UPDATE: Publisher Deep Silver has moved the embargo on Shenmue IIཧI back to its release day on November 19th. Original story follows.
Shenmue III’𝐆s review emb𓂃argo doesn’t lift until after the game has already been released.
Shenmue III has been a game filled with controversy from day one. First, it was about delays that pushed the game back 2 years past its initial release date. Then it was the sudden move to become an 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Epic exclusive title on PC even though the Kickstarter campaign had promised backers a key on Ste🎀am.
After finally getting that squared away with 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:refunds to anyone who wants them, Shenmue III is rocked by yet another controv💧ersy mere days away from the game’s release date.
According to VG247 editor Kirk McKeand, the review embargo for Shenmue III doesn’t lift until after it’s November 19th release date. A later tweet further clarified that this appears to be the case for the UK (and possibly all of Europe), but the review embargo♔ for North America will be November 19th as usual.
Review embargoes aren’t necessarily a new feature in games, but they have been getting set closer and closer to release day in recent years. Before, reviews would ofte﷽n could out several days before the game does in order for potential customers to decide whether they want to buy it. But as games development becomes more make-and-break than ever, with day one patches designed into the development process, review copies that accurately refꦑlect the state of a game on release day are basically impossible.
These days review embargoes are typically set for the same day as a game’s release to account for those day-one patches. However, p✅ushing them back past the release day is unheard of.
, saying this doesn’t bode well for the quality of Shenmue III🌸. A day-one patch has already been confirmed to be 14.5 GB and will fix man🍷y bugs and balancing issues with the game. Although that’s not the biggest initial patch we’ve seen, it’s certainly up there.
Shenmue III comes out tomorrow on the PlayStation and Epic Games stores. We’ll see if it’s𝔉 worth the wait then.