ShenMue1 sucks big time. Play that on the DC.
SH2 was a bit better, but in the end it's neither here nor there, not enough RPG, not quite adventure and very basic action (more like kids game).

In the end, it's a rojak with the bad of everything instead the best of each genre.

I don't think such a massive failure (it was one of the most expensive videogames produced at that time) will be bring back from the dead.