Shenmue II
| Shenmue II | |
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European Dreamcast slipcover
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| Developer(s) | Sega AM2 |
| Publisher(s) |
Sega Microsoft Game Studios (Xbox) |
| Director(s) |
Yu Suzuki Shinichi Yoshino Yoshihiro Okabayashi |
| Producer(s) | Yu Suzuki |
| Artist(s) | Takehiko Mikami |
| Writer(s) | Yu Suzuki Masahiro Yoshimoto |
| Composer(s) |
Takenobu Mitsuyoshi Yuzo Koshiro Ryuji Iuchi |
| Platform(s) | Dreamcast, Xbox |
| Release date(s) |
Dreamcast
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| Genre(s) | Action-adventure, role-playing |
| Mode(s) | Single player |
| Aggregate score | |
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| Aggregator | Score |
| GameRankings | (DC) 90% (XB) 82% |
| Review scores | |
| Publication | Score |
| Famitsu | 32 / 40 |
| G4 |
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| Game Informer | 8 / 10 |
| GamePro |
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| GameSpot | 8.7 / 10 |
| GameSpy | 9 / 10 |
| IGN | 8.3 / 10 (Xbox) |
| PALGN | 9 / 10 |
| Cheat Code Central |
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| Gaming Age | A |
| Gaming Target | 9 / 10 |
| Kikizo | 9 / 10 |
| Official Dreamcast Magazine (UK) | 94% |
| RPGamer | 9 / 10 |
| Xbox World | 10 / 10 |
Shenmue II (シェンムー II Shenmū Tsū?) is an open-world action-adventure video game developed by Sega AM2 and published by Sega for the Dreamcast in 2001. It was directed, produced and written by Yu Suzuki. It is the second game in the Shenmue series, a "revenge epic in the tradition of Chinese cinema", which Suzuki plans to cover at least four games.
Like the original Shenmue, Shenmue II consists of open-world 3D environments interspersed with brawler battles and quick time events. It features a day-and-night system, variable weather effects, non-player characters with daily schedules, and various minigames. The player controls the teenage martial artist Ryo Hazuki as he arrives in Hong Kong in 1987 in pursuit of his father's killer. His journey takes him to Kowloon and the mountains of Guilin, where he meets a young woman who is part of his destiny.
Some of Shenmue II was developed alongside the original Shenmue, the most expensive video game ever developed at the time; Shenmue II was completed for "a much more reasonable sum". The Dreamcast version was only released in Japan and Europe; Microsoft secured the exclusive rights in North America for Shenmue II, and released an enhanced port for the Xbox console in 2002 and other territories in 2003.
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