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[–] [email protected] 137 points 3 months 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."

[–] [email protected] 125 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months 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.

[–] [email protected] 108 points 3 months 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.

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[–] [email protected] 29 points 3 months ago (5 children)
[–] [email protected] 23 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Your right, it should have been belatro

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Balatro is the objectively correct choice.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Because the Game Awards hates indie games.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago (3 children)

You're*

Learn basic grammar, FFS. You make yourself look like a 12-year-old with learning disabilities by failing to get simple words right.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

Go back to reddit.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

Your a dweeb lmao

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

Did you understand what they said? Great! They did perfectly fine then. Waste less energies.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 3 months ago (3 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)
[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago

Cry about it... Astro Bot was fucking awesome.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (2 children)

And it's also made by Sony who have a lot of money

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 months ago

"Big company, therefore manipulation" is one hell of an argument my dude

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago

These pathetic conspiracy theories should've died out in the 90s.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months 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.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

And also a PS5 exclusive. Eww

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months 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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[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months 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...

[–] [email protected] 22 points 3 months 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.

[–] [email protected] 81 points 3 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 68 points 3 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 38 points 3 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 37 points 3 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 28 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

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

[–] [email protected] 21 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Only ~500 negative reviews.. What a nothingburger article lol.

I mean, the Chinese players aren't totally wrong, support from sales IS an important metric. Swen definitely should have worded that better. But is that worth a negative review, IDK. This seems to line up with Chinese culture as a whole though, which is usually polar opposite to the West.

TheGamer... I can't say the majority of articles I have personally seen from this site haven't been poor quality bait articles like this one, so I am going to put this one in the pile with Kotaku, IGN, and the others. The pile of "Rarely makes a decent article but most of the time is easily ignored."

[–] [email protected] 22 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I mean, the Chinese players aren’t totally wrong, support from sales IS an important metric. Swen definitely should have worded that better. But is that worth a negative review, IDK. This seems to line up with Chinese culture as a whole though, which is usually polar opposite to the West.

rampant capitalism over workers' desires lines up with Chinese culture?

[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 months ago

No, I meant that them leaving negative reviews because of what was said is a pretty typically Chinese thing to do. Genshin Impact has been plagued by this for pretty much its entire existence. If you ask anyone, the Chinese playerbase is viewed as incredibly toxic because of this.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 months ago

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