Comment on Monster Hunter Wilds game reviews hit "Overwhelmingly Negative" on Steam — can Capcom turn it around?

PineRune@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

• tehmics@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  So we’re calling legitimate criticism review bombing now?

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  • trevor@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    I swear “review bombing” has to be an astroturfed term to delegitimize criticism when companies do shitty things.

    It shifts the blame from the companies doing a shit thing (lacing their game with DRM/anti-cheat malware, making them run like shit unless you enable AI slop upscaling, shoveling AI “”“art”“” assets, MTX, etc.) to the customers that are rightly made about the shit thing.

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    • Plebcouncilman@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      The problem is that giving a bad review for performance is kind of (not exactly) like giving bad reviews to something that arrives broken. You never even used the thing how can you give it a 1, you objectively cannot judge the items on its merits. Likewise you’re not judging the game itself but rather the fact that it does not run well on your hardware. Obviously the developers have responsibility for this, but if you’re a console player or have good hardware the criticism might not sound like a legitimate assessment of the game on its merits.

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      • otp@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        If it runs poorly on the recommended specs, bad reviews are warranted.

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      • katze@lemmy.cafe ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        You never even used the thing how can you give it a 1 if you objectively cannot judge the items on its merits?

        First of all, if you look at the negative reviews, many of them have tens and even hundreds hours of playtime. Secondly, your question doesn’t make sense even on its own. Other customers deserve to know that the product they’re considering to purchase likely won’t work. Quality is a key characteristic of a product.

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• Haarukkateroitin@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  I did and lot of people complaint unable to launch or crashes. How that is review bombing?

  I would be pretty pissed too if I would pay 70 for game that does not work.

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  • Passerby6497@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Review bombing is now criticism of a game I like

    • people who are wrong

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