Reception
| Reception | |
|---|---|
| Aggregate scores | |
| Aggregator | Score |
| GameRankings | 90.06% |
| Review scores | |
| Publication | Score |
| Famitsu | 32 / 40 |
| G4 | |
| GamePro | |
| GameSpot | 8.7 / 10 |
| GameSpy | 9 / 10 |
| IGN | 8.3 / 10 (Xbox) |
| PALGN | 9 / 10 |
| Cheat Code Central | |
| Gaming Age | A |
| Gaming Target | 9 / 10 |
| Kikizo | 9 / 10 |
| Official Dreamcast Magazine | 94% |
| RPGamer | 9 / 10 |
| Xbox World | 10 / 10 |
The Dreamcast version received very positive reviews, and was commended for improving on criticisms of the first game, such as pacing issues which were resolved with the time skip feature, as well as the faster pace of the plot and larger proportion of action sequences. The Xbox version, though still garnering solid marks, received complaints from some critics about the English voice conversion and only minute visual upgrades.
In 2008, Shenmue II was voted as the tenth best game of all time in the IGN Readers' Choice "Top 100 Games of All Time" poll.
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