And while The Last of Us 2 can deal with that, a smaller indie can really suffer there.'Īrguably even more important, Hoss suggests, is the fact that 'what starts on Metacritic often leads to people harassing devs via social media or sending them hate mail. Steam).' While he doesn't 'expect them to do anything about Chained Echoes I do hope that the constant outrage might lead to a changing situation.'Ĭhained Echoes has been out for several months and boasts high reviews elsewhere, and as such Hoss says he's 'not worried at all' about the long-term impact of this review-bomb: 'It is more an annoying situation as we can't really do anything about it.' For others, however, it can be a much more significant issue: 'Especially with the review bombing for LGBTQI+ content, that can seriously damage smaller indie games in terms of sales. When we spoke with him, he told GamesRadar+ that 'I'm still amazed that Metacritic is still used by so many platforms (e.g. Hoss called out Metacritic in his individual tweet. While some players have made their desire for more language options clear, however, it's not certain that this is the problem at the heart of the review-bomb.

Recently, the Chained Echoes team took to Reddit for an AMA, and the publisher notes that, 'quite often you get 'hey, translate into Spanish,' or 'when Chinese', or 'when Brazil port'.' Deck13 has tried to explain that due to the length of the game, cost of translation, and relatively small install bases in some regions, localization is often not possible. One assumption is that the review-bomb is tied to localization.

Those ratings don't come with any written reviews, and as such Hoss says that neither he nor the development team have any idea where the tide of ill-feeling has come from.

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