Metacritic finally addressing the review bombing of user scores on their site

[Gizmo_Duck]

I mean, i don’t get it, Steam has given you all the blueprint for years now. Link accounts, with proof of purchase and time played. Trophy sites already do it.

Metacritic pledges stricter moderation after ‘abusive’ Horizon: Forbidden West DLC review bombing | VGC

The DLC was seemingly review bombed over a plot point…

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In response to the review bombing, Metacritic and Fandom told Eurogamer they were aware of the “abusive and disrespectful reviews of Horizon Forbidden West Burning Shores,” and claimed they were “currently evolving our processes and tools to introduce stricter moderation in the coming months.”

“Fandom is a place of belonging for all fans and we take online trust and safety very seriously across all our sites including Metacritic,” the statement reads.

“Metacritic is aware of the abusive and disrespectful reviews of Horizon Forbidden West Burning Shores and we have a moderation system in place to track violations of our terms of use.

“Our team reviews each and every report of abuse (including but not limited to racist, sexist, homophobic, insults to other users, etc) and if violations occur, the reviews are removed. We are currently evolving our processes and tools to introduce stricter moderation in the coming months.”

 

[Neuromancer]

All of these places need better moderation. There should be some sort of vetting or tracking system.

Cause we know them cacs on certain games.

 

[Reptile]

They almost 20 years late.

 

[The Mad Titan]

Only took LGBTQ and a Sony game to make them address it eh
The last time they talked about looking into it was... TLOU2

 

[Gizmo_Duck]

Only took LGBTQ and a Sony game to make them address it eh
The last time they talked about looking into it was... TLOU2

Having a bunch of homophobic comments litter popular game reviews seem like enough of a reason to address it considering the audience.

Your “girl” Andrea tried it and got dragged too

 

[The Mad Titan]

Having a bunch of homophobic comments litter popular game reviews seem like enough of a reason to address it considering the audience.

Your “girl” Andrea tried it and got dragged too

The reason to address it is because it's not working as intended and for many movies and games it has been used as a determining factor or "ammo" and it's inaccurate.

Might as well scrub the site if all of your data is compromised like that. It's not accurate or a fair for older games.

I do agree that steam has the blueprint for how it should be done.

And I don't know what Andrea you are talking about

 

[Gizmo_Duck]

And I don't know what Andrea you are talking about

 

[Black Man of the Nile]

Fanboys on both sides need to stop review bombing

 

[Gizmo_Duck]

Fanboys on both sides need to stop review bombing

Not gonna happen, only way you can fix it is proof of purchase

 

[Diondon]

Butthurt, starving pathetic Xbots

 

[MeachTheMonster]

Sony stans

 

[Fatboi1]

I don't even look at Metacritic user reviews or take em serious.

 

[The Intergalactic Koala]

Between Steam "meme reviews" and Metacritic reviews...I'm just going to buy shytty games for now on and just make up my own review.

 

[Luke Cage]

i mainly care about professional reviews. and even then take them with a grain of salt. user reveiws can be the dumbest stuff on earth.
doesn't matter the industry, I can go on amazon and read a review about a hammer, and the someone will give it 1 star because fedex guy was mean.
not at all relevant to the actual product. same with movie, they'll score it based on politics, jk rowling is bad therefore hogwarts legacy is trash.

 

[Gizmo_Duck]

I still can’t get over the fact that The Last of Us Part 2 has over 16,000 reviews