Shenmue III
Shenmue III is an action-adventure video game and the sequel to the 2001 game Shenmue II. It follows teenage martial artist Ryo Hazuki in his quest to find his father's killer in 1980s China. In 2015, Suzuki…
Shenmue III is an adventure developed by Ys Net, released 19 November 2019 on PlayStation 4 and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Shenmue III is
Shenmue III is an adventure game developed by Ys Net and released in 2019. It was published by Deep Silver. It is available on PlayStation 4 and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unreal Engine 4.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Shenmue III begins March 21, 1987. Ryo Hazuki has made his way to Guilin, China in search of his father's killer, Lan Di. There he meets a new travelling companion, Shenhua Ling, and learns of a legend from her village that has foretold their path together. The story continues as Ryo and Shenhua start off on a new journey that will take them farther into enemy territory, deeper into mystery. Part I: Bailu Village Shenmue III begins in Bailu Village in Guilin. Shenhua begins to suspect that perhaps Lan Di and the Chi You Men abducted her adoptive father, Yunshen Yuan, which would explain his sudden mysterious disappearance, and so she intends to rescue him, her motives overlapping with…
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action, fantasy, historical and mystery. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 64 achievements to unlock.
Where it sits in the Shenmue series
Shenmue III is the 15th of 19 entries we hold in the Shenmue series. The next entry was Shenmue III: Battle Rally in 2020. Its critic score of 68 is 8 points below the series average of 76. The highest-rated entry is Shenmue at 90.
How it was received
Shenmue III holds a critic score of 68 out of 100. That places it above 30% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2019 averaged 69, so it scored about average for its year.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel Core i5-4460 (3.40 GHz) or better; Quad-core or better, 4 GB RAM and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 Ti or better (DirectX 11 card & VRAM 2GB Required). At 4GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. It also needs around 100GB of free storage, which is a real consideration on a 512GB drive. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it launched against
Shenmue III launched on 19 November 2019, within three weeks of Death Stranding, Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, Persona 5 Royal and Luigi's Mansion 3. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 6 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Death Stranding, Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, Persona 5 Royal, Luigi's Mansion 3.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Shenmue III yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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