Horizon Forbidden West: A sequel that doesn’t go down well with some players? Anger seeps into Metacritic

Gaming News Horizon Forbidden West: A sequel that doesn’t go down well with some players? Anger seeps into Metacritic

Say the new installment of the franchise horizon was expected by all players like the Messiah PS4 and PS5 would be an understatement. The excitement then peaked on Friday, February 18th when the game was released, which also benefited from a “Day-One” patch. (which corresponds to the work and modifications made by the teams between the moment the game goes “gold” and the moment it officially comes out) So all players can discover it in optimal conditions on any medium!

Either way, Horizon Forbidden West didn’t need that bit of polish to position itself as a PlayStation 5 staple.. It must be said that the developers had made an effort to take their time to deliver an exemplary copy, even if it means delaying the release of the game as you recently explained. In short, the PlayStation can be there the equivalent of his Breath of the Wild or at least, an extraordinary open world ! But as always, it’s difficult to please all players, and some take a malicious pleasure in tackling the game when a small detail isn’t right.

Barely released, the latest production from PlayStation Studios has quickly positioned itself as one of the top rated games of the moment according to the review aggregator, boasting a very good 88/100. A “protected” rating that players can’t influence, and all the better for that some currently have a field day which is a ” Review bombing with the goal of drastically lowering the average that players give for the title of guerrilla games.

At the moment the game site has over 4000 reviews (4385 to be exact) but player anger tends to set a dangerous ratio between the review types as 3404 players wrote a positive review while 785 gave a negative review, by pointing out the various points annoyed them. The list of dissatisfied, which grows by the hour, covers a whole range of reasons, ranging from an increased presence of bugs to the quality of the graphics – a rather strange criticism given the studio’s performance on this point.

However, a handful of players took their criticism of undermining the game’s success further by pointing out the presence of fluff on Aloy’s cheeks – which some consider a ” beard » -, « the disgusting Wokist ideology » or the aspect « politically correct ” Game. In short, all means are good to attack the success of guerrilla games. To counter what the game’s defenders consider “trolls”, some credit the maximum score that allows the general average to stabilize around 80/100.

For its part, the Metacritic site somehow tries to block this questionable practice by preventing new malicious users from posting a review. However, the short deadline of 36 hours is not a complete deterrent, making it impossible to curb review bombing as the site hopes. Let’s hope that this phenomenon is temporary: in any case, players will certainly not take into account the “criticisms” expressed by these users.

• Swell : GameRant, metacritical

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