Wednesday, October 7, 2009

Shenmue's Ryo Hazuki Returns In The Way Nobody Begged For


Shenmue for Sega's last console, the Dreamcast, was a groundbreaking game ahead of it's time. It was the first game that featured Quick Time Events, for example. Shenmue 2 was the most expensive game developed, until GTA IV was released last year. But unlike GTA IV it was a commercial flop. Shenmue and Shenmue II only contained a few chapters of the saga's main story line that never found an end. Until now fans are begging for the development of a sequel, but Sega was resistent to those wishes. Perhaps because of guilt feelings but certainly because of an online poll Shenmue's main protagonist Ryo Hazuki is the surprise star of an rather uninteresting Sega Kart game. The trailer is pure BS, Ryo even switches to the infamous fork lift. Damn it, SEGA, give the people what they want, a real sequel!

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