Shows what you know.  They still make new Deamcast games in Japan, and even American developers still produce Dreamcast stuff for certain online stores.  Not to mention the online gaming which still goes on -- particularly in QUAKE 3, PHANTASY STAR ONLINE, STARLANCER, and F355 Challenge (a racing game) -- and the huge online community of independant software developers who frequently release new stuff to their web-sites for burning and playing on my favourite console.

As for SHENMUE 2, I love catching the leaves.  That's a calm, relaxing part of the game, and it only took me a few minutes to master since it's a progression of a type of gameplay that had easier levels in the first SHENMUE.  But since you haven't played the original Shenmue, you didn't develop those skills, and you didn't get the emotional attachment to the story which only playing through the early parts can give you.  I watched that DVD which comes with the XBOX version, and it doesn't include nearly enough of the cool scenes from the original to really give you the feel for it.  

Resident Evil 4 is the STUFF!!! It is better than any horror movie, no game has ever made me stand up to play like it does, OMG!!! Its a rush to play RE4.  Still haven't beat it, I have to borrow it from people to play, so I don't get much playtime on it.