walks in the park, people

working hard everyday to make a living, shop owners

selling their goods, children playing, housewives gossiping…

everyone living their own unique everyday lives.

Yes, this world is a real world.

Meet and interact with numerous people.

Grow and learn through a variety of experiences.

A compelling and majestic drama that will engulf you

exists here.

Shenmue I

1986, Yokosuka
In the suburbs of Yokosuka, the Hazuki Bukan Jujutsu Dojo is visited by some mysterious men. The master of the dojo, Iwao Hazuki, confronts the man in the deep green Chinese long gown, but is vastly overpowered and falls. His son tries to help, but is easily brushed aside. Held captive, Ryo was questioned by the mysterious man.

"Where is the mirror?" The man pressed. With nothing else he could do, Iwao tells of the mirror’s whereabouts.

The mysterious man, now in possession of the bronze mirror inscribed with a dragon, turns to Iwao and says, "You remember Zhao Sunming? You killed him!" And with that, the man delivers Iwao the killing blow.

The man turns to leave with the bronze mirror, and is called by his underling, "Lan Di." On his back is embroidered a dragon, flashing wickedly.

“Keep friends, those you love, close to you.”

With Iwao’s last words his heart, Ryo sets off on a long journey, swearing to avenge his father.

Shenmue II

In search of clues that will lead him to his father’s killer, the mysterious Lan Di, Ryo Hazuki leaves Yokosuka for Hong Kong. With the help of new friends, he finds his way to Xiuying Hong, but she will not divulge what Ryo has come looking for. Ryo finds out a man named Yuanda Zhu has information on the bronze mirror and Lan Di, and is hiding out in Kowloon.

Making his way into Kowloon with ally, Ryo makes his way to Yuanda Zhu through the underside of Hong Kong, ruled by Chinese mafia. Ryo gets the information he needs from Yuanda Zhu, but loses him to Lan Di.
To go after Lan Di, Ryo must head to Bailu Village in Guilin. Once there, he meets a young girl who will forever change his destiny.

Can any trace of the man who killed his father be found?

What mystery do the twin mirrors hold?

Shenmue III

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Set in 1987, Ryo Hazuki has made his way to China in search of his father's killer, Lan Di. There he meets a new travelling companion, Shenhua Ling, and learns of a legend from her village that has foretold their path together.

The story continues as Ryo and Shenhua start off on a new journey that will take them farther into enemy territory, deeper into mystery, and ever closer to their destiny. Lan Di will return, with a new antagonist Niao Sun.

Will the mystery of the mirrors be revealed? How is Ryo's father connected to all of this? Will Ryo track down the Chi You Men cartel and face Lan Di in a final showdown?

Modern Shenmue products

Shenmue I & II

Platforms: PS4 (Worldwide), Xbox One and PC (US and Europe only)

Publisher: Sega

Release date: 2018

Features:

* Carefully ported experience

* Japanese and English voice tracks

* Classic and modern control schemes

Shenmue III

Platforms: PS4 and PC
Publisher: Deep Silver
Release date: 2018
Features:
* The exciting continuation of the Shenmue saga.

DATA002: Shenmue

The original soundtrack to the groundbreaking SEGA game, newly remastered and available for the first time ever on vinyl. A selection of beautiful orchestral tracks from one of the most important games of all time. This release will be available in 180g Translucent Light Blue and 180g Classic Black editions when it is restocked in the summer.

g.man

*does little dance*

Raiziel

I got swept up in the early hype. Enjoyed what I played, but never finished either of them. I’m...in?

Yossarian

I do, yes.

afgavinstan

Oh baby I'm all in for the 1&2 pack. I'll even stifle my NO SWITCH VERSION?!? cries.

regmcfly

I'll buy it if they've fixed the controls, which they allege they have. But it's no Yakuza.

Yossarian

Still, Bone version of 1 & 2 gives me hope for a Bone version of 3, despite the fact that in my heart of hearts I can’t help but feel that 3 will disappoint.

optimark_prime

Thankfully they’ve included a modern controls option, as I recently struggled with another attempted play through of Shenmue.

jdanielp

Hmm, is this the optimal time to sell Dreamcast versions?

regmcfly

Yeah, I played through 1 a couple of years ago and it really is an appalling control system.

Raiziel

It’s not the controls have dated over time. They were always terrible.

regmcfly

Correct.

Yossarian

TBF, basically all control schemes for 3D games that pre-date twin analogues were terrible.

EvilRedEye

Right, that's enough OPing for now.

Diluted Dante

The release date is the day the snow turned to rain.

I'm watching a playthough now from some Geordie bloke, and the first thing he says is "fucking hell, the controls", then the realisation that there wasn't a second analogue, with a load more f bombs whilst he tries to remember how to control it.

You don't get this with modern games, it's a lost art.

AJ

I miss those days, there was actual effort put in to making the camera decent in some games. Not any more, now everyone's just "yeah, the fuckers can move it themselves if it's not in a good position".

Kow

I never played Shenmue.

Kow

Hopefully, I never will either.

EvilRedEye

You're missing out on a whole world of looking at objects and then picking them up and putting them back down.

WorKid

Really can't imagine modern gamers enjoying these unless they've done something radical to them.

afgavinstan

Fuck em then.

AJ

EvilRedEye wrote:

You're missing out on a whole world of looking at objects and then picking them up and putting them back down.

So, Japanese Gone Home?

EvilRedEye

AJ wrote:

EvilRedEye wrote:

You're missing out on a whole world of looking at objects and then picking them up and putting them back down.

So, Japanese Gone Home?

Yeah, literally, it's pretty clear Shenmue was a big influence on Gone Home even though their stories are dissimilar.

AJ

That's by far the best thing I've ever heard about Shenmue. Pity it's not the full story.

Moot_Geeza

Lovely OP, good work. I doubt I'll play either again but I did love both at the time, the sequel in particular. Still worried no.III, hopefully I won't end up wishing they hadn't bothered, but nothing I've seen of it so far really appeals.