Shenmue Thread

richymcdermott

I thought a sega thread would be nothing without a shenmue thread. One of the finest games ever made by the legendary Yu Suzuki , Shenmue was so rich in detail, storytelling and its atmosphere was nowhere matched by any other imo in 1999. Of course not all great games gets the justice they deserve, Shenmue has being sitting on a cliffhanger , locked away in the caves and has being long forgotten for well over a decade now. Sitting on perhaps one of the biggest cliffahangers in videogame history , we are all waiting for Sega to allow Yu Suzuki to finish his baby and shows us what happens to Yu Ryo Hazuki Journey.





I wanted to create this thread for shenmue fans like myself and tell stories and relive memories of their time playing Shenmue, and to keep the shenmue flame live and well.

After 12 years still waiting the shenmue fans has never let hopes of dreams die and have made websites, forums post, comments on youtube and videos about their love for the series. Truly Amazing how alot of games are forgotten but only a few can stand the test of time.

Shenmue Full Album

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxZrVCa517w

HCG Shenmue Memories

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOwMD7IDkvU

Shenmue Cave may look very dark right now , but as long as do not forget about shenmue , shenmue will never die

o1s1n

One of my biggest secret shames, I've never played it!

Outkast_IRE

I still don't understand how , Sonic, crazy taxi etc have gotten steam releases yet Shenmue hasn't ???

They would make a nice bundle of cash if they released them on steam at a reasonable price.

Must check if theres any online petitions etc to get it done.

richymcdermott

o1s1n wrote: »

One of my biggest secret shames, I've never played it!

YOU CALL YOURSELF A SEGA FAN




GET OUT YOU ARE NOT WANTED HERE!!!!!!!


:pac::pac::pac::pac::pac:

richymcdermott

Outkast_IRE wrote: »

I still don't understand how , Sonic, crazy taxi etc have gotten steam releases yet Shenmue hasn't ???

They would make a nice bundle of cash if they released them on steam at a reasonable price.

Must check if theres any online petitions etc to get it done.

ive signed 5 petitions in the space of 3 years to get shenmue 3


nothing happened yet.... i blame this guy

Outkast_IRE

Time has gone on too far for Shenmue 3 to be released now without a complete re-release of Shenmue 1 and 2 . If you got some good sales with Shenmue 1 and 2 via steam there might be some hope of Shenmue 3 .

richymcdermott

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgbkkLIT-Mo

o1s1n

richymcdermott wrote: »

YOU CALL YOURSELF A SEGA FAN




GET OUT YOU ARE NOT WANTED HERE!!!!!!!


:pac::pac::pac::pac::pac:

I'll start playing it soon, I swear!!! :pac:

richymcdermott

o1s1n wrote: »

I'll start playing it soon, I swear!!! :pac:

good man xD

grimm2005

I remember there were hints a while back from someone from Sega of a HD remake at some point in the future. Would be a great way of getting interest back in the series and potentially a stepping stone to a sequel. At the very least it would be cheap enough for them to give it a once over and release on Steam and the consoles digital stores. I think that's the best we could realistically hope for for the time being.

One potential thing stopping them could be the horrible English voice acting. Any big game release these days (even smaller ones) that have full voice acting usually have half decent actors playing the roles. Don't get me wrong, I think it added to the charm and I guess I was too young originally to notice that it was bad but I think it'd put a lot of modern young gamers off.

atog

yeah I heard there was a HD version of Shenmue 2 that is fully completed but theyre waiting for something before they release it for download. for love nor money i can't figure out what theyre waiting for. still my fave game ever created

Julez

grimm2005 wrote: »

One potential thing stopping them could be the horrible English voice acting. Any big game release these days (even smaller ones) that have full voice acting usually have half decent actors playing the roles.

Was reading that thinking "But that adds to the charm!!" then...

grimm2005 wrote: »

Don't get me wrong, I think it added to the charm

o1s1n

Moved from Sega.

richymcdermott

ryo hazuki will never die

paperwork

I have a feeling Shenmue is locked into a weird Microsoft contract.

I played it for a bit but never found the time to finish it.
What sort of hours are we talking to get through it?

richymcdermott

urbanledge wrote: »

I played it for a bit but never found the time to finish it.
What sort of hours are we talking to get through it?

roughly 20 hours

the groutch

richymcdermott wrote: »

roughly 20 hours

assuming you can stay away from the Lucky Hit stands

richymcdermott

the groutch wrote: »

assuming you can stay away from the Lucky Hit stands

I blew all my money on those toy machines trying to get all the sonic figure toys :pac:

CiDeRmAn

This is probably the busiest this thread has been in some time....
Maybe we should make O1s1n honourary Mod of the thread!

the groutch

I was the same with the VF ones, always getting lots of duplicates before completing a set, and usually need to use the Gotcha stands too for the rarer ones.

richymcdermott

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

This is probably the busiest this thread has been in some time....
Maybe we should make O1s1n honourary Mod of the thread!

but but...o1s1n never played shenmue

:pac:

richymcdermott

the groutch wrote: »

I was the same with the VF ones, always getting lots of duplicates before completing a set, and usually need to use the Gotcha stands too for the rarer ones.

Ya i was ages trying to finish VF aswell

never got jacky bryant

the groutch

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

This is probably the busiest this thread has been in some time....
Maybe we should make O1s1n Richy honourary Mod of the thread!

fyp

The Last Bandit

Rare PC port discovered recently.

richymcdermott

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=foZUcPQAMvg

richymcdermott

the groutch

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgmCdt4EgxU

seo-ireland

Just got around to playing Shenmue I and II this year, such amazing games. The pace is definitely not for everyone but I feel it added to the experience a lot. Just about teared up at the end of the first one when Ryo was leaving for Hong Kong, walking through the all of the places he knows, with that music playing.

Damn you Lan Di! You will have your come-uppance yet :cool:

richymcdermott

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THvcTyP27To

the groutch

damn you Richy, resurecting this thread and getting my hopes up that there was some sort of announcement.