Shenmue II

Shenmue II is an open world action-adventure role-playing game directed and written by Yu Suzuki. The game was developed by Sega AM2 and published by Sega. The released on September 6, 2001 in Japan for the Dreamcast, with a subsequent release in Europe one month later. The US did not receive the game on Dreamcast due to the console's recent commercial failure and instead received an Xbox port on October 28, 2002.

Shenmue II, along with Shenmue at the time was the most expensive game to ever be developed costing a reported $70,000,000 (with some sources claiming $47,000,000).

The game was praised by critics with the Xbox port receiving mixed reviews. Shenmue II was a commercial failure worldwide. With its failure Shenmue III would enter development hell for the next 10 years, with intervening attempts to revive the series appearing in the forms of Shenmue Online and Shenmue City. Shenmue II includes many of the same features as Shenmue however, there are now some notable changes along with new mini-games.

Plot
Shenmue II is a direct sequel to Shenmue it takes place in 1987 after Ryo Hazuki receives instructions from Yaowen Chen to seek a martial arts master called Lishao Tao in Wan Chai.

After disembarking in Hong Kong, Ryo tries to gets directions from some locals but is ambushed by a local gang called the Heavens who steal his bag which contained his money and the Phoneix Mirror. After tracking down the thieves a young boy called Wong leads Ryo to his bags hiding place and makes him a map to Wan Chai.

On his way to Wan Chai, Ryo is confronted by two drunks eating a bar in Aberdeen. The confrontation is broken up by a local girl named Joy who rides in on her motorcycle. She offers Ryo a place to stay at the Come Over Guest House and tells him to meet her in the morning.