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dojan ,
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That’s literally the point, though. There are some easy steps to avoid it too.

  • Make sure your product is finished when you charge full price on release
  • Don’t remove features that were previously present
  • Don’t add invasive software
  • Don’t add arbitrary requirements that you’re not upfront with
DarkThoughts ,

Imo that's not review bombing, that's just reviewing. Review bombing should be used for unwarranted reviews, such as "muh wokeism" type shit.

fogstormberry ,

I disagree. imo review bombing is more like a protest or boycott. a collective action that may or may not be justified

njm1314 ,

That’s exactly what these companies and gaming journalists refer to as review bombing though. It’s just a way to stop consumers from using the one weapon we have

Dirk ,
@Dirk@lemmy.ml avatar

There is an easy solution to prevent “review bombing”. Don’t make shitty games and don’t act like an idiot in public.

neidu2 , (edited )

I hope it does. And if that’s a problem for them, Then they shouldn’t have canceled a title that many had bought during early access under the impression that it’d eventually reach proper release. Not only did they leave many players hanging, but they laid off all the devs with no announcement, and the unfinished game is still for sale.

Thassodar ,

I’m not sure what game you’re referencing.

neidu2 , (edited )

Kerbal Space Program 2. All people working on the game were fired at the end of June, with the studio as a whole shut down. No announcement has been made. The only reason we know is because of state laws requiring public disclosure in advance of layoffs.

DebatableRaccoon ,

Holy crap, they’re learning…

cryptiod137 ,

Or they are putting pressure on platforms to block “review bombing”. That probably won’t work on Steam, so it’s kinda of a moot point.

crossmr ,

Why? Steam has come out and labelled legitimate criticism of games a 'review bomb' in the past. They're more than happy to bend over for big publishers like this.

cryptiod137 ,

They added a feature that changed what review score you see based on a preference to see what may or may not be review bombs, I can’t remember exactly what it’s called, but I haven’t seen them react to so called review bombs since.

DebatableRaccoon ,

I was just thinking of this. I seem to remember someone having the nerve to refer to review bombing aa harassment and did something to prevent it at some point. That said, we’ve since had the debacle with Helldivers 2 so… we’ll see?

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