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Reviewer: KingLich - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - July 19, Subject: Good work A fine, solid collection. Much thanks. Reviewer: Jrobinaugh - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - July 4, Subject: Best Dreamcast Collection Available This list of files has changed my life, really! We don't know if characters like Chai or Nozomi Ryo's love interest from the first game will make an appearance. None of the QTEs or fighting events have been shown, either, but we bet they'll be back.
An almost impossible game to categorize, Shenmue II picks up where the original left off, with Ryo Hazuki chasing his father's killer from Japan to Hong Kong. Those of you who never picked up the original game on the Dreamcast missed out on a different and fun adventure game. But fear not Xbox owners - you can jump into the fray with the second chapter of the series. And don't worry.
This game contains a DVD that shows episode one's cut scenes and explains exactly what happened. Shenmue II is an involved, revenge-driven adventure where players literally live the life of its protagonist. Players must find food, work for money and sleep as you go through days and nights of investigating and asking many, many citizens questions about Lan Di, the man who killed your father. Of course, what fun would it be if that's all you did I mean, you can do all this in your real life , so expect to get into martial arts driven fight scenes, arm wrestling matches and other wacky things that we all wish happened more in our normal lives.
Personally, my favorite parts were the action sequences that play like a modern Dragon's Lair. Far from excessive action, Shenmue is a romantic series moralizing which seeks to take the player in a perspective of emancipation through the adventure of a personified hero. We are therefore far from a game of consumption. The slow pace, the repetitiveness is only a translation of the stages of life through failures and learning, to achieve its own fulfillment. In this, Shenmue is indeed a cinematographic work inspired by Japanese cinema for its slow pace and Asian culture in its contemplation and its vision of the long term yet very present in the West also for those who love history.
If all the AAA games are technically and visually inspired by Shenmue , the title of Sega is still this opposite in its educational approach where the player is not a brain time available but simply a person in search of his own success through fiction. The story of Shenmue We had left Ryo Hazuki when he had just left Yokosuka in Japan and was embarking for China , still in search of his father's assassin, the dreaded Lan-Di.
Ryo arrives in Hong Kong , the spirit full of vengeance, with a few dollars and the famous mirror of the Phoenix in pocket. His path will be strewn with pitfalls, obstacles and battles. He will meet some characters who will later become his friends and will lend him a hand.
Among them Ren , the leader of a gang of thugs the Heavens , who will be above all a formidable adversary. Let us also present the superb Xui Ying Hong , master of Kung-Fu, whose beauty is matched only by strength. And finally, let's celebrate the return of the mysterious Shenhua Rei , who appeared in the introduction to Shenmue and in Ryo's dreams. This young girl whose fate seems directly linked to that of our hero is a character of the utmost importance.
It will finally be possible to meet her and learn - a little - more about her. The scenario will take you through China and appreciate magnificent scenery thanks to a sumptuous graphic realization. You will have the opportunity to admire different districts of Hong Kong , sometimes gloomy, infamous, others more touristy, high-tech or popular. Next is Kowlon , a much more traditional city where street fights are an attraction like any other.
Also in Kowlon , you will experience one of the most intense moments of the game with the endless rise floor by floor of an abandoned tower serving as a hideout for the worst kind of mafia. Fight and stress galore! The adventure will end far from the cities, in Guilin and its splendid green settings, in the company of the nonetheless magnificent Shenhua Rei You will learn a lot about the history of the characters in this episode, especially about the reasons obscures that prompted Lan-Di to assassinate Iwao Hazuki , Ryo's father, or the power of the mysterious mirrors of the Phoenix and the Dragon, which are at the heart of all these events.
Ryo will gradually acquire wisdom and strength in contact with different masters, all in a very traditional Zen atmosphere. The philosophy of martial arts is also omnipresent. The story summary was taken from the Gamekult article. By performing a content analysis of the prototype, the build was created on September 21, at This American version of Shenmue 2 would be between the Japanese release of the title, September 6, , and the European release of November 23, This prototype has two Debug Menus.
If at first glance, these seem basic, we realize that they allow a lot of things in the game. It is however complicated to understand them, to use them. Video Debugs Menus. The prototype has no label, we could confuse it with a blank GD-R, there will be no photo of it. We will note that Shenmue 2 Us creates US save files compatible only with this version. The translation from Japanese to English is not finished: lines of dialogue are still in the language of the land of the rising sun.
The words used to select the action to be taken choice are approximate as for the arm wrestling with "DO - DO" and the gatchas below in photos. The font used for the notebook was used only for the American localization. Most of the data present is almost identical to the retail versions of the game, there are a few textures that look different etc, but this is certainly due to the transition from DC to the Xbox. Gatcha choice problem. Unfinished translation.
Shahua as in Japanese. To open this hidden menu, it must start a new game or load the current game. It will then be possible to navigate in this debug menu with this controller. The triggers will allow you to change the main option, the other buttons to activate, to modify certain values. It can also be activated during the Shenhua presentation scene. The scrolling of time and hours can be stopped. The limit is set at , HK dollars.
This option corresponds to Ryo's progress in Shenmue 2. It can be increased up to Each important and obligatory scene for the advancement of the story of the game has a code corresponding to a number of STEP. If the STEP number does not correspond to anything, it will be reset to 0 the next time the game is loaded, by changing the zone for example. By choosing the correct STEP number in the place and in the zone provided for this purpose, the scene will be triggered.
Ren appears around He will disappear around Shenhua will appear around The poor thing, she's bugged! For Joy , I did not find the precise combination for her to accompany Iwao Hazuki's son stake. The work would be long and tedious. I invite you to send me privately a screenshot of the scene with its corresponding number and its explanation to locate it in order to update this section.
I will give you some examples of STEP with the equivalent in game:. If you are going for a real game, avoid using them. Disc By using it, it will be possible to travel the whole city without interruption with scenes. Be careful, by choosing numbers provided for disc 2 for scenes taking place in this GD-ROM, the game crashes with loading errors and may at times lead the player to a blue background.
For example, try to go in front of the entrance to Beverly Hill, make the guard appear by increasing the values of the STEP, he should appear between Similar crashes occur in the Blue Sky building with the dart player offering him a game he appears between 9. STEP 1. STEP 2. STEP 3. STEP 4. STEP 5. STEP 6. It is possible to finish disc 1 in 5 minutes. Once the scenes have been viewed, they cannot be triggered again. I haven't played it completely.
I count on you to update this part. The STEP number at the end of the first disc and the start of the second is 7. The goal was to go quickly to the last disc. You can finish this part of the adventure in 5 minutes. STEP He has to say goodbye to Hong Kong and go to Kowloon.
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