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Shenmue I & II

DEVELOPER D3T/SEGA AM2 • PUBLISHER SEGA • PRICE £25 www.bit.ly/segashenmue

It’s 1986 and on a bleak, snowy November day, teenager Ryo Hazuki witnesses his father’s murder at the family dojo. Swearing revenge, he dedicates his life to finding the man responsible – a mission that takes him from the streets of Yokosuka, Japan to the sprawling metropolis of Hong Kong and beyond, across two huge, ambitious and idiosyncratic games. Many of the features that were considered groundbreaking back in 1999 may seem quaint by modern standards, but almost 20 years after it was first released, Shenmue is still

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