Kinda sick of seeing reviews from people who clearly haven't played the game, e.g. "80€ is god damn too much" (1 star). The review score seems to be dragging from people who are commenting on the price of the game, not the game itself. Fortunately, the list of reviews is (currently) short, so it's easy to see the reason for the unimpressive score, but that won't be the case forever.

Could we please just review games we've played? I don't mind if you've played it here or on some other platform. I don't mind if you've played it a few hours and are leaving some "first impressions". I don't mind if you've played it and decided it simply did not justify its hefty price tag. I just want opinions that give me some additional information to inform my purchase. I can read the price on the store page perfectly well, without having it put in the reviews as well.

Please don't think it's an issue with critical reviews. I also don't want to hear if you think "it looks pretty good", or if you're rating 5 stars because you want more Silent Hill to come to GoG, etc. I want to know about the game, please.

I think I'm going to do some reporting.

I'm all for it. I don't report anyone these days unless they're personally attacking people or inciting violence, but I support your post and agree.

One way to solve that would be to simply remove the reviews from ppl who didnt buy it, i dont know why ppl can even review it it if they dont own it, it shouldnt be an option imo :s
Verified owners only should be the only option. I always filter Others out, and only look at verified myself.
Not sure if non verified count in the rating actually, do they? Or maybe just in the total amount but they dont affect the score?
I dont like seing those type of reviews either, both good and bad, too many ppl dont leave actual useful reviews.
Giving a game 1 star simply b/c its too xpensive, dont belong in a review score imo, instead they should share those thoughts on a forum post perhaps?

I agree its too expensive and I wont get it myself for multiple reasons, but I find this wrong too and not the right approach to reviewing games, good and bad both:s One can say the same about Silksong as example of the good kind, not that the good reviews are wrong at all, I agree its a great game and deserve the praise.
But there was a ton of reviews like minutes after release, well b4 anyone had had a chance to actually play and judge it, and that too is also not the right approach imo but yeah :)

These days, it's just easier to not listen to gamers when the protagonist is a woman.

I'm starting to think most of them are bots and not even real people, almost every new game that comes out gets the "this is woke" treatment no matter what's in it.

Fortunately there is a filter to check verified purchasers... I think. The score of a game doesn't really mean much anyway, there are instances where I really enjoyed a 2 star game and loathed a 4.9 game.

Oof, sad but true.

High price? Infuriating mechanics? Questionable story/themes? I'm happy it came to GOG immediately, but it seems more like a cash grab out of desperation with Konami knowing they outsourced schlock rather than a sincere attempt to garner a DRM-free audience.

It's really not that good after you get to the school.

I can't say I understand the point here. All of these issues are just as present everywhere else they're releasing, right? If so, then in what way does it make their outreach to us insincere?

Sure, releasing in more places generally means bigger audience and more sales (which I guess could be called a "cash grab"), but that's true of every game here, and in no way indicates either desperation or insincerity.

I'm certainly not saying that you're wrong about any of its issues (I haven't played the game), but I feel like you're really stretching to make this release a personal slight against GoG users, when it is really anything but.

Where is the Metal Gear Solid catalog if they're suddenly open to DRM-free customer service?

Well, three Metal Gear games are on their publisher page.

As for the others, I don't know. It does take manhours to re-release a game on a new platform and make sure it works with modern devices, etc. Even if there are some basically guaranteed sales here, it doesn't mean that those manhours aren't better spent elsewhere. Plus, releasing on a platform is a commitment to release all future updates, thus adding a small but permanent drain on manhours during future updates.

My point is, it's not like they click their fingers and their entire back-catalogue appears here.

I see Konami as still dipping their toes into GoG. It seems that SH2 sold successfully enough that they're willing to try another AAA title here, specifically a SH sequel that should be a comparatively safe bet. If we can show that releasing here reliably makes them money, then we should see more releases here, both new releases and good old games.

In other words, I think we just need to be patient. :)

This was my thinking when I started to look into the Silent Hill games. I never was a fan, but if a purchase would get Konami's attention then I wanted to try them out. But seeing the reviews I think the execs are just desperate to capitalize on any potential day-one excitement because it's not going to perform like it should due to quality issues. If they bring over their Metal Gear Solid catalog then I'll support those.

I can't really blame them. On average, the first week accounts for about 25% of a game's profits in its first year (despite being closer to 2% in terms of time). And yes, this is the hype machine hoodwinking people into getting excited about a game without having a full and clear picture about the game as a whole, but again, I do feel like you are over-playing Konami's alleged intent to deceive here, and underplaying just how standard this practice is.

And, while I again haven't played this game, it's not like it's getting a uniformly negative reception. Maybe it's not quite GOTY material, but it's scored a respectable 85% on Metacritic, and earned a "Mighty" rating on OpenCritic. Everyone's milage may vary, of course, but I don't see this release as something that Konami knows is bad and is desperate to paper over.

But yeah, I also am hanging out for the remaining Metal Gear Solid titles. Maybe when the second collection is released, Konami will consider releasing it and the first one on GoG?

I just need Subsistence.