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[–] BreadstickNinja@lemmy.world 139 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Still has 96% recent and 96% overall positive reviews and an "overwhelmingly positive" overall rating.

I don't think they're making much of a dent. The article is pretty unclear though on why Chinese gamers are mad, other than that there was a possible "dodgy translation."

[–] inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world 125 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (3 children)

I mean, it's a blip but they were trying.

The gist of it seems to be a few Chinese gamers are upset that Black Myth: Wukong didn't win game of the year and combined with a bad translation made it seem like Sven, who was presenting, instead of his anti-greed speech was translated into basically saying that he knew who was going to win, like he knew beforehand, and game sales aren't important, and some took that ask he was mocking Black Myth for not winning.

Just language barriers and general gamer stupidity all around.

[–] rtxn@lemmy.world 108 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Just language barriers and general gamer stupidity all around.

I'm pretty sure nationalistic pride is also a factor. Wukong is not just a game they like, it's their game.

[–] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago

The Chinese have glass hearts. You can see it whenever Taiwan gets mentioned as an independent nation.

[–] p03locke@lemmy.dbzer0.com 25 points 6 days ago (5 children)
[–] Joelio@lemmy.ml 20 points 6 days ago (5 children)

Your right, it should have been belatro

[–] sylveon@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 6 days ago (18 children)

Balatro is the objectively correct choice.

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[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

Have you played Astro Bot? It's phenomenal. It is the best non-Mario 3D platformer ever made. And possibly in the Top 3 if you include Mario.

[–] AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 5 points 6 days ago (1 children)

And also a PS5 exclusive. Eww

[–] M137@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

That has no relevance to how good and deserving of an award it is.

[–] AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 6 points 5 days ago (2 children)

IMO, it does. Awards showcase and highlight 'best of' games, but what's the point of highlighting a game that is inaccessible to a significant portion of the gaming community? You could potentially make the argument that their purpose is more towards recognising the efforts and success of the devs, but that's not the aspect of awards that are being discussed in this context.

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[–] rtxn@lemmy.world 14 points 6 days ago (5 children)
  • It's decently-made (rarely the case with new titles in current year)
  • Concentrated industrial-grade nostalgiabait
  • Doesn't require the player to be a skilled Gamer
  • Judges determine the majority of the score (who are probably not skilled Gamers)
[–] LandedGentry@lemmy.zip 4 points 6 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

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[–] ampersandrew@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago

The people who review the games are the same people who vote for the winner, and Astro Bot was the best reviewed game of the year.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 6 days ago

I understand being upset if your game didn't win, but your game came out the same year as Baldur's Gate 3. I mean come on, you had to know...

[–] Katana314@lemmy.world 22 points 6 days ago

Is that with Steam's "recent off-topic activity" system turned on, or off?

Steam introduced something where if they see a large scale of reviews in a short period that express thoughts unrelated to the game itself, they exclude those reviews from the default view of the page.

[–] rustydrd@sh.itjust.works 68 points 6 days ago

There's nothing more awe-inspiring than the online equivalent of a few hundred toddlers screaming for attention.

[–] Mandy@sh.itjust.works 74 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Chinese gamers upset their total mid jingly keys action game didn't win?
Imagine my shock

[–] CommanderCloon@lemmy.ml 6 points 5 days ago

It's actually from mistranslations that made it appear like Sven was saying wukong is a cash grab

[–] Viri4thus@feddit.org 31 points 6 days ago (1 children)

~500 negative reviews, c'mon, what a piece of trash article.

[–] simple@lemm.ee 6 points 6 days ago

TheGamer is well-known to be a trash drama-generating website.

[–] DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 35 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Didn't valve release algorithms to stop review bombing? Just delete them

[–] _cryptagion@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 6 days ago

They did, but this is so little of a blip, it might not have even triggered.

[–] nialv7@lemmy.world 12 points 5 days ago

it's funnier than thu. there is a Chinese mobile app also getting review bombed because its logo resembles astro bot.

[–] icecreamtaco@lemmy.world 27 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

China antis are the most insecure out there. It’s always something stupid

[–] hmmm@sh.itjust.works 3 points 5 days ago
[–] gcheliotis@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago

So I checked and could not find any review bombing. If there was one, it was tiny and not worth talking about.

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