Helldivers 2 @lemmy.ca robalees @lemmy.world 8mo ago

Change your Steam review

I’m a PS5 player, so I can’t make an impact, but if you did write a negative review (thank you, you made this happen ❤️) please consider taking the time to change it! This was clearly not AH decision and the game deserves an accurate review, it’s easily one of the best games I’ve ever played and definitely the best game as a service!

Edit: woke up to new comments, this post reminded… Lemmy is just the same as Reddit.

Edit2: Christ I need to turn off Lemmy notifications, I’ve left this community and this was a stark reminder for me… don’t engage with a specific game community, just enjoy the fucking game!

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Changed my review to positive. I also added a note that a thumbs down from a second bait-and-switch won't be coming back up.

HD2 is a very rare example of a AAA live service game done right, Sony really had to come this close to fucking up what will be one of their top sellers.
Yeah fuck no. AH can sue Sony for this (and should). But my review stays there for life as a reminder to Sony (and anyone else who tries to pull this shit).

Just because they backed down =/= they did the right thing. They caved to public (and I'm sure legal) pressure. Nothing more. Fuck Sony and fuck changing a review because WE made a company back down.

No no no no no. No.
People make mistakes, even intentional ones. I'm a big believer in recognising when people admit to their mistakes because otherwise why even bother to right any wrongs you have made?
I'm not changing mine until (1) after the 30th, (2) game is back on for purchase in restricted countries, and (3) Sony doesn't backpedal yet again before then.

Look, I honestly get the sentiment and AH deserves the praise for sure, but at this point I honestly can't confidently say I trust Sony to not just be doing all this for positive PR.
Whether or not they're going to walk back the changes, steam still has the game delisted in the countries where you can't make a psn account. Until that block is lifted, not changing my review at all.
Abusive relationship much?

Fuck that shit, leave your thumb down, they didn't deserve any kindness from you from the moment they thought it was a good idea to require a PSN account.

"It was not AH decision" they signed the contract with Sony didn't they? Hell, just take the time to actually read the announcement and it's clear that Sony is just trying to find ways to do the same thing but in a way we won't care, they don't deserve any sympathy.
No. At this point, it's more about the message.
Good reminder. Was happy I got to update mine. And for folks saying "future buyers should know about this bullshit", leave the original content, just update the rating and add some commentary.
I don’t think they should, TBH. Sony needs the reminder that this was a giant mistake. HD2 is already a successful game with extremely positive reviews from before the PSN issue. Now that we know the HD2 dev was not included in the decision to require PSN, not many still hold a grudge against Arrowhead.

If they hold to their promise going forward, the reviews will start coming down/changing. Let’s just see how they deal with Ghosts of Tsushima release.
From what I've read elsewhere AH was aware of the PSN account linking long before the game's release. Also just because Sony is backpedaling because of the negative reviews, I don't see that as a reason to change my review. Even if the gameplay is widely praised, I think the negative reviews explaining what shitty practices were at hand should stay for future potential customers. I doubt Sony is done doing stupid stuff like this
Man some of you are some real indignant mother fuckers. Imagine punishing a dog for misbehaving, and the dog changes it's behavior and does what you say. But then you still continue to punish it.
Why? Nothing has changed yet.
I absolutely will as soon as i get home from work!
Meh
No
Has arrowhead opened the discussion board on steam so I can troubleshoot why I (and hundreds of other players) can't use in-game voice chat?

Oh, they haven't? Oh, arrowhead has ignored all the support tickets I've posted? Oh, you're here trying to fix this shitty companies public image while they ignore serious issues with their product?

Nty.
I did Monday morning before work, if we punish them when we are upset, they fix it, and we continue to punish them then what is Sony's incentive for backpedaling ?
Is op post satire?
Will test today after work if they require a account, if not the thumb goes up :)
Backpeddeling works and is very cool.
Lemmy is full of Redditors. Hence full of nonsense, full of ads (do you use Proton?), doubling down on a negative review while shipping cash to those companies. Guess what makes them rich 🤑
Will when I get a chance but sadly I’ll be away from the drop pods for a few days
Tbh, I'm happy with the some of us switching our reviews back and some not. Its both a future warning to not fuck around this hard AND a sign that if you give us what we want, we'll back off
Sorry about the negativity you received.

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