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Avowed launched to “Very Positive” reviews on Steam

Sentenza

Member
The Steam rating doesn't give me anything really.
It's the same as Metacritic user scores. A lot of bombing up or down. People giving fake reviews to sway it in one direction or the other. People giving it a review after playing for 10% of the time it takes to finish the game.

I've played it myself and it's a 6 out of 10. The dialogue put me to sleep.
This comparison is nonsense, because to write a Steam review and rate a game you need to own it in your library, which is not the case on Metacritic.

That said, this a heavily skewed rating because the game just came out of almost a week of "Anticipated Access" where all the owners were suckers who paid 20+ extra bucks over the full base price only, so with a strong bias in favor of the game from the get go.
The next few days were everyone else rushes in will be the ones where the rating eventually normalizes.
 

ShaiKhulud1989

Gold Member
It was at 81% when the thread was posted, now it's at 80%. When it hits 79% it will change to 'mostly positive', then it will slide more as the honeymoon period ends.

Dragon Age was very positive when it dropped, now it's mixed. Same thing will happen to Avowed.
Green rats are acting like pattern recognition isn't a thing yet we've seen this with Western AAA RPGs not once, but multiple times, including DA and Starfield.
 
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pudel

Member
Steam reviews are a reflection of screeching, not quality

Some bugs? Review bomb

Some log in scandal? Review bomb

Mediocre Slop that has few bugs? Positive reviews
Better than nothing. Or do you want to rely completely on "video game journalism" and metacritic where every clown can shit or praise on a game without ever playing it?
 

proandrad

Member
Toxic positivity. Praising slop like this while gaslighting all the critics as system warriors is exactly why Western industry ended up where it is now.
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Toxic positivity. Praising slop like this while gaslighting all the critics as system warriors is exactly why Western industry ended up where it is now.
Have you played the game? What makes it slop?

The ~80 scores seem totally fair to me so far, but there is also a solid as hell foundation here that is fun to play. The game didn’t ace the test, but ‘slop’ is a super weird descriptor.
 
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FireFly

Member
Steam reviews are a reflection of screeching, not quality

Some bugs? Review bomb

Some log in scandal? Review bomb

Mediocre Slop that has few bugs? Positive reviews
80% is already in line with Metacritic and the events you describe can clearly be observed as spikes on the review graph, and can even be excluded from the filter. On the 100 point scale, an 80 is really nothing amazing.
 

ShaiKhulud1989

Gold Member
The review sounds legit....he just mixed up the thumb it seems. Thats weird...yep. But do you want now the whole review system to be deleted because of this?
I'm just saying that positive ratings on Steam mean nothing (they really should implement third option), it just a proof that game kinda works.
 
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pudel

Member
I'm just saying that positive ratings on Steam mean nothing (they really should implement third option), it just a proof that game kinda works.
If there are 1000 or more reviews this one "wrong" review doesnt matter at all. I dont say the steam review thing is 100% bullet proof (how could it ever be?)...but its the best we have. (or show me a better one)
 

ShaiKhulud1989

Gold Member
If there are 1000 or more reviews this one "wrong" review doesnt matter at all. I dont say the steam review thing is 100% bullet proof (how could it ever be?)...but its the best we have. (or show me a better one)
The overall tone if you read the positive reviews is that the game is simply meh, it's just lack of steam options inflating the rating. That's why you need to read what people think and not skim through average (and useless) score.
 
I’m playing it. Seems fun enough. The whole colors outrage baffles me, it’s a fantasy game not sure why so offensive to some. The character creation seemed weird, it did take awhile for some reason for me to find male. I’ve been switching back and forth between 1st and 3rd person mode. Could be and interesting game, just a few hours in though.
 

EverydayBeast

ChatGPT 0.1
Steam reviews aren’t great, we’ve seen “steam reviews says…” and “based on steam review…” and I’ll quote Brok from god of war on steam reviews:

“Ain’t worth a goat fart in a hurricane”

Now every time a game launches steam reviews sit there deciding the fates of new video games. There’s other reviewers involved.
 

kapshin

Member
I would argue if Sucker Punch released something like Avowed it would've been ratio'd to oblivion by both press and players. Just look at Days Gone.
I liked Days Gone at first I just got bored after a while the whole concept is totally my thing too. I'm not trying to start an argument but the Sony bias here is real just read. I think Avowed is pretty good so far I put some time into it 3-4 hours I am enjoying it enough.
 

DeepEnigma

Gold Member
It's neogaf if it's not on PlayStation it's bad.
I liked Days Gone at first I just got bored after a while the whole concept is totally my thing too. I'm not trying to start an argument but the Sony bias here is real just read. I think Avowed is pretty good so far I put some time into it 3-4 hours I am enjoying it enough.
It's not Sony's fault Avowed is mid.
 

IntentionalPun

Ask me about my wife's perfect butthole
Have several friends who like it and they aren’t Xbox owners or otherwise some sort of MS fanboy.

I’m gonna play this weekend but go in trying hard not to think of it as Skyrim like.
 

adamsapple

Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
Steam reviews are a reflection of screeching, not quality

Some bugs? Review bomb

Some log in scandal? Review bomb

Mediocre Slop that has few bugs? Positive reviews

This counts as a positive review contributing to the overall raiting. Is this a recommendation to you?



Hell must have frozen over, we're turning against Steam reviews on this forum now.

:eek:
 

IntentionalPun

Ask me about my wife's perfect butthole
Some of you really need to stop giving a shit about games you never had any interest in. Reviews are meant for helping people make purchase decisions not for some dumb dick measuring contest.

People also, get this, like different things. Some of my favorite games aren’t rated that highly.
 
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