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273 points isaacfrond | 3 comments | | HN request time: 0.414s | source
1. bentt ◴[] No.42076359[source]
Steam reviews are becoming a pathological game for developers and players alike.

At 8000 hours played, this guy should have the privilege of posting a review which is both more visible and less weighted in terms of good/bad. After a certain amount of engagement, you're implicitly thumbs upping a game. However, players with that level of commitment and sunk time feel disempowered when a game changes to betrays their expectations. They should just have a different kind of review that at the same time as it takes away their ability to thumbs down the title, it gives their thoughts visibility to the developers and community.

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2. remram ◴[] No.42076554[source]
You're forgetting about updates. I can play a game for 8k hours, then the developers change something important that makes me stop playing entirely. Shouldn't I be allowed to post a negative review then?
3. reportgunner ◴[] No.42087731[source]
Sorry, but negative reviews are the only reviews I read on Steam. You can already see the hours spent at the time of review and as of today so it's trivial to take that into consideration or not.