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Starfield, is it getting review bombed? (youtu.be)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by c0mbatbag3l@lemmy.world to c/games@lemmy.world
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Seems kind of like the game is just suffering from reactionaries, but I definitely don't put that much stock in critic reviews these days either.

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[–] simple@lemm.ee 38 points 1 year ago (1 children)

From Metacritic

Metacritic user ratings have literally never mattered and never been an indicator for anything. I'm pretty sure every relatively popular game on it gets "review bombed", because anyone who actually wanted to review it wouldn't review it there. This is non-news.

[–] Astroturfed@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Doesn't metacritic aggregate reviews from other sources on their review scores as well? I havent really considered any of the big name review places a reasonable source for a long time anyway.....

Everyone expects the next big game every game. How often can a studio really live up to the hype people create?

[–] emptyother@programming.dev 2 points 1 year ago

Everytime if they just listened to a guy on the internet who has no clue what it takes to create a game.