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[–] kibiz0r@midwest.social 61 points 1 year ago (5 children)

I hope this is partly to deal with review bombing, but I also hope it doesn’t completely hide review bombing.

It can be really helpful to know that there is a social media shitstorm around a game.

But sometimes the shitstorm is a bunch of basement dwellers getting mad over nothing, and it makes it hard to see actual opinions about the game.

[–] pyre@lemmy.world 36 points 1 year ago

they already have a system for review bombing. i hope this is for stupid "joke" reviews that say nothing about the game but regurgitate the same fake review for the 1400th time.

[–] Paradachshund@lemmy.today 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don't have a direct quote, but I remember reading a few years ago that valve was debating how to handle bombing. They said something along the lines of not wanting to silence the bombers, but to highlight it so it was clear it was a review bomb. I got the impression they were considering things like showing the unusual spike of reviews in a different color. This sounds like it might be the results of that.

[–] RisingSwell@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They already have something for it, when I look at a review bombed game it specifically tells me that theres been unusual activity with the reviews. I believe you cna choose to hide or show the review bombs in the settings somewhere.

[–] Paradachshund@lemmy.today 1 points 1 year ago

Ah got it. I didn't realize. That sounds exactly like what I remember.

[–] Routhinator@startrek.website 5 points 1 year ago

If I'm grokking the feature correctly, people will have to review bomb the review bombers with "unhelpful" flags.

[–] toynbee@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I've never discovered review bombing over steam. Either my peers mention it to me or I see it on social media.

Though to be fair, almost all of my decisions about buying games are made from watching videos of said game, rather than reading reviews. Steam reviews, for me, are either for very cheap games I'm buying impulsively or games where I have some insight but am still on the fence.

I used to read Rock Paper Shotgun as part of the decision making process, but I've found their input less useful the last few years.

[–] tehmics@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

If a game isn't overwhelmingly positive, I almost never buy it. I also find review bombs completely valid in almost every case and I'm not interested in funding games that have managed to outrage their player base. In every case I would be outraged by the same thing they are.

[–] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 year ago

Take a look at games like Gta5 when Take2 tried to ban modding (lol).