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[–] CraigeryTheKid@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago (15 children)

the game/steam release definitely deserved bad reviews - but it'd be hard to deny that it wasn't also a bombing run.

[–] conciselyverbose@kbin.social 18 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (14 children)

A review bomb is when people start jumping down the game's throat with negative reviews for shit unrelated/peripheral to the game. If they're triggered by the actual core design choices of the game it isn't a review bomb.

These reviews are because the game is a money grubbing downgrade from the game people bought and had taken away from them, and this is the first opportunity they had to publish a review on a storefront. The motivation being the actual game means it can't be a review bomb.

[–] ampersandrew@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago (11 children)

If they're still playing the game anyway, I might call that a review bomb.

[–] cre0@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So overwatch 2 is objectively terrible, but putting that aside for a moment…

Can you seriously not envision a scenario where you personally do a thing (maybe even enjoy that thing), but still wouldn’t recommend it to others?

[–] ampersandrew@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Can you seriously envision a scenario where the worst game of all time is among the most-played?

[–] cre0@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ah okay I see you’re the kind of kid who answers a question with a question. 🤦‍♂️

Enjoy picking petty fights over… who likes which video game better. Not really my dig kiddo

[–] ampersandrew@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yes, I answered your question with a question because your scenario was as absurd as you perceived mine to be. So I'll answer yours directly: "yes, but not at that scale". Because at that scale, it's a review bomb.

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