dark___devil: I was just about to make a new thread about how GoG deleted a bunch of reviews while a 5star top review popped up and had like 50 approved rating instantly. I never expected GoG to be a such a shit stains.

dark___devil: Interesting that all the deleted ones were with one star and pro brexit. When a game is political,criticising the political views of the game are valid reviews in my book. I don't mind the deletion of reviews that didn't own the game....more or less. That is fare,still i kind of doubt it.

Also be kind enough to define "civil" as i didn't insult you in any way.

Merranvo: This gets into something pretty interesting that should be discussed.

What constitutes a "fake review"?

Here, we should talk about game design, game audiences, and what it means to not be in the target audience.

It is clear that this game has an intentionally polarized target audience... it is hard to say that intentionally spiting your potential purchasers is a good thing; but not being a member of the target audience is a valid point. I do not believe a person who hates FPS Shooters should leave a review saying "All you do is run around shooting people, there's no quests, no experience, no swords... this game sucks."

This game is, however, banking sales based on having a highly polarized fanbase. Take a look at Hatred, I know next to nothing about the game except that the game became much more popular ONLY because of the controversy surrounding it.

If I were to make a game called "Some-Political-Subject Simulator" which sets up strawmen situations which intentionally anger one side, while making another side laugh with joy... all for the sake of sales... it seems fitting that the scoring system should receive negativity.

Games should give the illusion of choice, if you force the player to side with your ideology to enjoy the game, there are going to be negative reviews based on that alone. The game's description makes it sound like you cannot choose to support the evil tyrannical dictator... if you know there are going to be people who want to do this, why not allow it?

Heh, I doubt the game has anything interesting that would happen if played the opposite way it is intended... I often enjoy playing choice games again to see what would happen if I reversed roles and did things much differently but only if it actually has a cool change in the outcome.
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What does constitute a "fake review"
As I said before, this is an interesting topic when you're willing to think about it. The tone changes all the time based on whether you agree with the views expressed by the "fake reviews" or disagree with them. Should it not be up to the individual to determine if a review is fake or not?

I, for instance, find the review that moonlighter does not have mouse support to be a valid point... even though it has little to do with the game and that the individual likely didn't play it long. Whether the problems in a review are applicable to you can only be decided by you, and you alone!

It is hard to ignore that this game is trying to take advantage of the polarized market to reap lots of $$$$, I find those type of antics to be disgusting. Other people don't like the lack of Polish support... other's don't like needing DRM for online play.... others don't like the lack of diversity... others don't like lots of things. Who are we to say that those topics do not deserve mentioning?[/i]

InvisibleJim: False because they describe the politically loaded qualities of the game; particularly of a politically loaded game.

But we all know what GOG.com's SJW employees are doing here: trying to drum up sales for a shitty indie developer that shares their toxic ideals; likely at a push from the ridiculous anti-gamer journalists they love like VG24/7 - see the Postal incident for another example of how cancerous GOG.com has become.

The lesson is simple: do not buy games on GOG.com. Get woke? Go broke.

xyem: Fixed that for you.

zgrillo2004: I think this is a good time to post this
https://www.oneangrygamer.net/2018/08/not-tonight-cheats-offer-infinite-cash-while-gog-gets-caught-deleting-reviews/67113/

I suggest you tell your higher up to stop the political correctness platform and virtue signaling. Its going to make GOG lose ALOT of money.

toxicTom: +++

The VN introduction was really a thing that brought out the worst in people... which I don't understand because, even if you love cards, I can still love my dice, no?

The only thing where I can kind of get the rage is the Beamdog releases, esp. because they de-list the original games. It would have been better to have the original games side-by-side with the remasters - but I know GOG's hands are tied in this. Still people should be try to stay calm and factual and point out the deficiencies of the actual product and not personally attack devs or customers. I mean this literally is useless - it will not convince anybody to avoid the product if you just wave with torches and pitchforks...

zgrillo2004: Its defending false reviews because it opposes censorship. What you are supporting is a form of censorship that is reminiscent to china. The problem with this world is it is so politically correct that we have no rights, whatsoever on our beliefs and opinions. It is very dangerous for you, a mod to tread to this path. You must be neutral on these things and just let it go on. Let the people argue about it themselves.

zgrillo2004: The censorship of conservatives in social media. In fact the US senate is aware of this and they say its becoming dangerous. big example was facebook removing Diamond and Silk for being "Unsafe to the community" They have never committed any violations whatsoever. Next is Alex Jones. he maybe a nut but all social media platforms have banned him. Let me cut to the chase here. Stop the censorship of people with different opinions. and I know what a moderator is like. I was one on multiple game servers and VOIP channels. dont you dare say that Im dumb.

zgrillo2004: Thats what I basically said but Im just afraid that this moderator would ban me for basically being a conservative.

zgrillo2004: What gives you the right to not let me use that word. Why dont you look at the atrocities on what they have done to innocent americans? I bet you didnt because you dont care or you cater to the SJWs who threaten and bully you to a pulp. Stop supporting these people.

zgrillo2004: Then I guess free speech isnt welcome. We are not allowed to even criticize the left. Only the left is right all the time and we the conservatives are wrong. Why dont you come to my house in the US and we will have a debate on this. So be it