All of this Sega game's characters looked realistic (for the time) and had a ton of fully voiced dialogue. Nearly 20 years ago, Shenmue emerged as arguably the most ambitious video game of its time. We still don't understand why the game, set in late '80s Japan, makes so many overt references to the likes of Virtua Fighter and the Sega Saturn. But hundreds of open-world games have surpassed Yu Suzuki's classic in the days since, and none of those later games' successes have inspired Sega to fix what's broken here. These are the best versions of Shenmue games in the world. In good news, that means everything from the original games-art, dialogue, presentation-has been shined up as much as humanly possible. The team responsible for restoring this pair of games has erred on the side of authenticity.
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But does it deliver a must-play return to Sega's console swan song?
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This week's compilation changes the access-half of the equation (and comes to tide fans over while waiting for the crowdfunded Shenmue III).
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Both original games, 1999's Shenmue and 2001's Shenmue II, arrive on Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and Windows PC on Tuesday, August 21, as a $30 compilation.Ĭhances are, you never got to dive into either, owing not only to their age but also their exclusive launches on largely unpopular consoles in the West (the Dreamcast and original Xbox, respectively). This week, for the first time since the early '00s, Sega's Shenmue games will be available on modern platforms.