Steam - Update to User Reviews: New Helpfulness System

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• HollowNaught@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  When I like or dislike a game a lot and I’m able to articulate why, I usually write a long-winded 2-3 paragraph review on what I liked and didn’t like about it. These reviews tend to get 1-2 reactions at most

  One time, I decided to write a positive review for a game I really liked but didn’t feel like saying “the shooting good” six different ways, so I wrote my one and only joke review

  It then became my most popular review, with now 37 reactions

  So yeah, I see why people do it and yes, I heavily agree with what steam’s doing

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• hitagi@ani.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I hate those copy-pasted reviews of an old person having lots of fun playing the game with their kid. It’s told in a way that’s emotional and I thought it was true until I started seeing the exact same review copy-pasted on every other game.

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  • Eyck_of_denesle@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Wtf that review is fake???

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    • hitagi@ani.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I assume it’s fake because they don’t mention the game itself in the review and I see it copy-pasted in a lot of games. I think it’s a way to farm steam point rewards.

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• Muscle_Meteor@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I want to be able to rate games as ‘meh’, a lot of games i dont feel strongly enough to say its outright good or bad.

  Example: there is an extremely highly rated game from a few years ago that i got around to playing, but to me it was just okay and i’ll probably never get around to finishing it. Based on my achievement progress i find it highly unlikely that 95% of the reviewers have finished the game either. They probably reviewed it after playing for an hour.

  I dont want to review it as good or bad so instead i just wont.

  But if 0 is bad and 1 is good then tallying 0.5 as meh shouldnt be that hard.

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