In a crazy turn of events, a popular Steam game is being review-bombed because the developer ranted against masks in the patch notes, calling them a hurdle in them getting "laid" - kind of.
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Nier: Automata is being heavily review-bombed on Steam because the Xbox Game Pass version which launched on PC via the Microsoft Store does not contain the technical issues existent on Steam.
Valve has announced that all future Steam user review bombs will be monitored to see if they are related to the game being affected. Off-topic review bombs will no longer affect overall game scores.
After receiving news that highly-anticipated AAA title Metro Exodus is skipping Steam just a few days prior to launch, hordes of angry gamers have review-bombed other Metro games on Steam in protest.
Valve has given Steam users access to more game review data to combat review bombing. Every game on Steam is now equipped with a histogram that shows how it has been reviewed over its lifetime.
Disgruntled users on Steam have now begun flooding Firewatch's dedicated page with negative reviews, bringing the rating down to 'Mixed', following the developer's comments earlier this week.
