It is a step in the right direction. But my bad experiences with GOG reviews all stem from hilariously outdated and somewhat spiteful information staying raked as "most helpful" for ever. This scared me away from some games with really awful launch issues which got fixed perfectly fine over the years. There really needs to be some form of "decay" for old reviews and ratings. Sure you can switch to "most recent" and find a lot of short but not very conclusive reviews. But I am not searching for the needle in the haystack while other shops which I do lick much less than GOG can give me reliable information for the current state of the game.

Another thought: I'm sure Customer Support will be happy to see the end of tickets filed just for editing or deleting user reviews. :)

1) If I ever make my profile's review tab public --- which I perhaps may --- everyone could see it.
2) There is one person who can see it now and he wants to delete it.

Swweet!

Does that person have two thumbs, by any chance? :P

I'm sure you're well aware, but the solution for now is almost certainly to do it "the old way", i.e. contact Support.
In the medium-to-long term, of course, it would be lovely to have the ability to at least delete such "archived" reviews (and edit or delete any others) right from the profile. But I won't hold my breath waiting on that being added anytime soon.

A good thing! But are GOG aware that the link in their post doesn't work?

And can you please make an option to sort out nudity games when browsing games! An option to make it a permanent choice! Why haven't you guys and girls implemented it yet? It should be there from the beginning! Thanks!

Now release the GOG Galaxy client for linux

Um, why wouldn't it be right?

But on the matter in general, you mean only devs being able to respond? In that case, the review author should also be able to respond to the response. In which case the next question is whether you do it like that, tit for tat, only dev can respond first, then only author can respond to that, and keep alternating if necessary, or both have permanent response privs...
Quite sure that the dev accounts here are just that, accounts tagged as developer, not as developer of [list of games], so wouldn't work. And if the dev would use the review feature, they may use it to point some things out about the game, maybe respond to some more common questions or criticisms, maybe even in place of a changelog / news feature, maybe announcing that certain issues or demands from other reviews have been addressed or what not. And that would make it very useful rather than something to be dismissed. Though, yeah, the rating should be ignored. But, again, since dev accounts are generic, can't do that unless you'd end up filtering out any dev reviewing any game, which definitely wouldn't be right.
That's one serious lack on GOG, that there are no such sections for games. Admittedly, the game forum can be used, but it'd need some standardization in that case. Maybe when a game forum's created, also have automatically created stickies for changelog (so it'll also be public, not just for owners, and maybe devs will be more likely to use it) and other game news.
The forums can definitely be used for that. But there's again a question of some standardization. A [Guide] tag could help, but a standard sticky with a guides list, where each can post a link to the thread for theirs, and maybe an OP getting updated with the full list when there's an addition.
It works if your profile is enabled. That's currently the only way to see all your reviews.

It took 16 years , but I was finally able to fix my Incredible Machine Mega Pack review! Thank you!

By the way I found a small bug with this new feature. My review for Legend of Kyrandia Book One shows the HTML code for ampersand instead of the actual character on the new Reviews page. It appears fine on the store page. You may want to investigate this.

Why? It'd be a straight downgrade from Lutris/Heroic/Minigalaxy.

Yes, both should be able to comunicate ofc! Exactly same way steam has it currently would be nice and is generally the best way to do such stuff imo. And dev has to initiate, then after u can respond, else it will get abused and spammed. It is meant as a tool for devs to reach out to ppl reviewing their games to comment on this or that, to help the dev and the game itself.
There are many trolls and haters who abuse review systems. And also to give them a good start on new game release, where devs often have to combat unfair reviews from impatient kids who didnt read the info that 'currently multiplayer dont work ut will be added in shortly' then they complain eh beh meh boo no multiplayer and give it 1 star negative for that. Many dont read info like that but go straight to reviews and they see that and walk away cause they think there wont ever be multiplayer. If dev, or even other users if they allow those for their review (like steam has it if u know their system) then they cuold mention that and ppl looking to buy the game can see that instead.
Ive seen so many examples of this so its a gd option if it can be implemented at some point imo:)

Added a few pics as examples (not my reviews) to show u what it can be good for for devs.
First is a negative review which insinuate the entire game is riddled with ai, when in fact its only 3 images which the dev comments on to limit damage which was used right in this case b/c it was exegerated and can impact sales fast.
(not saying ai is gd, even one is bad imo but this is diff from stating it has a few ai images vs its full of them, and can make a difference between buying it or not for many, me included)
In other cases, problem solving, help etc.

It wouldnt be the right way for a dev to reach out to someones review to comment on it by way of a direct pm/friend request is what i meant. Imagine they wanted to comment on something in the review they had said was wrong or didnt work, then at least ppl can see the dev reached out and tried, vs not getting a response in a pm/friend request then ppl see the review only and take it for a fact. Not all go to discussions/news:)

I dont think devs should be able to review their own games at all period, in fact I think it should be punishable crime by up to 80 yrs in prison and no tv if they are caught giving their own game a 5 star saying it was so good and they really liked it etc. Well ofc they did:P
Already caught several doing this and its kinda nok right in my eyes but if they are allowed to do it here (on steam u are paraded down the street naked and flogged with 20 lashes if caught) then at least give them some dev tag so ppl can see it for full disclaimer, thats what i meant with that.

True that the game hub can be used to post a guide, but GOG forum here dont have the same post options steam has with that, for example images, sections, chapter selections etc. Could still be done with more basic stuff tho ofc, maybe i will try it some time to spite it all! :P


Haha :o But u know u could reach out to them and ask them to delete it so u could remake it right? :P
Ive done this a few times alr myself:)

Okay, that's nice and all, but what should GOG do if the developer is the abusive one, such as the case of Grimoire : Heralds of the Winged Exemplar?

For example, say I were to reword my review from, "A Spearpoint burial for the eyes" to "Aesthetically displeasing all fronts", and even after switching to kinder/constructive wording, they reply with, "Your mother."

It can happen sure, I guess in that 1 out of 10k cases they can ban the dev if that happens ;)
But there wuold be no need for that, b/c ppl will see this, and spread the word and just not buy the game if devs are rotten, so 99% of devs would not do that in written way b/c it can be spread and shared as proof. I have never seen such example myself tbh in that way.
I have seen plenty devs and pubs who get reviews removed ofc but thats different!

Yes, finally!

Great job, guys.

Thank you!

I'm not sure I'd like that. The idea of turning the review section into threads of arguments with the devs doesn't sound practical to me, and potentially getting into some protracted argument myself would definitely not entice me to write more reviews.

It's what got me to stop writing reviews. Or rather the way the users use the system, because it's obvious many of them often treat it as "I like/agree with what the reviewer said" rather than "I think this is honest useful review". Reviews that stray from the popular opinion tend to be low rated regardless of whether they are a single word like "sucks" or three paragraphs of detailed experience with the game.