Metacritic has promised stricter moderation following harsh review bombing of Horizon Forbidden West Burning Shores over the past week.
We won’t spoil anything here in case you haven’t played the expansion yet, but it seems that some players were not impressed by a particular plot development that happens at the end of Burning Shores. As a result, the game’s user score dropped to as low as 2.7 due to review bombing, although it’s now gone up to 4.0.
One complaint reads: “Hey Sony PlayStation, this is enough. You must see a solution to the issue of the agenda. We are in a world of entertainment, not in a world full of deviant and misguided ideas.”
In response to the review bombing of Burning Shores, Metacritic issued the following statement:
Fandom is a place of belonging for all fans and we take online trust and safety very seriously across all our sites including Metacritic. 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.
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. We are currently evolving our processes and tools to introduce stricter moderation in the coming months.
You can read our Horizon Forbidden West Burning Shores review here.
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