Actually, most of those are pure garbage.
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Amazon censoring Titanfall reviews - Must hit dat 5 stars rating.
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Actually, most of those are pure garbage.
Not an indie developer, but it is their first game if im not mistaken.
Well, Respawn is smaller than most AAA developers and they are "indie" in that they're not a wholly owned EA studio in the same sense as DICE, Visceral, or Maxis. (Titanfall is published through EA Partners, just like the Crysis series.)
RedNumberFive
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Correction: they didn't have it to begin with. Even so, this is par for course.
Why are you immediately believing this? You know, instead of being a bit more rational about it?
I would hardly call them "indie", they made a AAA FPS and it is published by EA (which clearly also controls
at least what systems it comes out on).
CouldBeWorse
Member
You know the definition of independently-owned, right? Insomniac Games is also an indie developer.
EDIT: I guess some people here think "indie" has to mean it's 3 people in a garage? You'd be surprised how big some indie developers are.
Ahaha I'm glad someone gets it. The same exact thing has happened across consoles and high profile games, (Halo 4?) it's like nobody in this thread actually cares to look at what's exactly happening and are quick to blame somebody.
Dude. Please. You really think that deleting good and bad reviews, though their 'anti-trolling algorithm, somehow equals a lost of trust? Are you always this high?
Wows, amazon just got abit crappier depending on whether or not this turns out ta be agenda-driven. On the flipside didn't this game like just come out yesterday? Why're people reviewing a game they've had their hands on for a day or two at most? "omg just finished installing the game its installation music was epic 5 stars !!!" I mean nuking first impression-esque "reviews" is still crappy but so are the reviews themselves >.>
3rdamention
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Basically what I posted earlier, minus the 30 day ownership. Just make all reviews from Verified Purchasers, PERIOD! If someone wants to glorify or shit on a product they paid for, I can respect that.
Hm... So we can just blame whoever we want to now?
It surprised me at first that a lot of the fanboy hate infected this board in regards to this game. But now it's just kind of expected.
crazygambit
Member
And they didn't know that before buying the game? If you like single player content you should know to skip the game, otherwise you're just trolling.
ReturnOfTheRAT
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Shills, trolls, and maybe even some legit reviews getting caught in the hailstorm.
JacksUsername
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They've been doing that for a while. They got a lot of heat a couple of years ago for their change in policies surrounding authors/writers, in which tons of reviews got taken down. Authors were reviewing other author's books; some with good intentions and well thought out reviews, and others obviously trying to bring down the reputation of their competition. It's such a murky area, since an action taken to try improve the integrity of reviews was seen as censorship to most and an effort to increase review scores (when negative reviews were removed).
It looks like the reviews are back? Or are people furiously reposting?
I don't know the inner workings of Amazon's system, but I'd be very surprised if there wasn't some sort of abuse threshold that gets reviews auto-whacked that's probably a function of the number of reports and the age of review/speed of abuse reports. It'd make most sense to move them to a manual review queue, where things like 10 dudes from a single IP or obviously non-spam reviews being flagged could be dealt with.
I don't know the inner workings of Amazon's system, but I'd be very surprised if there wasn't some sort of abuse threshold that gets reviews auto-whacked that's probably a function of the number of reports and the age of review/speed of abuse reports. It'd make most sense to move them to a manual review queue, where things like 10 dudes from a single IP or obviously non-spam reviews being flagged could be dealt with.
Plasticine
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But even the Verified Purchasers system can be rigged by placing an order, cancelling it and then immediately creating a review. People that want to game the system will find a way. The system Amazon currently has isn't perfect, but its probably the best way to handle customer reviews.
A well written opinion can go a lot further, but maybe I'm just not somebody that feels they can get enough from merely watching. Than again my favorite games tend to be RPGs or other games where a short video simply isn't enough.
EDIT: and I'd really rather not watch a protracted video, half because that's boring and half because I'd rather go in as fresh as possible.
Reposting and internet revenge.
perfectsil
Member
same thing will happen next week on Infamous SS, 1* and 5* reviews from people that never played the game
Khalifa Jayy
Banned
Yea, that was weird. Respawn is the antithesis of indie.
They tend to remove the trash, guess there would be few tragedies.
Look at the trash reviews Metacritic gets from those out just to discredit something.
Symax
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The user/customer review sections are usually the frontlines of the console war. It's the only place on the internet, where narrow-minded opinions have some kind of impact on something.
vxXJordanXxv
Banned
Honestly the whole thing is pointless and I don't understand why it is getting attention. Any smart buying could read into this bullshit and I predict that the same thing will happen with Infamous Second Son's release. It is just fanboyism on "both" keyword "both" sides.
Don't think so. Based on this:
At one point it was down to a single 1 star review. I can currently see multiple one-star reviews with comments from this morning, PDT, which means that they must have been pulled and reinstated.
Jesus Christ, if that was the case why do they have such a high amount of thumbs ups and thumbs downs? As a person who has Prime and is on Amazon reviews constantly, I can tell you that reviews are automatically pulled down if they are thumbed down enough or marked as spam. Until the post is up for review its in limbo. Enough with this Revenge Conspiracy, it happens with every console and game out there. I'm really frustrated that people don't actually take the time to comprehend what they're seeing.
Or are they just removing illegitimate reviews?
Seems pretty fishy of an OP, TBH, seems pretty desperate to infer malicious intent without questioning the system. If true, yeah it's fucking nasty, but EA/MS being in Amazon's pockets is an even stranger proposition. People do really like to graft narratives to these situations though.
Seems pretty fishy of an OP, TBH, seems pretty desperate to infer malicious intent without questioning the system. If true, yeah it's fucking nasty, but EA/MS being in Amazon's pockets is an even stranger proposition. People do really like to graft narratives to these situations though.
CouldBeWorse
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What's your definition of indie and why is Respawn the antithesis?
I understand if you want to say they are a different breed of indie.
3rdamention
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So, are all the reviews coming back now? It just went from a single 1 star review up to like 35.
I noticed the number of reviews are being populated quickly. Either some reviews are being "reinstated" or people are writing reviews literally THAT QUICK.
I noticed the number of reviews are being populated quickly. Either some reviews are being "reinstated" or people are writing reviews literally THAT QUICK.
Dragonborn
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Yea, I'm actually pretty sure a lot of the more mainstream audience will be pretty surprised when they find the game is a glorified paperweight without an internet connection. I'm sure a lot of people didn't know that the game is pretty barebones.
3rdamention
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3rdamention
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Sony Prophet gonna Sony Profit mang!
CouldBeWorse
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It says what it is on the box.
And this is why this sort of thing happens...
Serious LOL at him reviewing the Day One Xbox and the standard edition xbox
BruiserBear
Banned
Are we even reading the same thread?
NathanMcMahon
Banned
and they're morons who deserve what they get if they're too stupid to know what they are buying.
LyleLanley
Banned
I find that hilarious.
bigboss370
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Sword Of Doom
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I think they remove it if it says anything negative. Even if it's 5 stars
That's what I understood from the OP
Yes not only is it completely useless without servers working it's also a pretty light package. That "campaign" should not be called that. It's a bit misleading if you ask me
RedNumberFive
Banned
Ok, that one is great.
Danny Dudekisser
I paid good money for this Dynex!
Yeah, fuck them for giving a game a chance without retreating to research it first.
Beelzebufo
Banned
If this is true, there's really no story here.
NathanMcMahon
Banned
yes, true, fuck them. morons.