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Idiots tried to review bomb Doom Eternal because "Bethesda celebrated Charlie Kirk murder" (infosec.pub)
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https://store.steampowered.com/app/782330/DOOM_Eternal/#app_reviews_hash

Seems to be the only Bethesda game that Steam flagged for the review bomb.

EDIT: Check the comments for the tweet that sparked the stupid outrage. A screenshot from the newest Indiana Jones game.

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[–] shani66@ani.social 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The context surrounding a game is important, though. these are just Nazis and should have their opinion disregarded, but all of Nintendo's slop should be hated purely for the context of Nintendo being evil. any developer than stands for good things should also get a boost in positive reviews too (although that doesn't happen enough, maybe because the only ones i can think of off hand are just good regardless?).

[–] Pika@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

As much as I like knowing about companies that I buy from, if I'm on a product page, looking at a product review, I'm expecting the product review, not the moral compass of the company. If I wanted to see the controversies the company is involved in, I would search the company online.

If the controversy involves the game sure, but if the only association to the game is that the publisher or dev made it, then I really don't want it in the reviews, that's not what I'm looking for.

Examples of what should be in a product review:

  • Developer controversies that effect gameplay (like the Ark Survival controversy that shut down servers and failed to deliver on promises)
  • Gameplay complaints/reviews
  • Potential software or regional restrictions such as DRM or region locks(steam disagrees with this sadly cause they'll mark it offtopic)
  • If the developer is a scam artist/illegitimate

Examples of what shouldn't be in a product review:

  • Backlash from a social media posting
  • Politics
  • Ideologies
  • Memes/Jokes (imo these are fine if its gameplay related like the skyrim arrow to the knee reviews, but usually they aren't)