‘Our team reviews each and every report of abuse (including but not limited to racist, sexist, homophobic, insults to other users, etc) and if violations occur, the reviews are removed. ‘Metacritic is aware of the abusive and disrespectful reviews of Horizon Forbidden West Burning Shores and we have a moderation system in place to track violations of our terms of use. ‘Fandom is a place of belonging for all fans and we take online trust and safety very seriously across all our sites including Metacritic,’ they told Eurogamer. Rather than simply burn the website to the ground and start over, Metacritic and its parent company Fandom have pledged to implement stricter moderation for user reviews going forward, as many of the ones for Burning Shores got even nastier and outright abusive. You’re given a dialogue option and can choose to either let Aloy pursue a romance or keep things platonic.

What makes this all the more hilarious/pathetic is that the kiss isn’t even a scripted event. They also claim that Metacritic banned their account over a previous review of the DLC, accusing them of being a ‘Chinese/North Korean website where you can’t even blink.’Īnother expresses bitterness that ‘another character with a gradual development beloved by the fans of the game was sharply sacrificed to the social agenda.’ ‘I loved the franchise, but they keep ruining it, one release at the time. However, a lot of them share a common thread: that the DLC is pushing a ‘social agenda’ by allowing protagonist Aloy to share a romantic kiss with another woman, aka new character Seyka. (Which means they can’t really be considered to have reviewed it, but never mind.) Horizon 3 Teased by PlayStation By Tyler Fischer - Ap01:01 pm EDT 0 With the Horizon Forbidden West: Burning Shores DLC out - and getting review bombed - PlayStation fans are. I do my best to make these walkthroughs with as few. This means it'll lead you through the story while pointing out Artifacts and Optional Conversations, while also providing strategies for enemy encounters. Many of the negative reviews simply state that they found the DLC boring or are frustrated at it being a PlayStation 5 exclusive, despite Horizon Forbidden West also releasing for PlayStation 4. My purpose for this guide is to help you complete The Last of Us: Left Behind with a 100 game experience via a step-by-step walkthrough.

So, why are so many players so incensed with the game? To answer that, we will need to touch upon some light spoilers for the DLC, so if you’ve yet to complete it go do that now and come back later. At the time of writing, the average critic score for the DLC is a favourable 82/100 whereas the average user score is 3.9/10, which is the result of 928 negative user reviews compared with 523 positive ones.

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