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Trace a murderer's path as Ryo Hazuki, investigating neighborhoods, training in jujitsu, fighting gangsters, and playing minigames.
Released 21 Aug 2018
Investigate A Murder
Question Local Residents
Train Jujitsu Moves
SEGA®’s most requested re-release of all time finally comes to a new generation. Shenmue delivers an epic story of revenge within a unique open world that is still unrivalled in depth and detail. Return to the epic saga that defined modern gaming. The saga begins…again.
Developed by D3T · Published by SEGA
Shenmue I & II follow Ryo Hazuki, a young jujitsu practitioner searching for the man who killed his father. His investigation begins in Yokosuka, Japan, and continues across Hong Kong as he questions locals and follows clues into the criminal underworld.
Explore streets and shops, inspect objects, talk with residents, and piece together where to go next. The games also mix in martial arts fights, quick-time events, and diversions such as arcade games, capsule toys, and forklift work.
Each town runs on a clock: residents follow schedules, shops open and close, and the day moves on as Ryo acts. Training and learning moves support his fighting, while the slower pace leaves room to explore and take part in everyday routines.
Players who connect with Shenmue often praise its atmospheric neighborhoods, detailed environments, and sense of everyday life, along with the story and the pleasure of exploring at an unhurried pace. Some also value its nostalgic character and soundtrack. Others find the waiting, repetitive tasks, dated controls, and frequent quick-time events frustrating, so reactions to its deliberate design vary.
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 many aspects of modern gaming, including open world city exploration, and was the game that coined the Quick Time Event (QTE). It was one of the first games with a persistent open world, where day cycles to night, weather changes, shops open and close and NPCs go about their business all on their own schedules. Its engrossing epic story and living world created a generation of passionate fans, and the game consistently makes the list of “greatest games of all time”.
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 insight into his father’s death, and unravels the mysteries of the Dragon Mirror that his father kept hidden.
Take the role of Ryo Hazuki.
Explore a 3D open world searching for clues, examining objects, and talking to NPCs.
Battle enemies and bosses making full use of the moves of Hazuki-style jujitsu.
Beat quick-time events (QTEs) and mini-games.
The best Shenmue experience
Pioneering Dreamcast classics available for the first time on PC
Updated user interface
Choice of modern or classic controls
Japanese audio available for the first time for a global audience
Fully scalable screen resolutions
An epic legend
A tale of revenge on a grand scale
Solve the mystery of your father’s murder
An experience never to be forgotten
The world feels alive
Talk to anyone, scour the world for clues
NPCs live independent lives on their own schedule
Faithful recreations of 1980s Japan and Hong Kong, China
Distract yourself with arcade games, collectibles, duck racing, and more
| Platforms | Windows |
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| Achievements | 55 |
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| Controller support | Xbox |
| Controller required | No |
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| Website | Official website |
