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Jernfuglen: I still remember and detest the tons of reviews of the witcher 2 BEFORE it was released and not even one of them has anything to do with the actual game. Eather they just claime that it is an utterly fantastic game (based on what?), or they deffinetly belong in the forum. WHY!? Who on earth would by a game because somebody writes that he is looking forward to it?
And why didn't GOG delete those reviews? They are useless and only brings confusion.
you can report them if you want.
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Jernfuglen: I still remember and detest the tons of reviews of the witcher 2 BEFORE it was released and not even one of them has anything to do with the actual game. Eather they just claime that it is an utterly fantastic game (based on what?), or they deffinetly belong in the forum. WHY!? Who on earth would by a game because somebody writes that he is looking forward to it?
And why didn't GOG delete those reviews? They are useless and only brings confusion.
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Tevosion: you can report them if you want.
I did report them as spam. But nothing has happened.
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Narwhal: On the Ultima example, what irked me even more is that all "low stars" reviews, even well explained ones, received massive "not useful" ratings, while "Nothing much to say except... OOOOOHHHH YEEEEAAHHHH! - 5 stars" got a lot of "useful" ratings (78 out of 95).

Irks me. Irks me. Irks me. I thought fanboyish would be lesser on a more "mature" site. Well, it sure is, but it is still there.
Yeah I noticed the same thing when i was looking at the Ultima reviews when it was first released. I give you a high five
*high fives*
Post edited October 07, 2011 by CaptainGyro
It seems the user base, with the influx of many new users for the various "bug hits" of GOG (D&D titles, The Witcher 1&2, etc.), has been diluted - as it is to be expected with so many users, along the normal (or outright exemplary) people, there are many idiots as well who don't care (or even consider) that their actions have consequences for others.
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rampancy: Am I the only one who thinks that reviews should at least be limited only to the people who bought them?
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Tevosion: I also have the same opinion here.
What if somebody bought the game elsewhere and thought it was complete rubbish and therefore doesn't want to waste money buying it again? Limiting it to only people who have bought the game will make it even worse, you will get all the people who obsessively love the game buying it again just to review it highly and because they love it, while those who already had the game, liked it but not enough to buy it again or even hated it will not buy it and so we'll lose their review.

In short, limiting it to those who bought it on GOG could actually lead to the very thing you're trying to stop getting even worse.
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SoanoS: snip
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bazilisek: Friendly advice: just ignore GOG reviews completely, and definitely do not base your purchases on them. There's a handful of good ones, but most of them are based on nostalgia and really quite useless.
This ^^^ Rose Tinted glasses do not make good review spectacles.
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bazilisek: Friendly advice: just ignore GOG reviews completely, and definitely do not base your purchases on them. There's a handful of good ones, but most of them are based on nostalgia and really quite useless.
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F1ach: This ^^^ Rose Tinted glasses do not make good review spectacles.
I agree. Pink is much better. :)

Anyway, one should always try to remember to have some critical thinking when posting a review and remember that very review may influence someone's decision. With that power comes some responsibility.

But I hope my original post has raised thoughts and questions, and ideas how to improve the review quality.
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SoanoS: critical thinking when posting a review and remember that very review may influence someone's decision.
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