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by 0_gravitas 2684 days ago
I need to disagree here, what good is a review section if you can only post certain kinds of views about the product? What would the intended use be? I personally think the downfall of review sections in general is the score system. I believe the score systems sort of undermine the reviews themselves. Yet, I obviously understand why they are used and that they are 'useful' for people.
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That's true, but very often review systems are not designed for bombings and fall apart there.

The best design I see for this is something like Steam, which has "recent" and "overall" reviews, which are more resistant to bombings but also allow them. If the publisher screws people on a DLC or IAP, people would want to know, but in some cases, it's just emotional exaggeration led by someone else.