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Starfield, is it getting review bombed?
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Metacritic's user rating system is just shit. You see the game rated higher than deserved and you can either
Of course most people chose to rate it in a way that has more impact on the total score, so it's no wonder we see 0/10 and 10/10 more than anything else.
This phenomenon will be even more exaggerated if critics ratings are undeservedly high, as is the case with Starfield.
The reason it's lower on metacritic is mainly due to the fact that the critics rating is too high, imo. This leads to disappointed players leaving extra bad scores (i.e. 0/10) to offset the total score. In a way that's review bombing, but only as a reaction to the inflated critics' reviews (which I often suspect to be bought or bribed).
Usually the Steam reviews are a lot more reliable. As I said, metacritic's system is shit and encourages rating manipulation.
Because my initial comment was about metacritic and my argument is that metacritic is a bad indicator of review bombing because it actually encourages it
Check the usernames, that wasn't me
I'm not even making it a discussion. You mentioned metacritic in your (now edited) comment and I explained why metacritic's system actively encourages review bombing. So it's no wonder you'll see a decent amount of review bombing there.
I did not mention it at all not even in my original comment, also yes its ME that said it was a review bomb lol. it's like talking to a wall. cya.