Last month, Metacritic promised "stricter moderation" in response to review-bombing linked to optional LGBT content in Horizon Forbidden West : Burning Shores. We're talking about people who threw years and years of sweat, blood and tears into their games and then someone comes and shits right in front of their door - post-release depression is a thing and these things do hurt people. Chained Echoes developed by Matthias Linda and published by Deck13 puts players in control of a party of up to 8 characters each with their own strengths, weaknesses, and synergies as they. And Metacritic bombings are often shared among certain communities and they gain traction and more ammo through that. I wish I was making things up, but these situations happen. It takes the best of these games and even manages to build upon their greatness. And while The Last of Us 2 can deal with that, a smaller indie can really suffer there."Īrguably even more important, Hoss suggests, is the fact that "what starts on Metacritic often leads to people harassing devs via social media or sending them hate mail. Chained Echoes is an awesome JRPG inspired game and reignited my love for both pixelart games, JRPGs, and indie games. Chained echoes is a an homage to especially Chrono trigger and FF6. Chained Echoes has been out for several months and boasts high reviews elsewhere, and as such Hoss says he's "not worried at all" about the long-term impact of this review-bomb: "It is more an annoying situation as we can't really do anything about it." For others, however, it can be a much more significant issue: "Especially with the review bombing for LGBTQI+ content, that can seriously damage smaller indie games in terms of sales.
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