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[-] PunchingWood@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Steam had to change their review platform with a 'Helpfulness' system, because that's how bad user reviews on Steam got. And it still doesn't really work that well.

Like 90% is just people joking, meme-ing, trolling and review bombing.

[-] Krakaval@jlai.lu 3 points 3 weeks ago

There is the summary of the review notes and the evolution over time. Then there is the text comments associated to the notes which is sorted by helpfulness. To me this is a good system and by browsing 2-3 pages of reviews I think I get an accurate idea. I think I never got misleaded by a game with overwhelming positive reviews rating. Of course there are still players with 1000 hours in the games giving 0 stars review with comment « this game bad » but there are also plenty of useful reviews.

When I see a game on sales on the Epic store, I first go to the steam reviews before deciding. I don’t think I’m the only one doing that.

[-] Katana314@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

I've found that Steam reviews are especially useless for visual novels and games with anime girls. I am open to the concept of a visual novel, and really enjoy the Ace Attorney games, but maintain 99.9% of them are trash, with none of their excess dialog trimmed down. They all have reviews saying Overwhelmingly Positive though, because anyone who would take the chance to try that genre - a small segment of people - will enjoy it.

I also really wish Steam would implement a Helpfulness system for Guides, since most games have Guide pages that are just filled with meme posts, eg; "How 2 win: Pick OP character, enjoy victory".

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