Comment on Ori studio in crisis: No Rest For The Wicked could be their final game
AntiBullyRanger@ani.social 3 weeks ago
This is advertising manipulation at it’s finest. Publishers are parasites, and should never be negotiated with.
Comment on Ori studio in crisis: No Rest For The Wicked could be their final game
AntiBullyRanger@ani.social 3 weeks ago
This is advertising manipulation at it’s finest. Publishers are parasites, and should never be negotiated with.
simple@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
The game is self-published. They used to be published by Private Division but went indie when that company got sold. The game had legitimately troubled development.
AntiBullyRanger@ani.social 3 weeks ago
Still doesn’t legitimize demands for positive reviews. Take honest feedback, or don’t.
Bezier@suppo.fi 3 weeks ago
The article states it got review bombed (but not what for). Dishonest negative score kinda throws out legitimacy of the whole thing, making it a bit less bad. I feel for the desperate dev, but I guess I still agree with you.
mohab@piefed.social 3 weeks ago
Except they did not get review bombed and the article is blindly using the studio head as a source. Go look at the reviews, there actually is a ton of valuable feedback there.
AntiBullyRanger@ani.social 3 weeks ago
Depends the heuristics used. Bombing reviews most times do not cite their contentions, which can be dismissed.
Katana314@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I wouldn’t see it SO negatively. If they were paying people for reviews, then yes, that’s corruption; but every YouTuber uses phrases like “Drop a like” and it’s considered normal. When you worked hard on something, I think it’s common to ask for a positive review. People are sentient enough to choose whether to do so.
AntiBullyRanger@ani.social 3 weeks ago
Correct “Drop honest feedback please!” is a much better response that “positive bomb this game please!”