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In April 2024, the PC version of Stardew Valley, a farming simulation game that had received nearly universal acclaim, was review bombed by Chinese players due to issues in Chinese translation of the game in the recent 1.6.4 update. According to a few players, some of the translations could be "incorrect" or seen as "rude" to native speakers ...
Metacritic listed it the fourth worst game of 2023. [13] GamesRadar and Gaming Bolt praised the premise but said the art direction tried too hard to be cinematic. [ 2 ] [ 14 ] Although IGN described it as stylish and creepy, they said it was ruined by its bugs, poor enemy AI, checkpoint system, and story. [ 15 ]
The game received lukewarm reviews from critics, with an aggregate score of 64/100 from Metacritic, [231] but was hit hard with many negative user reviews. The initial server issues created enough negative user reviews at retailer Amazon that the retailer temporarily halted sales of the game for a few days. [ 232 ]
Final Fantasy 16 reviews land as Metacritic score is revealed. The game, announced in 2020, will be released on June 22.
Metacritic is an American website that aggregates reviews of films, television shows, music albums, video games, and formerly books. For each product, the scores from each review are averaged (a weighted average). Metacritic was created by Jason Dietz, Marc Doyle, and Julie Doyle Roberts in 1999, and was acquired by Fandom, Inc. in 2022.
The Last Case of Benedict Fox received mixed reviews on Metacritic. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] PC Gamer wrote, "Intriguing puzzles aside, this Metroidvania is plagued with systems that seem designed to frustrate." [ 2 ] IGN called it "disappointingly uneven" and "just as likely to engage as it is to enrage". [ 8 ]
OpenCritic was developed to avoid some of the controversies that Metacritic has gained in the video game industry. A game's Metacritic score has become strongly attached to the financial performance of a game and subsequent efforts of the development studio and publisher, such as affecting post-release studio bonuses.
Phrases used by the tech savvy to mean that a problem is caused entirely by the fault of the user include PEBKAC [8] (an acronym for "problem exists between keyboard and chair"), PEBCAK [9] (an alternative, but similar, acronym for "problem exists between chair and keyboard"), POBCAK (a US government/military acronym for "problem occurs between ...