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NeedlesslyPedantic
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Most viral edit: First time. I am whelmed.
IlluminaBlade
Unless it's mixed because Beijing is nuking the reviews because there was a Hong Kong flag in the game.
HobbitOakenshieldKili
In my case the stuttering appeared to be a driver issue with DH2, fixed it, haven’t seen any problems w/Deathloop so far.
venomlash
This meme has a little something for everyone, 9.5 out of 10, a massstahpiece.
BoozeHound001
sure but games often get review bombed
RandyKnapp
Except for stupid review bombing.
Varenvel
changing review based on recent update is legitimate tho , review bombing is only reason we not have paid mods on steam.
helpiamtrappedinacomputer
No Mans Sky is a notable exception! Definitely worth it
chrisinsocalif
Also look at recent reviews. No Man's Sky got bad reviews initially due to a poor release but now an awesome game.
WeaponizedJerk
Review bombing is a thing too. Always take in information from different sources.
GreedyAndu1803
I don't trust any reviewers, least of all steam reviewers.
Yayy
90% of bad reviews are always about how the game has denuvo and people dont like that
555LOGS
ValkyrieSwitch
ACG does a good job of reviewing games. They're not quick but they are detailed and well researched with segments for audio, visuals and (1/
ValkyrieSwitch
Overall gameplay. He shows examples of each aspect of the game he is talking about so you are given proof for his opinion on that (2/
ValkyrieSwitch
Specific part of the game. And his reviews aren't rated out of 10 either. Instead he rates them on a scale of Buy, Wait for Sale, (3/
ValkyrieSwitch
Deep deep sale or Never touch. Check him out on YouTube if you have the time because if you're thinking about buying a recent title (4/
ValkyrieSwitch
The chances are ACG has made a review for it.
ParanoydAndroid
Given the popularity of review bombing, I'm far more inclined to trust a collection of high reviews than a "mixed" on steam. Especially
ParanoydAndroid
Of it's getting a 10/10. Game reviews are inflated, but I've never seen a *bad* game get a 10 from a mainstream game site
BatLadyRielle
I have loved every game Arkane has put out, so I'm gonna trust that over a bunch of salty ass gamers.
Lilly64
I look at videos of gameplay and determine whether it looks interesting to me. Then I use reviews only as reference. Niche tastes exist
Corgielee
I stopped trusting ign when they gave Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Time/Darkness/Sky a terrible rating.
JollyJokzr
Wasn't there some big alt-right woman hating thing back in the day that they claimed was about gaming journalism?
Saigon333
Yep, GamerGate. All they really cared about was harassing women out of the games industry. They succeeded too. We lost a lot of good talent.
keyblader1985
I always believed a review should be entirely objective. It should tell you the basics of the game, what to expect from a story, gameplay &/
keyblader1985
technical perspective, and give you everything you need to decide from there whether that's something you're willing to try.
theLASTromanNJ
I have bought some absolute gems with mixed reviews
KidKnee
Most of the user "reviews" on steam are just one-line jokes and circle jerks.
Sixsystems
Dead Rising 1 had "mixed" reviews and it's my favorite game of all time.
Slamtastik
Darkfall unholywars had mixed reviews and there will never be another game as fun as that one.
BetterWorld
Steam reviews are weird, i didnt buy divinity original sin 2 because of mixed reviews, most of them said it lacked end game. Finally decided
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BetterWorld
To try it now because its been on my mind now and then. The game is amazing, one of my absolute favourites. Even if it lacks endgame i real
BetterWorld
Really dont care if it takes me a 100 hours to get there.
Rahava
Steam reviews are honestly one of the worst metrics to go by. Look up actual review videos that DO NOT give a number. They are much better.
GiveYourBallsATug69
Steam reviews don't give a number either. The percentage is just the ratio of people who recommend vs those who don't.
FourLegsGood
You have no idea what you're talking about. Aggregates are the best way of scoring.
Slamtastik
You have no idea what he's talking about. Reading reviews to see if they have the specific grips I'm worried about is what its all about.
BustyInnocent
Great numbers are usually good indicators. You have the data presented to you, you do what you want with it. I personally read many reviews
BustyInnocent
As its not hard to find a few good ones. Then you have a pretty good image why the game has that score. Deathloop has mixed reviews. Why?
BustyInnocent
Because many suffer greatly due to denuvo's poor implementation so the performance is bad. When 100s are saying this, that's an indicator
DidYouKnowThatCashewsComeFromAFruit
Lately I've been using ACG on YouTube. He seems pretty fair in his reviews
zeroofshadow
id disagree, most neg reviews are "it runs choppy on , uses , the connectivity is lacking, and i hate fps" (1/2)
zeroofshadow
which you can use to get a valid critique: more then half of that is valid and important to know, even if the fps part is not (2/2)
Sapotaattori
In my experience negative reviews can give idea what game lacks. Sometimes they are plus for me.
Rahava
Review bombing has become to widespread for that to work. Not to mention steam users who review are truly some fine specimens of humanity.
rophiandis
"I'm giving this a 5/10 purely because it has no multiplayer" So... 10/10 you say?
CheshireCad
"This game is WAY too homoerotic. I don't want to be constantly bombarded with beefy, sweaty dudes and their well-defined crotch-bulges."
SchizophrenicEuphoria
@OP It's the PC version of the game/Using KBM. The when using a controller the stuttering issue isn't there mostly, 1/2
SchizophrenicEuphoria
but it might be how the engine polls the KBM input 2/2
Arcanum3000
If that's the case, I have a suspicion it might be driver-related. I'm using KB/M with no problems.
Sapotaattori
Wierd i had no problems with dishonored 2 in launch neither i have anything major with DeathLoop.... :P
BustedTuna
The PC release of Deathloop is just horribly flawed because of Denuvo. Fuck Denuvo.
2ndplaceisasetofsteakknives
Use vsync in your GeForce software, turn it off in the game settings, and it fixes all the stuttering. Worked for me.
SchizophrenicEuphoria
This time it might not actually be Denuvo. They commented that the stuttering might be an issue with KBM polling. Goes away 1/2
SchizophrenicEuphoria
when using controller. TBH I don't think most people parroting F.D. have actually played the game themselves 2/2
Radix865
Fuck Denuvo anyway.
amp99
There was also a recent furore over Resident Evil Village where people blamed Denuvo for slowdowns when it was actually Capcom's DRM... 1/x
amp99
that was causing slowdowns. Don't get me wrong, all DRM (including Denuvo) is ultimately anti-consumer, but people sometimes ignore... 2/x
amp99
the facts to hate on one particular product. Denuvo is bad, but it's no StarForce, for example. 3/3
SomeDetroitGuy
This is why you know Gamergate was just incel bullshit - everyone was bent out of shape about the woman in the boy's club but NO ONE was
SomeDetroitGuy
upset about the fact that the magazines whore their reviews of AAA games out to the major labels. It was never about ethics in journalism
Noodlesocks
That very subject was very much a major controversy in gaming journalism that came to a head with Gamespot's Kane and Lynch review which...
Noodlesocks
coincidentally is what lead to the foundation of giant bomb.
Allrighty
And then Giant Bomb also said gamergate was full of shit and had nothing to do with ethics in journalism.
SomeDetroitGuy
and always about incels being incels.
Ankaridan
I need to save this comment for future use.
amp99
For gamergate background, this ~50 minute talk by Innuendo Studios is very informative: https://youtu.be/lLYWHpgIoIw
FlissFloss86Gaming
Review bombs are a thing. The Last of Us 2 comes to mind. Not saying every mixed game is worth it, but some certainly are
FourLegsGood
Review bombs are rejected by their algorithm so no.
MjnMixael
On one hand, review bombs don't usually happen to non AAA games. On the other hand, gaming journalism doesn't usually give 10/10s to non AAA
ClayBones548
I've seen plenty of review bombs on indie games, usually because people dislike the developer.
MCNewYorkLives
This is true for both overly pos and neg reviews which is why I scan a variety of reviews to see WHY they voted
MCNewYorkLives
I've seen some with people voting it highest rating and they have like <2 hrs played
Whatwhatsomethingbutt
True. But Steam gives overall reviews, recent reviews, and then a graph of reviews over time. You can sort those out pretty easily.
theawake
TLOU2 was misery porn. Review bombs are a thing, but TLOU2 is a horrible example.
EveryNameIsTakenDammit
I mean, that game WAS ass.
TheForestmidget
From what I've heard the new life is strange game is being review bombed by chinese players just because it has a tibetan flag in it.
kojenk
Steam adjusts for review bombs. Like True Colors being review bombed this week by chinese trolls for having the tibettan flag in the game
CuddleWings
It doesn’t adjust the main “mixed”. Deathloop is being review bombed for using Denuvo and still says mixed. It’s a great game though
BustyInnocent
But when the game suffers greatly on a performance level due to denuvo then the game is less playable, hence worse reviews.
Corrodias
It's not being review bombed for using Denuvo. It's reviewing poorly because of common performance problems that people hypothesize are »
Corrodias
due to a poor implementation of Denuvo, but nevertheless, whether Denuvo is responsible or not, it earned those negative reviews.
Hyero
Naughty Dog took the heavy progressive route and focused on character relationships without a plot. It was a mixed game at best.
ThisGuyPostingThings
But there was a plot, it was just heavily character-based. The general thrust being the focus on revenge and the consequences thereof.
Yacobs21
But it was an incredibly trite and obvious lesson on revenge. Furthermore, it uses the premise that one of the people Joel mercilessly 1/
Yacobs21
slaughtered and asked "what about their friends and family?" Yet both Abby and Ellie mercilessly slaughter randos the whole game through 2/
Yacobs21
and it's only treated as a bad thing when it's someone that one of them knows personally. 3/3
Lichelf
*Ellie kills a character in self defence during a cutscene* "You the player should feel bad for what 'you' did. Now go kill more evil thugs"
ThisGuyPostingThings
It's one thing to dislike the plot (I found it quite soul-crushing but can see why it wasn't liked), it's another to say there isn't one.
PorneliusHubertII
The main reason I don't bother with reviews except to compare my own opinion AFTER I have experienced the game for myself.
Sapotaattori
Negative reviews gives me a good idea where the game is lacking and they tend to be more or less homogeneous in my experience.
PorneliusHubertII
I just prefer to have a fresh experience that isn't marred by someone else's opinion. My experience with ME Andromeda was ruined because of
PorneliusHubertII
All the negative reviews the game got and all I could see were all the flaws that were pointed out by the reviews I watched. Had I not
PorneliusHubertII
Watched the reviews, I may have actually finished the game.
Sapotaattori
Mainly what i get from steam reviews is "too much dialogue". Or Combat is one dimensional or some other simple gameplay things.
Sapotaattori
I know what you mean. SW got ruined for me when listening complaints about ep 7. Then i asked from my self was it really that amazing?
Sapotaattori
Yeah as a movie with special effects it was amazing, but for story and word building it wasn't that amazing for it's time. Du
time2kms
In the 2020 VGAs TLOU2 got every journo game award. Ghosts of Tsushima got every player award. There's a huge discrepancy between the two.
SquireRamza
And I hated both. TLOU2 was poorly executed, with a bog standard plot about revenge, and Ghosts of Tsushima had great gameplay with a piss
SquireRamza
poor story, boring 1 dimensional characters, boring open world bloat that's in every open world game. Honestly dont understand it.
SquireRamza
*its popularity. Bottom line, different people like different things, news at 11.
sjpace76
Criticism is fair...but bog standard? The controversy is precisely because it wasn't bog standard. The ending has stuck with me ever since.
SquireRamza
"Oh wow revenge is bad actually." That's the moral to every revenge plot
sjpace76
If that is all you got, I feel bad for you.
PopTrogdor
Well both were right. Both of those games were incredible masterpieces.
SushiJaguar
I wouldn't put TLoU2 on anywhere near the same level as GoT. Not that TLoU2 is a BAD game, mind, but it's no masterpiece. Unless you 1/2
Wampa842
Excellent production quality laden with one man's socio-political groveling.
INeedMoreGifMeMoreJustOneMore
Welp, let's disagree. TLoU2 is a technical, graphical and story watershed moment in gaming history IMHO. GoT is great too, any other year
drowscion
I loved it, but it forced its audience into a thought experiment. Turns out not everyone likes that!
Dagordae
What makes it a watershed? The standard he who fights evil plot? The perspective flip? Because that's shit's not even remotely new, not in
SushiJaguar
personally believe graphical technology is a worthwhile metric, which is also fine. 2/2
johnnyboy1996
LoU2 looked fantastic and was fun to play but honestly was a chore to finish. Story is edgy and all over the place, I
PopTrogdor
I thought it was a story driven masterpiece. It drove my heart and soul to depths I never thought a game could go.
5knotcans
I just discovered steam, It's amazing.
appallingdonut
If you like steam, you are gonna love a sauna
pandagrrl
welcome
Goosexi
200+ games in library. NO PLAY, ONLY BUY!
Gehennan
Steam is great. Until you need tech support. Then the phone number is a recording saying use the website and it takes 3 months for a reply.
Helixninja333
Well, the bad news is Steam owns your soul now. The good news is that if you follow sales like a hawk, you will save a TON of cash.
noneweregiven
Are you really saving cash if you never play the games?
cyllan
I'm a L4D stand. Hit me up for some zombie killing lol
IAmACyberneticOrganismLivingTissueOverEndoskeleton
And down the rabbit hole you go. Beware the sales.
Repleo
We have a zoomer ladies and gents ×D
PearPressured
Rip your bank account
MeatPopsicleMultiPass
Really? You think your chemistry class would've mentioned it areas once.
ImplodingPumpkin
Like finding porn for the 1st time.
TheSwordPullerArthur
Always read the reviews. Highly insightful, and potentially hilarious.
OneGuyWithSixGuns
Enjoy owning 100+ games in a years time but only having installed and played 25 of them.
MrRandom314159
It cranks my engine.
Mercpkt
I remember my first time, what a joy
Thranx
checkout SteamDB, and even better, the SteamDB extension on Chrome. It loading the store in chrome, it will show you the lowest (1/2)
Thranx
price that a game's ever been, letting you decide if the savings are worth waiting until the next sale for. GREAT or games 6m and older.
autobotphoenix
Go try Fanatical.com as well steam keys for cheep and fun way to build your library
Lagunitas707
Damn I am 8 days from my 18 years of service badge... watch for sales and free games happens a lot!
Shade169
if you just found steam you might also want to look at GoG...their sale are even bigger usually
Haemaelaeinen
It is Satan's asshole a d should be excommunicated. Avoid at all costs.
CatpainSlackbladder
https://xkcd.com/1053/
Sloth53
Hate all launchers like Steam, To me they are just glorified addware.
Fuyu159753
Sorry you're getting downvoted. I agree with you. After trying steam when it was just released, I uninstalled it. Never again,Pirate forever
BaronSpaghetti
It was better without the EA stuff but yes.
Sheldonian
How does someone discovers Steam u til 2021? Also, rip your wallet
HamshanksCPS
I've bought too many games that were on sale over the years. I have 200+ games on steam and play like 6 of them
Magjee
I have like 300+ free games I've never played. And like 4 paid game I play all the time, lol.
HandyHarry
Epic Game Store gives away so many games! I have touched like 2 of them so far!
hildr
I have like 300 games I bought during sales, with at least 40% reduction. I only play some free games not even on steam, lol.
TacoYeti
Find games on steam, but on gog. Get the free games off epic
TacoYeti
Buy *
7Rhymes
Gog or G2A. It's what I use for getting my games cheap.
2020WillKillMe
I'd add Humble to this list as well for the charity donation aspect.
ThunderSturm
Welcome home, friend.
tanman729
Thats like saying you found this sweet new toy called a playstation. They have a monopoly, theres no way you havent heard of them
PearPressured
Oh, btw just so you know they have seasonal sales with moderate discounts, especially on older games (+1yr), so save for then
Photeus
Some of the best sales is where you get a Game Of the Year Edition AAA title with all dlc for $10-15
Thesinglemosteviltexastoast
95% off isn't moderate, it's insane.
ksbzw
Try to get that for more than one item on your wishlist each year. steam sales are great, but expecting 40-60% discount is much more realist
Onoratha
I love those. Can't wait till I get around to playing them
Yakumae
The steam points shop smacked so hard as new content when sales hit now. Literally animated profiles and all that for games you love.
BlastFX
Am I the only who doesn't give a fuck about any of that? I'm just annoyed by the constant popups about “new items in my inventory.”
zmanjace733
Ha. Moderate... that's why I have 300 games in my library I have zero intentions to play.
BlastFX
No, that's humble bundle.
SavageHonesty
300? Bump that number up, rookie.
zmanjace733
Hey, I've been trying real hard to keep it under 500. I'm proud of my restraint!
Sausageneek
Welcome :)
2020WillKillMe
Welcome! Couple pieces of advice from an original user. Never pay full price, the sales are plentiful. Use Humble to purchase and
2020WillKillMe
donate to a charity if you want something not on sale. You can redeem the game on Steam and play it there at no extra charge. Enjoy!
wazscience
Be careful of the dreaded steam sale. Many happy homes have been destried by this.
Daxton
Check out the "adult" section from the categories, thank me later
ItSeemsYouHaveSufferedaTerribleFate
Of everything on Steam you recommend their 'adult' games? Some people just have one track minds ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
BruceLorneCampbell
theyre harder to find and get good info on through searching. i recommend finding a good curator or two so you dont get 30 rpg maker games
Daxton
tbf I got succubus cafe and haven't found a need for anything else ? 10/10 it needs mod support so we can import our own girls tho
Tsiroch
Does one have a name?
BruceLorneCampbell
MarkedAdultsOnly or Adultonlygames dont editorialize. they just say "this game is marked adult only" making these games easier to find
BruceLorneCampbell
(AO games used to be delisted etc). AnimeTiddiesConnoisseur gives reviews i found helpful but now reviews "normie" games as well