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You know Shenmue, an excellent game released for the Sega console also exelente the Dramcast? Shenmue is a game beyond his time, that enchanted thousands of players around the world, including this mere mortal yours truly.
Our friend Groose, a member of our forum, made a exelente work, an analysis of this fantastic game that you enjoy now ...
Ryo Hazuki belongs to a traditional and mysterious Japanese family, he grew up practicing martial arts peacefully with their loved ones, but life is full of unpleasant surprises, one day returning home Ryo comes across a black car, the wide-open gate and the board broken dojo, and sees the man possessed by greed feuding with his father, this man is called Lan Di and is part of a criminal organization that this situation was in search of the Dragons Mirror, a mystical and powerful object that had to be protected at the expense of life Hazuki leader, but what good is the relic? At his father died? Who were those bandits? , Which means the dreams of the mysterious girl? , I will get revenge? As far as I'll come up with those answers? These are some of the doubts surrounding the beginning of the gigantic saga Shenmue.
Shenmue is a Yu Suzuki of work that has taken many years of planning and estimated that only the first episode cost about 70 million dollars, commitment and money were well spent, down to the whim not reflected financially, the game sold much less expected even being hailed by critics and SEGA fans, but the company did not give up and soon launched the continuation much more immersive and tasteful, with more detailed graphics, new places to visit and many other new features, but again what many players fight to have every game released nowadays denied at the time, and one of the best games ever made was woefully locked in a deep pit covered with a heavy diamond cover, bringing much sorrow to the followers and the bankruptcy of SEGA.
The novel was scheduled to last 16 episodes but was released only to the 2. Originally the project would be to Saturn, Yu Suzuki called for it, but in the end turned out for the advanced Dreamcast, which was good, up to date gamer people has difficulty understanding Shenmue imagine many years ago, each day was crucial, which ended up giving time and money to launch the 128 bit.
Ryo in the version for Saturn
What makes this amazing game is not only beautiful graphics, great investment and captivating story, Shenmue is symmetrical to its proposed represent a real world, but it is easy to be played, there are not many commands and those that exist are predictable, the menus are friendly and Ryo notes all relevant findings on the agenda. The freedom that is allowed is the same that limits us, if we go to any house not just go coming in, it needs to knock on the door and see if there is someone to develop affections with certain characters may be new events such as a meeting with his girlfriend in the street, looking for a lost cat, buying a birthday ... the simple gift opened a drawer becomes exciting, we end up finding collectibles, ribbons for the Walkman ... or maybe just sit still watching the clouds spend the day dusk, dark, raining, snowing, be sunny, the holidays coming, people dressed in santa other putting decorations in stores ... it's amazing and fun directions are different every day and moment, people are not the same place, speak different things, so ... just playing to notice.
All this interactivity gave birth to a new genre termed as FREE - Full Reactive Eyes Entertainement, what's great is that the reaction time depends on the circumstances, if Ryo caught off guard there will be a session that we must press the right buttons when they appear in screen, this is called QTE - Quick Time Event, there are some known games CD SEGA in the same scheme, to respond to the command at the exact moment, yet it clung to only one parameter and it was forgotten over time, but is risen: strongly as the lever on the Nintendo 64, it has been improved and adapted to many other today's games.
Some Characters of the story:
Ryo Hazuki
The main character. He's quiet, strong, dedicated, easy trust in people, the one who acts in a robotic way - as nerd, understand? Being so travadão as it is may be hard to believe that he would conquer us, but believe me, he crept into many hearts.

Nozomi
Ryo's girlfriend. She works in Grandma's flower shop but want to study abroad.

Megumi
The girl who takes care of the cat.

Ine-San
Ryo's grandmother.

Fuku-San
Brother Ryo.

Hazuki-San
Ryo's father.

Senhua Ling
The mysterious girl of Ryo dreams.
Tone
Seller of hot dog and friend of Ryo.
Ren, Joy and Wong
Through friends of Ryo, Ren and Wong make fun at first but then provide help.
Fangmei Xun
She has a loving soft spot for Ryo.
Xiuying Hong
Teacher and counselor, my favorite character, has a beautiful design and demonstrates f*** passing teachings to Ryo.
The sound of the game is another spectacle, clean and audible music playing in places with meaning, full of oriental rhythms but with other major variations ranging from Hip Hop to Jazz, most of the characters has its own voice, there are the effects of sound of the beat the greengrocer palm calling the parish, drag a box, murmuring of the people on the street, noises cars, bicycle bell ... sometimes all at the same time, amazing!
Differences between the 1st and 2nd game in the series.
In the first all people have their own voice, Ryo has a SEGA Saturn playable at home but to get the games we need to win in the draw for the grocery, he has a pet cat, small and sleepy parts of the neighborhood are easy to locate, soda Fruda is more tasty, Ine-san gives us 500 bucks a day, the songs are more memorable, working with a forklift is a lot of fun, the up and down the stairs flows better, and the first one never forgets.
Ensuring service
Saturn in their Hazuki
In the Second Shenmue not all have voices, however the graphics are even more beautiful, there are new collectibles, new characters, more jobs, many neighborhoods, Ryo make more friends, many centers of bets and trade centers to get money, have more action it is more challenging, more simultaneous events per screen, well ... an experience almost limitless.
One of the new jobs is becoming pachinkeiro.
My Conclusion
How many magazines and games claim Shenmue sites is a very game ahead of his time, who has not played it is easy to understand it as a GTA without excessive violence or any interactive RPG, but it's more than that, the intention of create your own world based on real points and the eastern character of story makes me live in a kung fu eighties movie, full of action, adventure, suspense, research possibilities, I am so, so ... I do not know what to say, just I ask, do you think someone who enjoyed Shenmue at the right time is easily impressed with the graphics and immersive aspects of the current games?

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