So Brianna Wu's Revolution 60 came out on Steam

[Sexual Harassment Panda]

Those graphics... Those graphics make me sad, and possibly fuel oncoming nightmares.

 

[VarietyGamer]

The top reviews seem fairly informative. The game appears shit. As expected.

 

[wulf3n]

So it seems the steam review/refund system has a few wrinkles to iron out as demonstrated by one "review"

I bought it just so I can leave this review and then instantly refund it. [http://steamcommunity.com/id/lagamuffin/recommended/350200/]

The old expression "this is why we can't have nice things" comes to mind.

 

[CaitSeith]

So it seems the steam review/refund system has a few wrinkles to iron out as demonstrated by one "review"

I bought it just so I can leave this review and then instantly refund it. [http://steamcommunity.com/id/lagamuffin/recommended/350200/]

The old expression "this is why we can't have nice things" comes to mind.

And the expression "water is wet" comes to mine. No matter how much you iron out the wrinkles of a refund system, some people will always find the loopholes left and take advantage of them. It has happened for decades and, compared to those old refund policies, Steam is pretty strict already. No surprises there, it still does more good than harm though.

 

[MerlinCross]

Well the obvious answer is that the game was only worth covering in 2014 when Gamergate was young and the controversy was at it's peak.

No one gives a shit about GG now. Or Wu. Or her terrible game. Even trolls don't care given the tiny amount of reviews compared to to number of people who bought it. You don't generate clickbait with things no one cares about.

You know this is actually probably the right answer. Her game probably got news and good scores because well she was getting harassed by a large group of people(Let's not try to spin this guys she was). This meant well with all the buzz around her, that it would be easy to generate traffic as people for and against her would click on said reviews/blogs and then rant about it in the comments, again for and against. No this isn't a claim of some sort of conspiracy, other than the fact of "Let's get clicks". It is possible that some of those reviews actually did like the game, but would they have looked at it if there wasn't a buzz storm around her in the first place? Can't say.

These days people are just tired of the shite flinging and buzz around GG and their targets(Let's not kid ourselves through, there'll be another blow up like this and the dance repeats). So this hit app game that's' so great back then just goes 'meh'.

But hey let's post a story about No Man's Sky again cause that well hasn't run dry. Or wait for the well that is Star Citizen.

 

[Revnak_v1legacy]

You could always just look at a bad game, call it a bad game, and move on with your life. That's really all it takes guys. Why even waste the effort hating someone you will never meet who means literally nothing to you? It's a waste.

 

[Strazdas]

Oh, right, i had forgotten that was going to come up. So because of this thread i looked at some gameplay on youtube and i wish i hadnt. Its awful. I think the 23% it has on steam right now is totally justified.

I'm seeing it on IoS for half the amount they're charging on steam. That's pretty ballsy.

PC gamers tend to be richer than mobile gamers so you can milk them for more.

 

[DudeistBelieve]

Oh, right, i had forgotten that was going to come up. So because of this thread i looked at some gameplay on youtube and i wish i hadnt. Its awful. I think the 23% it has on steam right now is totally justified.

I'm seeing it on IoS for half the amount they're charging on steam. That's pretty ballsy.

PC gamers tend to be richer than mobile gamers so you can milk them for more.

Eh... just did so myself.

Doesn't look too bad as far as a story-focused game is concerned. It's a series of Quick Time Events.

I take back what I said earlier about the graphics. For a cell phone game, it's fairly decent even if the character models are kinda meh, the environments look decent.

 

[Metalix Knightmare]

Well the obvious answer is that the game was only worth covering in 2014 when Gamergate was young and the controversy was at it's peak.

No one gives a shit about GG now. Or Wu. Or her terrible game. Even trolls don't care given the tiny amount of reviews compared to to number of people who bought it. You don't generate clickbait with things no one cares about.

You know this is actually probably the right answer. Her game probably got news and good scores because well she was getting harassed by a large group of people(Let's not try to spin this guys she was)

I actually DON'T doubt that. The only question is how much of it was her harassing herself with throwaway accounts.