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submitted 1 year ago by mike591@kbin.social to c/gaming@kbin.social

Aaron Keller pledged to improve the game for "players who are playing now."

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[-] ampersandrew@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

If they're still playing the game anyway, I might call that a review bomb.

[-] hook@kbin.social 11 points 1 year ago

No, it's still a review because you're still actively dealing with whatever it is you're complaining about.

"Hey, I really like/liked the core game play loop of this game but I think that it's gotten significantly worse than it was previously. It'd be nice if they changed it back?

4/10."

[-] 520@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago

Plenty of people leave negative reviews for games they otherwise play. Especially where big changes are put into effect

[-] ampersandrew@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

That's the exact recipe for ensuring that they don't change it back.

[-] 520@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

That's depends on the business model. For one-off payment games, it still does considerable damage, whereas they don't gain much by you continuing to play.

For subscription games, your point stands much stronger.

[-] ampersandrew@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

It's a free to play multiplayer game. If you continue playing it, you're providing value for some other player who might spend money, so just by being in the matchmaking pool, they've got you where they want you, and they won't care about your review.

[-] NotTheOnlyGamer@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Exactly. People need to vote with their wallets and PCs.

[-] cre0@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

So overwatch 2 is objectively terrible, but putting that aside for a moment…

Can you seriously not envision a scenario where you personally do a thing (maybe even enjoy that thing), but still wouldn’t recommend it to others?

[-] ampersandrew@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Can you seriously envision a scenario where the worst game of all time is among the most-played?

[-] cre0@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

Ah okay I see you’re the kind of kid who answers a question with a question. 🤦‍♂️

Enjoy picking petty fights over… who likes which video game better. Not really my dig kiddo

[-] ampersandrew@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Yes, I answered your question with a question because your scenario was as absurd as you perceived mine to be. So I'll answer yours directly: "yes, but not at that scale". Because at that scale, it's a review bomb.

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