Elden Ringhas received incredibly high reviews from critics and fans alike, but there appears to be a certain group of players who were not satisfied with their experience. This group is continuing to review bomb the game on Metacritic, leaving a slew of extremely negative reviews that drag down the game’s overall reception. Some fans ofElden Ringare beginning to suspect that the people leaving these negative reviews are not acting in good faith.
Leaving negative reviews on a product to express dissatisfaction with it is standard practice in today’s online world. However, review bombing can often have less to do with actual flaws in the title being review bombed and more to do with the users performing the bombing feeling offended by it.Elden Ringhas received mixed reviewson Steam for various legitimate performance issues in the past.
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Redditor OkPiccolo2678 drew attention to the fact that a number of users are currentlyreview bombingElden Ringon Metacritic in a rather suspicious manner. First, it appears to be the same circle of users posting very negative reviews on every platform the game is available on. Second, they generally only leave three or four sentences to explain their rating. Third, some of the accounts in question were reportedly brand new andElden Ringwas one of the first games they’d ever reviewed.
AlthoughElden Ringplayers have requested fixesand reported encountering some performance issues, the game is still considered by many to be a triumph of From Software’s craft. As such, many Redditors agreed with OkPiccolo2678 that it was odd to see a tide of Metacritic reviews rating the game two out of then or lower. These reviews rarely touch on the game’s good qualities, instead deriding it as broken and unplayable without giving anecdotes or data to back up their assertions. While no game is perfect,Elden Ringhas reached levels of sales and acclaim that make the negative reviews associated with this wave of review bombing look constructed.
As of writing, it appears that many Redditors theorize the review bombing is being led byfans ofHorizon Forbidden West, another recent open-world action game. One of the developers behindHorizon Forbidden Westhas previously picked a fight with the developers ofElden Ringon Twitter. It’s possible that the review bombing is being led byHorizon Forbidden Westfans following in his footsteps. A number of users also raised the theory that the review bombing was being led by a small circle of individuals, possibly young fans.
Elden Ringis available for PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S.
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