Re: Steam's Revising Reviews

On 18/08/2024 17:15, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

I also don't have a problem with people posting negative reviews of games
they fundamentally aren't going to like.  So what if someone who hates
RPGs posts a negative review of an RPG?  It's an honest expression of
their honest opinion of the game.  I don't think there needs to be be
any other qualification to review a game other than to have played it.
And it's not completely useless to say a game isn't one of those rare
exceptions that non-fans of the genre can enjoy.

I generally agree. After all, I myself often try games in genres I
usually don't enjoy (mostly in hopes of discovering that now I/do/
enjoy that genre. I'm usually disappointed! 😉. Saying I don't like
this game but that's probably because I don't like that STYLE of game
in general may be helpful to others who have similar tastes. My review
may not be useful to FANS of the genre, but that's why I make them
aware of my negative bias from the start. My review isn't really for
them. It's for the genre-curious. 😉

The problem I have with it is I just don't think a review basically saying say, if you don't like FPS'es then you aren't going to like this game as it's an FPS is particularly helpful. There's also the issue on Steam that your rating gets chucked in the pile with all the other ratings.
Now if it's a game that you didn't think you'd like but it turns out that you do, then that I think can be helpful.