Everything Shenmue does Yakuza can do better.
No it can't.
Yes it can.
Not it can't.
Yes it can.
No it can't.
Yes it can, yes it can yes it CAAAAAN!!!

Okay, showtuning out of the way, Shenmue is a bit overrated, I think. I mean, sure it's one of the best forklift simulators around, but wandering around getting the same snatches of dialogue trying to figure out who to talk to next, training up fighting skills you hardly use, and the fact that there's hardly any plot progression in the first game AT ALL. . . and Yakuza doesn't have any of those horrible QTEs. (note that I never played Shenmue 2, because it emulates like ass)