Shenmue · RAWG · Courtesy of RAWG
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Shenmue is an adventure, role-playing, and simulation video game developed by Sega AM2 and published by Sega. It was released on December 29, 1999. The game supports single-player mode and is part of the Shenmue franchise. It has been released on platforms including PC, Dreamcast, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One.
The game carries an ESRB rating of Teen. On RAWG, it holds a rating of 4.31. According to IGDB, the game has a user rating of 86 based on 147 ratings and a critic rating of 90 from one critic. Its genres are listed as role-playing, simulator, hack and slash/beat 'em up, and adventure.
Synthesized by Vinony from 18 facts across 3 sources: Wikidata, RAWG, IGDB. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Game data
- Released
- 1999-12-29
- User rating
- 4.31 / 5
- Genres
- Adventure, RPG, Simulation
- Platforms
- PC, Dreamcast
- ESRB
- Teen
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Game details · IGDB
"He shall appear from a far Eastern land across the sea. A young man who has yet to know his potential. This potential is a power that can either destroy him, or realize his will. His courage shall determine his fate. The path he must traverse, fraught with adversity, I await whilst praying. For this destiny predetermined since ancient times... A pitch, black night unfolds with the morning star as its only light. And thus the saga, begins..." This first chapter of Shenmue kicks off Yu Suzuki's cinematic Dreamcast tour-de-force, an exploration-heavy adventure that has players immerse themse…
- Released
- 1999
- Genres
- Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure
- Platforms
- PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Dreamcast
- Game modes
- Single player
- Franchise
- Shenmue
- Developer
- Sega AM2
- Publisher
- Sega
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- video game
- Country of origin
- Japan
- Publisher
- Sega
- Series
- Shenmue
- Composer
- Takenobu Mitsuyoshi
- Narrative location
- Japan
- Developer
- Sega AM2
- Platform
- Microsoft Windows
- Game mode
- single-player video game
- Distribution format
- digital distribution
- Designed by
- Yu Suzuki
- Official website
- www.shenmue.com
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- publication date
- 1999-12-29
- input device
- computer mouse
- different from
- Shenmue
- distributed by
- Steam
- title
- Shenmue
- set during recurring event
- Christmas and holiday season
- capital cost
- 47000000
- language of work or name
- Traditional Chinese
- digital rights management system
- Denuvo
Sources (8)
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