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Watching my demo intently, Yu Suzuki eggs me on to bet higher with each successive roll. After a few rounds of watching the marble narrowly veer away from the jackpot slot at the bottom of the board, I decide to move to something else: dice. Ryo approaches a woman, who pitches him on playing peg-based marble-drop game Lucky Hit.

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As I enter an area full of small games, I decide to sample what the local game masters are offering. I immediately go to an area that loosely fits the definition of an amusement park. I'm here to see how the side activities – the updated versions of the ones that kept me glued to my screen in middle school, much to the confusion of any onlooking friends – feel in this new entry in the Shenmue saga. Obviously, this would be a part of a story mission. And we don’t know how people will respond to the game itself, which has been delayed several times but may finally be on the verge of a release.At the onset of my demo, Ryo says he needs to find a bookie. We also don’t know whether Shenmue III’s developers will be offering refunds. Today’s Kickstarter announcement currently has around 430 comments, the vast majority of them angry, but nearly 70,000 people backed the project when it launched in 2015. We don’t know what percentage of Shenmue fans really care about the exclusivity.

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Some dislike the software’s overall interface, others objected to an invasive tracking feature that shipped with early versions, a few have offered unsubstantiated claims that Epic is controlled by the Chinese government, and many simply don’t want to install yet another launcher to play their games. Critics give several reasons for hating the Epic Games Store. Some angry Steam fans responded by review-bombing Borderlands 2 so badly that Steam intervened to stop them from influencing its overall score. Games like Metro Exodus and Borderlands 3 have previously been announced as timed Epic Games Store exclusives. We’ve reached out to Deep Silver to confirm what’s going on.

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However, the update specifically mentions requiring Epic’s software. The game’s Steam page is still live, and its publisher could theoretically still distribute Steam keys to backers and sell the game through Epic more generally.

That’s put Shenmue III in the crosshairs of Steam fans who oppose Epic’s recent push for exclusive games. Later, however, the studio and its publisher Deep Silver decided that “the Epic Games Store would be the best distribution platform option.” Backers can get a digital or physical copy of the game, but, either way, they’ll need to activate it through Epic. As SavyGamer founder Lewie Procter noted on Twitter, Ys Net previously listed Steam as a requirement for playing the game on PC.

Shenmue III will launch November 19th on PlayStation 4 and PC. Almost immediately, backers who had specifically requested a Steam key flooded Ys Net’s Kickstarter announcement, with some requesting refunds.

Developer Ys Net revealed Epic’s exclusivity during E3’s PC Gaming Show today. Some backers of action game Shenmue III’s multimillion-dollar Kickstarter campaign are upset that it will launch exclusively on Epic’s Games Store, scuttling plans for a launch on Steam.

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