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[–] Mwa@thelemmy.club 53 points 2 months ago (16 children)

Kinda sad because I usually rely on steam reviews to see how bad or good a game is.

[–] Dudewitbow@lemmy.zip 33 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (5 children)

i mean with the review in question its a red flag given the playtime is shown.

steam at least give you some tools to consider if a review is legit. one is the users play time (which is public), another is other reviews theyve made. another is if theyve gotten the key for free.

[–] arudesalad@sh.itjust.works 19 points 2 months ago (3 children)

The main problem is that those reviews are still included in the overall review score. I think you can filter out low play time but that's an extra step most won't take (because they shouldn't need to)

[–] Nighed@feddit.uk 7 points 2 months ago

People who review games poorly are unlikely to play them for long though. How would you filter them as not to drop most legit negative reviews?

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