When you reach Deep Green Way Shenhua will jog on and you'll have a series of QTEs to dodge the obstacles along the way. Walk alongside Shenhua and talk to her if you want, otherwise choose the 'Hurry On' option to skip ahead. On the way a small goat will go past in the water and a girl can be seen running along the opposite bank - that's Shenhua! She'll dive in to save the goat and Ryo will go after her, but you'll all be overpowered and will wake up on the bank the next morning. It will start to rain so Ryo will run on to Muddy Stream in an effort to find shelter. Continue walking that way until you come to Yingshuihe. Ahead of you there will be a big path leading off into the countryside - that's where you want to be heading so walk that way into the area called Green Field. Ryo will step off the boat and you'll be in the small fishing village of Langhuishan. but things seem to be getting more and more dangerous by the day.Now you're in the third and final chapter of this part of the Shenmue saga. I'm told that a local gang leader named Ren of Heavens can help me find Zhu. I'm searching for a man named Yuanda Zhu, and my first real lead has led me to a local temple, where I've met with a martial arts master named Lishao Tao.
The work carrying crates isn't as much fun as driving the forklift in Japan, but I need the money. I met an odd motorcycle-riding girl named Joy, who's helped me find a job and a place to stay. I managed to recover it, but all the money was gone, leaving me penniless. Almost immediately after getting off the boat, I made some money in an arm wrestling match and then had my backpack stolen by a small boy. I've only been in Hong Kong for a few days, but much has happened. If you haven't played Shenmue, you can simply pop in this DVD and get caught up before resuming Ryo's quest in Hong Kong.
You're never fooled into thinking you're watching anything other than a stream of cutscenes, but the "movie" does a great job of recapping all of the major events and moments of the first game ("Do you know where I can find any sailors?") and tying them into a cohesive story. I wasn't sure what to expect from the DVD, but it isn't half bad. That's because - in an extremely cool move - Shenmue II comes with Shenmue: The Movie, a 90-minute DVD that recaps the story of the original game via cutscenes and other in-game footage. So, while some dedicated fans shelled out $70.00 (or more) to import the European Dreamcast version (myself included), most were forced to wait for the Xbox version, which has finally arrived.Īlthough Shenmue II is a direct continuation of the original story, gamers who haven't played through the first game shouldn't worry about feeling left behind. Someone at Microsoft must have thought Suzuki-san was on to something, however - although Shenmue II was released for the Dreamcast in Japan, Microsoft snapped up the rights to the game before the translation could be released in the U.S., instead turning it into an Xbox exclusive. While some gamers found Shenmue irresistible, others found the pacing a bit slow and tedious, and the poor English voice acting didn't help matters. With amazingly natural-looking graphics and character animation, it may have been the most vivid depiction of "real life" seen in a video game to that point. You could get a job, make phone calls, buy food at the corner store, or walk into an arcade and play emulated versions of games like Hang On and Space Harrier. You could have a conversation with just about anybody, and "Quick Time Events" (QTE's) tested your reflexes during what looked like ordinary cutscenes.
The clock was constantly ticking, with days passing as if in real-time and people constantly going about their lives. With a system that resembled a scaled-back version of Virtua Fighter, Ryo would regularly work on his martial arts skills, which would be called upon in numerous fighting sequences through the game. Primarily a traditional adventure game set in a fully-3D world, you could go nearly everywhere and interact with almost everyone, always searching for that next clue that would bring you one step closer to your goal.īut Shenmue wasn't just a search-and-find adventure game. Created by legendary Developer Yu Suzuki and released in 2000 for the Dreamcast, Shenmue was an epic tale that followed Ryo's quest to find his father's killer in a small village in Japan. It's actually been two years since gamers first met Ryo Hazuki, the teenage protagonist of the Shenmue games. Thanks to Master Chen, I've gained passage on a ship to Hong Kong where I hope to confront Lan Di, avenge my father's death, and uncover the mystery of the mirrors which were once hidden at my home. After a long search, I was finally able to identify his killer as a martial arts master named Lan Di, leader of an underground group called the Chiyoumen. Although it feels like years, it's only been two months since my father's murder at our dojo in Japan.
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