I’ve recently discovered your review only counts if you bought it through steam on the steam store.
If you get a key off humble bundle or another site, your review means absolutely nothing. There is a little star next to reviews now that tell you this.
I don’t see an issue with it. There’s no good way for Steam to know where the key came from, you could have been gifted the key, got it in a bundle, or stolen it from somewhere. Since they can’t tell, they don’t know if your review is compromised.
When I’m reading reviews, I don’t personally care about that, I just care what the review says, and I’ll read 5-10 before making a decision if it’s a more expensive or longer game. A lot of reviews are pointless (e.g. “nobody will read this, so I’m gay” or whatever), so I very much appreciate helpful reviews regardless of the source.
Umm, so it’s harder to manipulate the rating? I mean, seriously, without that requirement, the ratings would be just as worthless as Amazon or Play Store.
Because someone gifted me a game, my review now doesn’t mean anything. That doesn’t seem very well thought out.
I have a few games with an embarrassing amount of hours on that I’m not allowed to contribute to the score because they were gifted or redeemed through humble bundle.
I’ve recently discovered your review only counts if you bought it through steam on the steam store.
If you get a key off humble bundle or another site, your review means absolutely nothing. There is a little star next to reviews now that tell you this.
I found it a bit disappointing for steam.
I don’t see an issue with it. There’s no good way for Steam to know where the key came from, you could have been gifted the key, got it in a bundle, or stolen it from somewhere. Since they can’t tell, they don’t know if your review is compromised.
When I’m reading reviews, I don’t personally care about that, I just care what the review says, and I’ll read 5-10 before making a decision if it’s a more expensive or longer game. A lot of reviews are pointless (e.g. “nobody will read this, so I’m gay” or whatever), so I very much appreciate helpful reviews regardless of the source.
Umm, so it’s harder to manipulate the rating? I mean, seriously, without that requirement, the ratings would be just as worthless as Amazon or Play Store.
Because someone gifted me a game, my review now doesn’t mean anything. That doesn’t seem very well thought out.
I have a few games with an embarrassing amount of hours on that I’m not allowed to contribute to the score because they were gifted or redeemed through humble bundle.
Why even review at this point?