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[-] CancerMancer@sh.itjust.works 17 points 18 hours ago

I had a dev respond to me 5+ years after a review saying they had fixed the problems I mentioned. Now I have to download the game and play it again or I have no balls. God damn devs holding us accountable.

[-] ChiefSinner@lemm.ee 10 points 19 hours ago

I left a negative review on a "AAA" game and the dev responded to it by gas lighting me that I didn't play it right.

TL;DR starfield sucks

[-] ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net 3 points 17 hours ago

Lol I was just going to bring that up

[-] P4ulin_Kbana@lemmy.eco.br 5 points 1 day ago
[-] DiogenesOfMiami@lemmy.ml 31 points 1 day ago

The joke is that people (including the main character/OP) feel comfortable criticizing others when those others don't know about the criticism, but as soon as they do, the anti-confrontational/cowardly/etc. part of them immediately regrets being critical.

[-] P4ulin_Kbana@lemmy.eco.br 9 points 1 day ago
[-] match@pawb.social 42 points 2 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

i got in a fight with a small-time dev when they implemented marriages in a rogue like and allowed child marriages but not gay or interracial marriages

long story short the community exploded and he went full nazi on twitter and now the reviews are actually more positive but from 4chan weirdos calling child marriages based

edit: https://thatparkplace.com/soulash-2-developer-refuses-to-cater-to-lgbtq-mob-trying-to-cancel-the-game-theres-nothing-to-fear-from-the-oppressive-mob-trying-to-force-their-ideology/

[-] TriflingToad@lemmy.world 5 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago)

did they literally just imply that adding same sex marriages that the user has to initiate is the same as living under nazis?

My grandparents survived the nazis, my parents endured communism, I had to live through religious oppression since the age of 10, and now some spoiled brats think bend my knee to their rainbow flag, or else they'll type some words.

[-] P4ulin_Kbana@lemmy.eco.br 12 points 1 day ago

REACTION IMAGE FEATURING HEAVY FROM TEAM FORTRESS 2 DOING A STEP-BY-STEP TUTORIAL ABOUT OPENING UP REDDIT AND DOING A DARK FACE

[-] june@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 19 hours ago

Not a great article. While it was mostly objective about the situation, it did not quote anyone but the developer, giving him complete control over the narrative, and links to many other articles about “rejecting wokeism”.

[-] ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net 2 points 16 hours ago

This was in 2016. But there was a indie game from a small dev in a European country that allowed backers to name NPCs, and there were some racist names. I called that out in my review, and the Dev went, "It's not racist here in my country."

That led to a back and forth on the Steam forum which I got banned. Then I shared it on Reddit, but was stupid to use the same steam name as my twitter name and got a lot of toxic shit.

I changed my steam name and tossed my twitter account, so no idea what happened, nor do I remember the game.

[-] _Sprite@lemmy.world 16 points 1 day ago
[-] DiogenesOfMiami@lemmy.ml 6 points 23 hours ago

At this point it's "unmoderated comments section" moment. Pretty much all public spaces are infested with this stuff now.

[-] BluesF@lemmy.world 21 points 1 day ago

What game was that!? Why does a roguelike even have marriage lmao

[-] Kanda@reddthat.com 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Not sure if this is Crusader Kings or not

[-] VindictiveJudge@lemmy.world 8 points 23 hours ago

As of CK3, same sex marriages are allowed with a game setting, and I know same sex affairs were a thing in CK2. Enabling same sex marriages will disable achievements and at first I thought it was about historical accuracy, but it's actually because it trivializes inheritance management.

[-] Kanda@reddthat.com 2 points 22 hours ago

No same sex marriages because of historical accuracy, but of course a bear married to a horse could rule the Holy Roman Empire.

[-] VindictiveJudge@lemmy.world 2 points 20 hours ago

You had to both have silly mode turned on and pretty aggressively exploit some coding oversights to make that happen, though.

[-] general_kitten@sopuli.xyz 78 points 2 days ago

Reminds me of when someone left a leaf-blowing simulator a review "can't sex the leaves" and it caused the dev to make a sex update to a leaf blowing simulator

[-] CuriousRefugee@lemmy.ml 36 points 2 days ago

Outrageous! It's terrible what people can force devs to do. I would like to apologize for my fellow human's behavior personally; can you give me the name of the game and/or a download link? Or at least some screenshots, so I can, uh, be further outraged.

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[-] Justas@sh.itjust.works 55 points 2 days ago

time spent in game when making a review: 600 hours.

I hate this game.

time spent in game after the review was written: 1400 hours.

[-] Blackmist@feddit.uk 31 points 2 days ago
[-] Justas@sh.itjust.works 15 points 2 days ago

I was thinking more in line with Paradox games, but your version works too.

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[-] Mercuri@lemmy.world 64 points 2 days ago

For a laugh, review games on Google Play. The asinine responses you get...

The most ridiculous one was for a pay-to-win bullethell game WITH NO BULLETS. You literally just effortlessly shot at enemies with virtually no way to die. But you could pay stupid sums of money for a better ship which killed enemies faster.

The dev's response to my review calling their game overpriced and boring? "Join the discord so you can get tips from top players"

[-] Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 28 points 2 days ago

Well we need an update.... Did you join? Did you get any good tips?????

[-] DiogenesOfMiami@lemmy.ml 6 points 23 hours ago

The tip is: Buy the bigger ship.

[-] Good_morning@lemmynsfw.com 15 points 2 days ago

They are now a top player. TOP. PLAYER.

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[-] Dettweiler42@lemmy.dbzer0.com 94 points 2 days ago

I always try to keep my reviews constructive for small devs. So far, they've always appreciated the detailed feedback. I've had a few where I completely changed my reviews after they fixed my complaints and let me know about the update.

[-] DrDystopia@lemy.lol 1 points 1 hour ago

after they fixed my complaints and let me know about the update

Patch note for release 0.7.34
- Allow junk loot to be droppable
- Addressed feedback from user Dettweiler42 "This shit game sucks ass!!" to suck 80% less ass
- Removed placeholder mob mechanic when in certain situations
[-] Tattorack@lemmy.world 17 points 2 days ago

Me, when Bethesda replies to a negative review:

[-] TriflingToad@lemmy.world 25 points 2 days ago

Once I reviewed a $3 game and got the dev to add the frog character in the sequel lol
https://steamcommunity.com/id/TriflingToad/recommended/1603180/

[-] Evotech@lemmy.world 27 points 2 days ago

3000 hours played

Game is shit! Thumbs down 👇

Me: "???"

[-] Mercuri@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I will say that games aren't static any more so there are legitimate reasons why this might occur. For instance, I had over 100 hours in a game and then the devs decided they liked money more than their player base so they retroactively added a bunch of micro-transactions to the game. The game had been fully released at this point and they just updated it to milk more money out of their player base. Bad updates can ruin the experience in what had once been a good game.

[-] AbsoluteChicagoDog@lemm.ee 2 points 1 day ago

Why are you conflating time in a game with the game being good?

[-] general_kitten@sopuli.xyz 20 points 2 days ago
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[-] hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com 45 points 2 days ago

The reply: Thanks for the money dipshit

[-] metaStatic@kbin.earth 47 points 2 days ago

That would be incredibly stupid.

1 bad review wouldn't put me off a game I was genuinely interested in, but the dev being a total douche canoe would.

[-] Dave@lemmy.nz 28 points 2 days ago

I like to read the bad reviews. I know everyone has different tastes. A constructive bad review can sell me a game if the things that person didn't like aren't a deal breaker for me.

[-] Skua@kbin.earth 25 points 2 days ago

This is somewhat separate, but personally I find that the most reliable way to find good restaurants is to read the bad reviews and see if they have real complaints or if they were just in a foul mood because there was a wait to get a table without booking. If the restaurant replies that can be helpful too

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[-] Mango@lemmy.world 12 points 2 days ago

When it's "the" dev, give them a break.

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