• Pika@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    3·
    2 days ago

    Sadly, steam heavily disagrees with this statement. They would rather have full opinions allowed regardless, and then delist them when reported as offtopic so they still appear, but don’t show in the score.

    I disagree with that mentality as well, since I’m sick of seeing games have shit reviews, then look at them and its because of something that the parent company did instead of it being about the game itself.

    They do the same shit with steam discussions. I heavily think they should community ban people reported for using the clown reaction award with the intent to be rude or mean to the person they are awarding it to, and the people doing blatent circlejerk/rage baiting in the communities, but until it becomes a problem that risks them getting investigated again like before, they won’t.

    • shani66@ani.social
      2·
      2 days ago

      The context surrounding a game is important, though. these are just Nazis and should have their opinion disregarded, but all of Nintendo’s slop should be hated purely for the context of Nintendo being evil. any developer than stands for good things should also get a boost in positive reviews too (although that doesn’t happen enough, maybe because the only ones i can think of off hand are just good regardless?).

      • Pika@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        1·
        14 hours ago

        As much as I like knowing about companies that I buy from, if I’m on a product page, looking at a product review, I’m expecting the product review, not the moral compass of the company. If I wanted to see the controversies the company is involved in, I would search the company online.

        If the controversy involves the game sure, but if the only association to the game is that the publisher or dev made it, then I really don’t want it in the reviews, that’s not what I’m looking for.

        Examples of what should be in a product review:

        • Developer controversies that effect gameplay (like the Ark Survival controversy that shut down servers and failed to deliver on promises)
        • Gameplay complaints/reviews
        • Potential software or regional restrictions such as DRM or region locks(steam disagrees with this sadly cause they’ll mark it offtopic)
        • If the developer is a scam artist/illegitimate

        Examples of what shouldn’t be in a product review:

        • Backlash from a social media posting
        • Politics
        • Ideologies
        • Memes/Jokes (imo these are fine if its gameplay related like the skyrim arrow to the knee reviews, but usually they aren’t)