Some people like bad games. Some people like games you don't like.

I myself like Sonic 06 and Metroid Other M. They're widely considered bad games, but I would even recommend people give them a shot if they can.

difference in opinion. What you like and dislike, someone else will be different or completely opposite to your likes and dislikes. so in turn that is how games get their reviews.

I got couple games, some which i absolutely hated which have a positive review then of course i got some games which have negative reviews but which i enjoyed. Personally i have learned the hard way, not to go just on the reviews. think there might be "fake" reviews, but if i'm not mistaken, valve kind of cracked down on those or unless i'm thinking of the review bombing scenario's

I know it's crazy but people have different tastes....
If niche enough the majority won't even look at store page, even less buy, so only those that like the genre/style buys...
Not that complicated.
Bad for tinfoil sales though...

Fanboys or players on denial

Tell me why people rated positive https://store.steampowered.com/app/1237320/Sonic_Frontiers/ despite DRM?

Originally posted by Zepondrax:

I have always wondered how some games get positive reiviews?

By being well received by the target audience of that game

Originally posted by Zepondrax:

I have seen so many games on the store that look rubbish or boring and then I see the reviews and it says Positive Rating or Overwhelmingly Positive? I am thinking....how?

Simple... YOUR impressions are subjective. OTHERS view the game differently.
Very likely YOU are not the intended/target audience
Much like how I'm not the intended audience for Carrottop or Adam Sandler movies.

That's basically it.
Nothing mysterious.

1) What you define as "rubbish" isn't objective. Most of the time, people equate "rubbish" to "games I don't like".
2) As stated above, well received by their target audience. If you are not the target audience, that doesn't make the game bad.

Originally posted by Zepondrax:

I have always wondered how some games get positive reiviews? I have seen so many games on the store that look rubbish or boring and then I see the reviews and it says Positive Rating or Overwhelmingly Positive? I am thinking....how?
Do these developers buy their positive reviews?
I have seen people commenting in some game forums saying fake reviews and beware of buying the game as its a scam and fake reviews.

I wonder, do developers buy fake reviews to make their game look good when its not?

Fun and excellent question. Games have positive reviews for many reasons, primarily being that they are well received by their target audience. *Most* games that seem boring but have good reviews are going to fall into this category. About 1 in 200 is going to have paid reviews and even then I'd dare say the margin is far larger. Silksong is a game that i would consider boring because I am not the target audience, but I know the reviews are genuine because the game was well received by its target audience. Great question and I hope you have an awesome day gamer .

"How do games get good reviews?"

By. . . people liking them? Not sure why this is a hard concept.


But I suppose in the "the game industry sucks, all is darkness" crowd, the idea of people actually *liking* games must be baffling.

Originally posted by Princess Luna:

Fanboys or players on denial

Tell me why people rated positive https://store.steampowered.com/app/1237320/Sonic_Frontiers/ despite DRM?

Most people do not care for drm.
It always just looks like that because the crybabies are always the ones who cry the loudest.

Originally posted by Princess Luna:

Fanboys or players on denial

Tell me why people rated positive https://store.steampowered.com/app/1237320/Sonic_Frontiers/ despite DRM?

Because it's a great game. Surprise surprise, very few actually care about DRM.

Originally posted by Princess Luna:

Fanboys or players on denial

Tell me why people rated positive https://store.steampowered.com/app/1237320/Sonic_Frontiers/ despite DRM?

Because that is their rating for the game and DRM has zero relevance.

Originally posted by Zepondrax:

I wonder, do developers buy fake reviews to make their game look good when its not?

A few do, but it's so damn transparent it doesn't really help their cause, especially since you can block entire developer/publisher pages in one go these days.

It's just people and life.

I like things you like, I don't like things you like.
You like thing I like, You don't like things I like.

As long as humans still populate the earth, this is how it's going to be.

Originally posted by Wolfpig:

Originally posted by Princess Luna:

Fanboys or players on denial

Tell me why people rated positive https://store.steampowered.com/app/1237320/Sonic_Frontiers/ despite DRM?

Most people do not care for drm.
It always just looks like that because the crybabies are always the ones who cry the loudest.

People don't usually buy games to leave reviews that say, "This DRM is awful."

Just saying.

I have seen some people comment in game forums fake reviews
I liek games like cloudpunk, FF13, FF13-2, Racing games etc

Originally posted by TopDog:

difference in opinion. What you like and dislike, someone else will be different or completely opposite to your likes and dislikes. so in turn that is how games get their reviews.

I got couple games, some which i absolutely hated which have a positive review then of course i got some games which have negative reviews but which i enjoyed. Personally i have learned the hard way, not to go just on the reviews. think there might be "fake" reviews, but if i'm not mistaken, valve kind of cracked down on those or unless i'm thinking of the review bombing scenario's