Shenmue ( 莎木 or シェンムー ) is a video game left on Dreamcast in 1999. It is the first play to use system F.R.E.E, meaning Full Reactive Eyes Entertainment , and first play of the Série Shenmue.

Scenario

The scenario of Shenmue starts with this poem as an introduction:

" He shall appear from has far eastern Land across the sea. With Young man who has yet to know his potential. This potential has power that could either destroy him gold carried out his will.

His given courage shall his fate. The path He must crosses, fraught with adversity. I wait whilst praying, for this destiny predetermined since ancient times. ''

has pitch-black night unfolds with the morning star ace its only light. And thus, the saga… begins. "

November 1986… Ryo Hazuki has just left its dear Nozomi, in difficulty vis-a-vis some " voyous" with the park of Sakuragaoka. Returning at his place, like each evening, this 18 year old young man discovers with amazement the plate of the dojo of his/her father broken, as well as the open main door. Obviously intrigued, our future hero decides to return and notices his adoptive mother Ine San, very tested by an event undoubtedly dangerous for all his family. By questioning it, this one gathers its last forces to warn Ryo which his/her father is in bad posture. It decides to throw a glance with the dojo… While approaching the door, he discovers Fuku San, making a surprising entry, while being literally thrown dojo. While entering the part, Hazuki is stopped Net by two men in black. It attends a terrible spectacle then: his/her father, Iwao Hazuki, face in duel a man vêtu of green called Lan-Di!

The visitor does not cease repeating that it wishes to recover a mirror. But Iwao does not seem not decided to yield to him. A combat follows then, turning to the advantage of the man in green, with the greatest distress of Ryo, which attacks the adversary of his/her father. Too much weak unfortunately, it will finish like his/her father: with the carpet. Finally, the young man will be used as lure for finally making say to Iwao the position of the mirror. What Hazuki sama does with dignity, while the men in black immediately will take possession of the invaluable object.

Iwao is thus delivered to itself. It does not have almost any more energy but must draw from its resources to try to beat Lan-Di. This last will go until pointing out an unfortunate event having occurred, from there several years ago: the murder of Zhao Sun Ming. The assassin is not other than Iwao Hazuki. The two men fight, until the death of Iwao follows. This one is thrown to ground by a mortal blow. He undoubtedly saw his last moments, this is why he entrusts to his son during a few moments…

Ryo then swears to be avenged for this character of which he does not know anything. And it is there that the adventure starts. ( And thus the saga begins )

Gameplay

Shenmue is held in the town of Yokosuka in Japan. The player has a great possibility of action: the cities are particularly large, the number of additional searches is important and the very many scenes. In fact, this play cannot be finished has 100% so much (at least not before many parts) there are things to see and make.

The player can constantly stop with a distributer and buy a fresh drink there. He can also buy chips, which enable him to take part in the contest to gain gifts, in particular rare figurines or the play Space Harrier to play there on his game console at house (the SEGA Saturn). Free with him to buy other objects: food for a given up cat, candles for the house, of the piles for stereophony and even to look at the schedules of a bus, to await it and return there to go to a precise place.

The hero with the possibility of involving itself to acquire novel methods using parchments. He can also go to the casino to spend his (thin) pay, to play arcade with Hang One (a set of races of motor bikes) or with Space Harrier (shot). He can also buy figurines SEGA which you can collect or sell among pawnbrokers, without counting the parts that you can gain by making the contest of the Tomato Convenience Store (the local supermarket).

Engagements

The engagements in the play Shenmue are of two kinds

It y' has the normal combat which are based on the system of Virtua Fighter, another play of Yu Suzuki. For this type of combat which one could describe as normal, one can involve oneself at various places of the play.

The other type of combat is the Q.T.E. (Quick Time Vent) or one must carry out the key of the lever which is posted with the screen. In general this mode proceeds for combat or of the track races, and at the end of certain failures one must start again. To involve it y' has the arcades with QTE 1 and QTE 2. This system was set up for the first time in this play.

Development team

  • History: Yu Suzuki

  • Screenplay : Masahiro Yoshimoto
  • Realizer: Keiji Okayasu
  • Realizer scenario: Takao Yotsuji
  • Realizer planning: Eigo Kasahara
  • Réalisateur programs: Keiji Okayasu
  • Realizer design : Masanori Ohe
  • Realizer sound: Takenobu Mitsuyoshi
  • Réalisateur motion Captures : Hiroaki Jinno
  • Realizer recording of the voices: Susumu Tashiro
  • Supervisory scenario: Yu Yamamoto
  • Range Adviser : Hiroaki Takeuchi
  • Supervisory system of combat: Takayuki Haneda
  • Interior Coordinator : Manabu Takimoto
  • Hiring Manager & Adviser : Kazunari Uchida
  • Action Item Supervisor : Kunio Sasayama
  • Supervisory Hakkyuku movements - ken: Master Gorenshi
  • Production: Yu Suzuki
  • Realization: Yu Suzuki, Takao Yotsuji
  • principal Scenario: Masahiro Yoshimoto
  • Free Scenario Plotters : Katsuo Naruse, Yagi Junichi
  • Music: Takenobu Mitsuyoshi, Osamu Murata, Ryuji Iuchi, Yuzo Koshiro

Comings out date

Yakuza: halfway between Shenmue and AWG

Yakuza is a play announced by Sega in August 2005. The play left to Japan during the year 2006, then to Europe and in the USA at the end of 2006. The play resembles much Shenmue on many points, but also AWG, even if freedom is limited much. The scenario rather good, but is excavated less than that of Shenmue. The play was very well accommodated by criticism everywhere in the world, except in Japan where the opinion of the public was mitigated.

See too

External bonds

  • Official site of Shenmue
  • Shenmue Home
  • Shenmue Master
  • Shenmue Dojo

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