Of Course Death Stranding Is Getting Review Bombed on Metacritic

Brilliant tagline. Usually these things balance out I guess, with the positives and negatives cancelling each other out. The only community I’ve seen with review bombing not really being a problem is Rate Your Music but that might be due to some very active moderators.

It looks bad. The leaked story looks even worse.

This is exactly how I felt when mk11 was bombed.

Is this becoming a reverse Days Gone? Bad critical score vs good player score?

Does anyone genuinely use metacritic as any form of relevant review system? I've said many times that they should have people's PSN, XBOX, Steam or whatever accounts linked and then you're only able to review games you've actually played. Added to that a cooling off period so that we get honest reviews as let's face it 99% of these people haven't even played the the game. I've played some bad games in my life but out of the thousands I've tried not one would get a zero

Sad gits.

Maybe it is as the article says. Maybe people are just being idiots.
But I've allways felt like people were already saying that the game was going to be incredible, even before anyone had tested it..And PushSquare is a litle guilty of this too.
So, when I saw that I'll eventually walk more than anything else in this game, my thoughts were "ok, maybe this game isn't as good as I thought". I don't know. I'll start playing it in a couple of hours.

Spoiled brat gamers are the future of western civilization. Long live our Chinese overlords!!!

If I want to get a good understanding of a game I always visit gamerankings.com. gives you an average % of all reviews posted on the site,individual reviews and you can read the majority of them if you wish. It's a great site and you dont get any review bombing on there.

Seriously, who cares about Metacritic user scores? Giving any game a 0 grade is bound to be the work of a salty fanboy/hater.

Ridiculous that people lower themselves to this.

I'm not a huge Kojima fan. I enjoyed MGS on PS1, and I sort of enjoyed MGS2 despite Raiden. Didn't bother with 3, was okay with 4, and... that's all I've played. I added Phantom Pain to my list when it was on Plus but I've yet to play it. And I've yet to feel any interest for Death Stranding.

But I'm not going to go leaving negative reviews just because of my own disinterest. If I played it and hated it, or found problems, that would be different. But then, I have some common sense.

Wait - so it's not MGS 12 but with a different story and Norman Reedus and those baby things? UNACCEPTABLE!!!

I remember that article about that Switch game Astral Chain getting the same reaction. Annoying Fanboys doing what they do best. They just gotta hate on a game.

So what does this accomplish? Every time I see a game review bombed nothing comes of it. I'm guessing the idea is to hurt sales through word of mouth but it's so common place now that it has no impact.

Danihound
Nov 8, 2019
RATING : 6/10
Death Stranding (DS) is the evidence that kojima just dosnt want to make games, he wants to make movies and he probably could do great movies if he was paired with a good editor, DS have a superb history and the cinematics and CGI for the characters are epic, but thats all the gameplay feels lazy and boring theres no challange you can literally just walk up to the next cutscene, which feels a little egoistic from kojima, he should have asked someone to do the gameplay direction to have a real game.

is a shame, looks like Kojima didnt care about the gameplay, is the other extreme of MGSV which had superb gameplay but no history.

At the end we are buying a game, not a movie so, next time kojima, please make a movie or find someone to help you out with the gameplay.

The good:

Superb History
Character CGI are awesome.
Predictible but good plot twist.

The Bad:

where is the game?

Not my review, I just felt like it is on spot

Trying to remember the last time I referenced anything via metacritic...

Probably pre-decimalisation

No surprise mind, I just love the idea that people still review bomb assuming it will influence anyone... Well other than EA for Obsidian bonuses I mean...

The rage only exists on-line - in real life, they are all a bunch of Bruce Banners, but on the internet they are the Hulk.

Oh no!!! Nasty gamers at it again... /s
Hey you got to be consistent here. Why not the same energy for reviewers?
Generally speaking of course, not just this game.
Who cares the most about scores, I wonder.
I mean metacritics is less and less relevant, just face it!
People really care? :/

why do people bother to take notice of meta sites or social media post anymore

they don't even reflect the majority of the people, just one small comer of it, it just seems bigger because while some one who likes something will say it once, those who don't will shout about it hundreds of times and it skews the data

@Paranoimia You skipped MGS3 so I'm afraid you have no common sense.

Metacritic sorted out the Astral Chain review bombing. Hopefully it does the same for this. And Pokemon SwSh, which is going to get hit hard.

@kyleforrester87 No, I don't care enough one way or another, but after seeing plenty of it played giving it a 10 seems just as sad as giving it a 0.

@Ralizah Pokemon Sword and Shield, yeah I definitely see that getting reviewed bomb hard.

@carlos82 Its a complete joke. Look at something Horizon Zero Dawn like getting a 0 or 1 just because of some Zelda fans. Or Battlefield VS COD it shows why Metacritic is useless.

I pre-ordered before the deluge of haters and playing the game.
It is a good game and very playable. It is not just a walking simulator.
It has a great story to tell and I am enjoying only have two hours of playing. These haters are much like Humpty-dumpty-trumpy just because they say something....doesn't meany it is true!!

I can understand why some won't like the game but a 0? Honestly, I never find any user reviews that scores a game 10 and a 0 reliable imo, since they can be either too positive or too negative. Remember that for every bad game there will always be someone giving it a 10, and for every good games there will always be someone giving it a score lower than 3.

Personally, I only stick to my guts.

@Kai_ It depends some games feel like a 10 its a feeling you get with a game. But a zero even Life with Black tiger is not a zero. I really dont like Anthem but it works maybe its boring but a zero like some people give it. Giving a 10 on Metacritic is counter too the reviewbombing most of the time. I dont think that RDR 2 is a 10 or Zelda Breath of the Wild. But i can understand that some people feel like that. The same like Horizon Zero Dawn or Legend of Dragoon for me its a 10 i just love the games. But a 0 is almost never real its just a way too put some games into the ground.

@Ralizah Maybe they should so that with all the games.

@ApostateMage Oi, less of that! 😜

I fail to see how any game could be given a zero score. I played War World on the 360, it remains to this day the worst thing I've had the misfortune to play, ever, and I wouldn't say it was a zero. A 2/10 at best. It didn't crash my console.

Anyway I'm about 10 hours into Death Stranding and I'd give it a solid 8 so far. The desolation of the world and the atmosphere are amazing and I find the gameplay loop of preparing gear and plotting a course extremely satisfying, I'm weird like that.

That said I'm a huge fan of games like Everybody's Gone to the Rapture and The Vanishing of Ethan Carter so there's that. Even if I hated walking sims there's still a lot more to be had in Death Stranding. Giving it a zero score is just laughable.

@Kai_ Nah. Even if you have major issues with the design of the game, it's still objectively much closer to be a 10/10 than a 0/10, just in terms of the production values, level of polish, interesting game mechanics, etc.

Going by the reviews on metacritic, I expect I will only be using the left control stick. Looking forward to it!

@Flaming_Kaiser yeah its sad really and I don't understand what people get out of it. Then for this game it was pretty clear leading up to launch what much of the game would entail, so to buy 8t and then give it a zero after a few hours play just seems weird to me.

With my limited experience with it so far I can see why a lot may get bored with it if they don't become invested into its world and mechanics, for me it's so far so good

@Octane haha you'll be using the top buttons quite a bit too

@carlos82 Doubt it, Metacritic said so

Scores need to go.

@Octane don't blame me when you fall over then 😂

From the ones I read on Metacritic, it seems to be more about the game being boring than anything else. From a casual audience prospective, I think this game will be disappointing for many looking for what Kojima is known for.

Or you know maybe people are starting to see how overrated he is. Just a thought.

Have to admit I was looking forward to the game but after putting in 10 plus hours, it does get very boring.
The game play just doesn't do it for me, it was fine early on but it does get old pretty quick.
Looks beautiful, the story is the highlight for me and is the only thing keeping me going at this point but I'm not sure if I can keep doing these deliveries.
Would I give it a zero, hell no, but I wouldn't give it a 10, thats for sure.

I will be completely honest, this game has angered me. This is the first game in my 39 years of life that has had this effect on me. I love kojimas other games and I was really hoping this would turn out to be something mind blowing and amazing but instead, for me obviously not everyone, it has turned out to be something I have no interest in whatsoever and to me sounds extremely boring. I have had arguments with people about this game which I haven't done before with any other game and I haven't even played it yet 😂 but despite all that I don't feel the need to negative review a game I have no interest in playing and I also don't want to act like a child towards a man who has gave me some of my favourite gaming moments just because this game isn't to my taste. It seems really sad and pathetic to go out of your way to ruin things for others for no real reason. Sad times we live in. Sorry for the long comment.

Ita the sort of game people will say they like it so they can be part of the hipster crowd

This kind of behaviour is lame and pathetic.

I've had the pleasure of playing a handful of games during the last 30 years that I would rate 10/10. I've never played a game I would give a big round zero.
But yeah, the user score on Metacritic is a joke anyways.

@AdamNovice it does not really change fact. It is still walking simulator. Simulator, not arcade. That's why you have to carefully plan your route or you will keep falling down. Just like in real life.

@grahamd How about you play the game before you insult others for there opinion.

I've beaten it and the game is just flat-out bad. You do nothing more than carry a package to a point to yet again carry a package to other point. Kojima him damn self even said he don't know what the game is.

Posting 0/10 scores on Metacritic is a juvenile overreaction. It's the equivalent of a teenager screaming "it's so unfair, I hate you".

Just ignore it. It has no relevance.

@SlimDrizzyLamar I've beaten the game and it's really bad. The funny thing is you people want to sit here and are being an kojima apologist for him when at the same time you same people didn't even play MGS and review bombed it. #hypocrite

@kyleforrester87 Thats what i think too if it runs its a 1 atleast. 😉

@NotSmartEnough The irony your juvenile comment is down right hilarious. someone body as a different opinion then you so you insult them on the internet. That's the definition of juvenile.

#sheep #hypocrite

@supergurr The irony

@jess3a3 Yes the ones giving it 8,9, 10 are spoiled brats.

@NeoReaper82

That's quite an aggressive reaction.

My point it is that posting 0/10 reviews clearly isn't a genuine assessment of quality. It's literally saying it couldn't be any worse: even if a game ran at 1 FPS and then bricked your console it couldn't be worse.

Considering it was always known to eventually come to PC, any gamer who stays up to date knew it wasn't an exclusive. As for review bombers, they're a cancer and their mom needs to revoke their internet access because they can't be older than 8 or 9.

Hopefully one of them sees this comment, though I fear they won't be intelligent enough to read it much less respond with any valid criticism...

Ummm just checked Metacritic and I scrolled as fast as I can down, and all I saw was 100 after 100... so who is review bombing this? It's being cherished by fans.. delete this click bait bulls***. The game is a magnum opus MASTERPIECE

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@Kaiden - What's funnier is seeing accounts made an hour ago trolling the comments and upvoting themselves. Great work there champ.

These bombers have really not a life at all! I have read in the past that they did it for Astral Chain because it was exclusive for Switch only and not for PS4 / Xbox and now here we go again! What a bunch of losers! Idiots!

So people can't give a 0 if they only played a few hours and hated it yet they can play a few hours, love it and give it a 10?? There will always be people who down vote for the sake and there will always be people who up vote for the sake and that's the issue with reviews. I personally reviewed this as a 4 on metacritic as it has terrible gameplay, yet a captivating story but I am playing a game not watching a movie. If I was rating it on story alone it would be a 7 or 8 for me but really repetitive, dull gameplay elements drag this right down for me. Will be selling my copy today, but I tried it and it's just way too much of a snooze fest. Suppose that means I must start playing Fortnite or Call of Duty (as I am told countless times on other pages if I mention I didn't like this game) seems that's my only option.

Whether you review bomb 0 or review bomb 10, seriously why? I mean is there that little going on?

Don't agree with review bombing at all, but 6.1 seems like a pretty accurate score from what I've seen of the game.

@Kaiden in this walking simulator i took out several MULES, stole their truck ran over another couple then drove to my next destination. It might not be a game for everyone but i've seen various types of traversal already including Running, driving, climbing, wading, abseiling, also weight distribution, constructing structures and planning your route are essential elements of gameplay. That's just with 13 hours playtime, some new stuff to learn i've barely touched on, definitely a game to play before writing it off. Excuse the long post, just had to say something!

I've just been flicking through some more and a suspicious amount of people have managed to play 15 to 20 hours on launch day yet make no mention of anything but walking 🤔

One of the worst I saw claimed the game had animations worthy of the PS2?

Then I even saw a couple who stated that they haven't even played the game at all

It's just a farcical website all round

@carlos82 great idea. And also it should reveal if any trophy and achievements have been unlocked. And if the game has been completed. If its uncompleted because they didnt enjoy it let us filter the ones who have completed it to get full gameplay reviews only. Boo to trolls!

@LowTech I find the game relaxing though. If I had a bad or stressful day then I'll just hop on Death Stranding in the beautiful environment and soundtrack and mindnumbingly walk around.

Personally i have so many games to play, that this one will be on my list wish list for when the price drops. As for the reviews being bombed, i dont know about xbox exlusives, but most ps4 exclusives probably get dive bombed by xbox fan boys as well so dont rule them out of the equation either.

i know it probably wont fix review bombing but i feel like metacritic shouldnt allow users to post a score and review until a week after a game/film is released.

Erm.. it's at 6.8 right now. Which is a much more honest score than the perfect 10 you guys gave it. Maybe you should make an article on what you were smoking when you gave it a perfect score instead of supposed metacritic review bombing?

Wait, you mainly point of why it is being review bombed but also acknowledge that a portion of the perfect 10s are not real either. So why again are you only knocking the negative posters but not the positive. Before you also knocked being negative before playing but some reason it is ok to think it will be amazing before playing is ok. So now fakely saying it's 10 is ok but fakely saying it's a 0 is not? Why is this? If you denounce review bombs then you have to denounce review medkits(I don't what to call the opposite of bombs lol).

After putting in some more hours I can't seem to put it down now lol I don't know what happened but something clicked and the game is all I think about now. I can see this getting game of the year, I will say to just follow the main missions till chapter 3, don't worry about the side missions, think that was my problem.

I think the scores might be legit. The game is so boring I just couldn't play anymore. Traded my copy in today.

@Kai_ Have you even played the game?? I have over 15 hours already and can see it is not only playable...but Re-playable and fun.
Got non-shooter envies?? Or you just love to hate?

@BarefootBowser
Jump off the fence and jump into a Challenging game, that is not just a walking simulator. You CAN, run you jump, climb, sneak, craft. Yes deliver items and connect a world torn about by haters, much like the meta-tards.

But you can connect with ppl, preppers, and get help when needed in a boss fight. Likes, signs, resting, p-p-ing and creating piles of food for others to eat...its fun. Don't be a hater and have fun playing a different game than a lame-arse-ripoff shooter or action rip-off like FO-76..Oh yeah yet to encounter a glitchy-bug.
Wake-up lazy game factory devs good game devs are here to stay.

As a true Ps fan for life since the snes days. I can tell u this that I'm trully in awe at this awesome world kojima has created. Its dull at times but it does reward u after u complete certain missions. It makes no difference at all because pretty much every game that's bn created is repetitive. But the graphics alone and the soundtrack make this game special for me. Its absolutely stunning. I can't be bothered shooting everything I see with mw or ghost recon. Every game serves a purpose. If u don't like it then move on and should of waited for game to be realeased before buying. Everyone should no that buy now. Stop whinging and buy games u normally play if that's how u roll. But forgot me I like a wide and diverse choice of games and death stranding is one game that i can say ain't like any other. Also a shout out to control which is a great game also that gets alot of dirt thrown at it. And days gone was brilliant also. People moaned at sekiro for being hard. Yet go play fortnite and shut up.