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Post by Gmr Leon on Mar 16, 2015 19:23:17 GMT
If you wanted, you could organize a group of frustrated Early Access buyers to "recommend" bad Early Access titles, possibly getting the bad review up on its store page to double up on warning people away from the product. I'm not sure if devs can decide which recommendations appear there, and to an extent I hope they can't personally, but it's a fun idea I had the other day when reviewing Steam's curation tools.
Edit: Upon review it seems devs can decide what curator reviews appear on the store page due to the tool's exploitation shortly after it was released, so much for that for the really ugly Early Access titles, I guess. =/
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Lord Ba'al
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Post by Lord Ba'al on Mar 16, 2015 19:45:11 GMT
So your idea was to recommend bad games so they would get into a bad light?
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Post by Gmr Leon on Mar 16, 2015 19:53:39 GMT
So your idea was to recommend bad games so they would get into a bad light? Basically. Seemed like a good idea as a go-to resource for Steam users sifting through all the crap, really bad games will conspicuously not have the group's recommendation (ideally, they would, but we know how those devs can be) whereas decent ones would. It seems like a natural use for the curation tool, its purpose being to add another layer of stay away/get this. |
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Lord Ba'al
Supreme Deity
Posts: 6,260
Pledge level: Half a Partner
I like: Cats; single malt Scotch; Stargate; Amiga; fried potatoes; retro gaming; cheese; snickers; sticky tape.
I don't like: Dimples in the bottom of scotch bottles; Facebook games masquerading as godgames.
Steam: stonelesscutter
GOG: stonelesscutter
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Post by Lord Ba'al on Mar 16, 2015 21:34:32 GMT
So your idea was to recommend bad games so they would get into a bad light? Basically. Seemed like a good idea as a go-to resource for Steam users sifting through all the crap, really bad games will conspicuously not have the group's recommendation (ideally, they would, but we know how those devs can be) whereas decent ones would. It seems like a natural use for the curation tool, its purpose being to add another layer of stay away/get this. In order to achieve a solid way of warning off prospective buyers you would need an independent location. Sort of like an imdb for video games. Of course it doesn't have to be THAT complex. It could be something really simple such as a forum like this. The most important thing is that it offers up to date and useful information for gamers about early access games. And naturally it would have to make a name for itself. |
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