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God of War Ragnarok PC port ~~suffers~~ earns review bombing on Steam due to PlayStation Network account requirement
Fixed it for them
I've already beaten the game. It hasn't asked me to sign in. There's still a "sign in" button in the main menu.
I'm guessing they tried to allow it temporarily, hoping it would reduce the backlash, then flip on the requirement later.
The fact that there's a giant box that says account linking is required is enough for me to never touch it. Fitgirl already has a repack so I guess I need to reinstall Windows to get it installed...
Install it in a Windows VM, then copy the game's install directory to your Linux install. Might need to fiddle with Proton a bit, but should work fine.
Don't you need to have the game in order to review it? Or did that change?
People will buy it, review, and then get a refund within the return window.
I was thinking that after I commented. Sounds right.
I sympathize with fellow PC gamers for this needles requirement (even though PSN account is my main account). I'm just surprised there's no similar backlash for other devs requiring respective account creation (EA, BioWare, Blizzard etc. etc.). Sony did not invent this practice.
The account creation sucks, but it's mostly in multiplayer games or for a multiplayer feature in a game, to enable things like cross-launcher play and such (not needed if they made it right, still an attempt at data collection). God of War is a singleplayer game that has no need for an account requirement, so it's just there for data collection, singleplayer games shouldn't even be connecting to the internet.
I feel like The Jedi Fallen Order had this requirement through EA?
According to Steam it does. I stay away from AAA bullshit myself anyway.
Well if it blocks playing on steam deck and Linux it’s not like other devs requiring account creation.
Edit: looks like this one works on steam deck actually so disregard. Looks like it requires an internet connection to play though which is wack.
There is. Newer EA games, anything with Epic Online Services (but especially with a login), etc. They get negative reviews fairly consistently.
Some older games get overlooked, but even then adding in a third party software (not even necessarily needing an account) often lowers a game to a mixed rating on Steam for recent reviews.
I hate the "review bombing" term.
It’s been diluted by improper use, not unlike “trolling” or “incel.”
What is the "proper use"?
It’s a set of criteria. Reviews are organized from outside the review site, are negative, and generally come from people without any real interest in the piece of media.
It's not review bombing when there's a legitimate problem!
Is it not? What is "review bombing"? I thought it was just when a bunch of negative reviews were submitted in a short period of time.
there’s probably no official definition, but you could argue it is supposed to refer to negative reviews that have nothing to do with the product. Like when a bunch of idiots gave Captain Marvel 1 star reviews because they hate Brie Larson.
This is how I assume it would be used, but some people use it to mean "this got a lot of negative reviews right away"