Looks like Valve is introducing a new review system to filter out "unhelpful" reviews - eviltoast
  • toynbee@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    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.

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      3 months 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
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        3 months ago

        It personally depends for me but this mark means at least says something in general about the quality.