Travis Bruno of Capsule Computers writes:
"There are a number of products that come out ahead of their time. Either they were simply too advanced to be properly enjoyed by players or were incredibly expensive and the Shenmue series happened to fall into both of those categories. Arriving in the West in 2000 and the sequel eventually arriving in 2002 in limited quantities Shenmue I & II brought with it a number of gameplay features that were rarely, if ever, found in video games before. With a potential conclusion to the series on the way, Sega has brought Shenmue I & II back to current consoles so fans can either relive their time with the game without digging out their Dreamcast or hoping they had an original Xbox version as well as try to introduce the series to those who have only ever heard about it until now."
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided, Shenmue 1 & 2 and more are set to leave both Xbox Game Pass and Xbox Game Pass for PC. This gives you just a couple of weeks to grab any achievements you might need from these titles.
Amazon has discounted the physical version of Shenmue I & II to as low as $18.71 on PS4 and Xbox One.
DSOGaming writes: "Modder ‘Streamer2k’ has released a brand new texture pack for the Shenmue 1 & 2 collection. This texture pack features 2K and 4K high quality textures that overhaul the games’ nature. This basically means that you can find more detailed textures for trees, grass, bushes, plants, flowers and more."
I really wish the Shenmue remake on Xbox 360 wasn't canceled. It looked really good. This will have to do.
I think it's great people do stuff like this, but to be fair, it never fits the original art style, plus you can see some of the new textures mess up with the Japanese characters in the textures. Clearly someone western have made these without the knowledge of the language.
