I personally think it is far more suspect when a game outlet with a vested financial interest to hype a game (marketing revenue, continued early access to titles, clicks etc), highlights significant issues, false promises, and more and yet gives the game a 9 or 10, yet on a different game, those exact same issues warrant it being a 5 or 6 or worse. Read the reviews from many sources whether user or critic, you will see specific things mentioned that are clearly consistent. Aspects that clearly show they have played the game.īottom line here hfw is not perfect, nor are scores an accurate reflection of a game. In the case of many of the negative reviews on HFW, they demonstrate long, well written and specific explanations for consistent aspects of the game that have disappointed them. Then make a determination based on that, not an overall score. Most people reading any review site or retail review list know you must read the reviews and determine if there are enough mentions of a positive or negative that demonstrate consistency. It has become somewhat the norm now that most either give a review on there with either a 10 or a 0. Now, that being said is giving a game you think is decent or good a 10/10 not also just a review bomb? I think the bigger picture here with how these user reviews are being given is being missed here. A large majority of the reviews are long descriptive and detailed accounts of their grievances with the game. Gotta be real here, push Square is misrepresenting the truth here. Okay, I had to go and look, and read over 30 o/10 reviews. Of course, we all know that the user score on the website is a complete waste of time, but it may still influence less engaged players – and it looks like Horizon Forbidden West’s rating is going to take a battering. Unfortunately, it looks like two years later nothing has really changed. Really dropped the ball here.”Īfter the aforementioned The Last of Us: Part 2 saga, Metacritic did pledge alterations to its user score system, with the goal being to prevent this from happening again. Even the lauded graphics are underwhelming. The story is bland and unimaginative, the gameplay is very boring. “Probably the biggest disappointment in a while,” one user wrote of the 80 or so hour game, less than 24 hours after its release. Of course, there’s no targeted campaign against Aloy’s sophomore outing this time – it’s just people being silly. Many of you may recall The Last of Us: Part 2, amid an eye-rolling social media scandal, falling to a similar fate. Horizon Forbidden West has been quietly racking up disproportionately negative reviews on Metacritic overnight, and while it’s still holding a steady overall user score, the string of 0/10s are obviously beginning to look disingenuous. It wouldn’t be a major video game release without gamers exhibiting embarrassing behaviour.