Guild Wars 2

Guild Wars 2

ຊคrtนrคēl 1 月 5 日 下午 12:10
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Review bots appeared
As you maybe noticed if you open the Steam page for GW2, the Guild Wars 2 reviews on Steam are extremely good to say the least, and just recently it went up from 88% positive to 89% positive, which makes GW2 one of the best rated MMOs currently available on Steam.

Seems the competition does not like that, because some sort of ridiculous weak attempts at review bombing seem to have started. If any mod or member of support is reading this, please do something about this nonsense, because this is simply pathetic.

But on the other hand, it's amusing that the competition seems to tremble because of GW2, they must be doing something right.

Examples of the reviews are below, they're all exactly and completely the same within each type:
(Small Edit - some of them have been removed in the meantime, so if a link doesn't work, the review's gone. I'll try to get rid of those that don't work anymore, and I'll add some new ones because they seem to be appearing)

Type 1:
引用自 Bot Account
Mastery system ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ sucks!!!
Examples of this type:

January 3rd

https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561199591889325/recommended/1284210/
https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561199592986167/recommended/1284210/
https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561199273089300/recommended/1284210/
https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561199591229699/recommended/1284210/
https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561199342498030/recommended/1284210/
https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561199271677919/recommended/1284210/
https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561199587697118/recommended/1284210/
https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561199591629324/recommended/1284210/

January 6th

https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561199322428694/recommended/1284210/
https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561199499991600/recommended/1284210/
https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561199295872638/recommended/1284210/
https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561199588182125/recommended/1284210/
https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561199296019844/recommended/1284210/
https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561199266673002/recommended/1284210/

January 7th

https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561199590991449/recommended/1284210/
https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561199304172839/recommended/1284210/
https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561199592327798/recommended/1284210/
https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561199589610679/recommended/1284210/
https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561199343138957/recommended/1284210/
https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561199497224841/recommended/1284210/
https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561199588843904/recommended/1284210/


Type 2:
引用自 Bot Account
My account has been suspended for no reason, at least any reason that I know of as tell won't tell me. I literally only done solo content just enjoying the game and then logged in one day saying my steam account has been suspended for security reason and customer support won't answer.
Examples of this type:

January 3rd

https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561199592934660/recommended/1284210/
https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561199587625316/recommended/1284210/
https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561199592376214/recommended/1284210/
https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561199587880140/recommended/1284210/
https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561199591901717/recommended/1284210/
https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561199497847606/recommended/1284210/
https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561199590896082/recommended/1284210/
https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561199267451187/recommended/1284210/
https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198234480856/recommended/1284210/

January 6th

https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561199589034563/recommended/1284210/
https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561199590714785/recommended/1284210/

January 7th

https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561199267385168/recommended/1284210/
https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561199267679940/recommended/1284210/
https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561199590719614/recommended/1284210/
https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561199243012469/recommended/1284210/
https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561199501542065/recommended/1284210/
https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561199266694233/recommended/1284210/


Type 3:
引用自 Bot Account
Game does not respect your time at all. Straight out locks class specializations and transmogrification and mounts with traversal functions that are required behind grind walls

mastery system is an absolute timesink

pay 30$ for gathering equipment that doesn't run out

ANet is a joke
Examples of this type:

January 3rd

https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561199588694385/recommended/1284210/
https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561199589806003/recommended/1284210/
https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561199503993969/recommended/1284210/
https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561199590410194/recommended/1284210/
https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561199591292700/recommended/1284210/
https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561199506596049/recommended/1284210/

January 6th

https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561199593031142/recommended/1284210/
https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561199589997218/recommended/1284210/
https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561199507401148/recommended/1284210/
https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561199502061842/recommended/1284210/
https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561199590474723/recommended/1284210/

January 7th

https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561199588945472/recommended/1284210/
https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561199592114714/recommended/1284210/
https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561199262853005/recommended/1284210/

Type 4:
引用自 Bot Account
First of all I actually like this game, good combat, good progression system.

The negative review exists because I really don't want to buy it on steam, and I already have a f2p areanet account with 2 level 80 farming for 2 weeks. But areanet's payment system for UK debit cards is pure trash. So I have to buy the expansion here and start over...
Examples of this type:

January 3rd

https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561199500187594/recommended/1284210/
https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561199266907463/recommended/1284210/
https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561199591604959/recommended/1284210/
https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561199267340113/recommended/1284210/
https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561199588235459/recommended/1284210/

January 6th

https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561199267364182/recommended/1284210/
https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561199268063043/recommended/1284210/
https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561199267156157/recommended/1284210/

January 7th

https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561199587979382/recommended/1284210/
https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561199587442083/recommended/1284210/
https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561199267171288/recommended/1284210/
https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561199591331986/recommended/1284210/

Type 5:
引用自 Bot Account
So bad, In few minutes it will say your client is error lost connection although i have ♥♥♥ good internet,, I have try every thing to fix it I have out of idea fk game

January 3rd

https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561199589820721/recommended/1284210/
https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561199587651768/recommended/1284210/
https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561199502172020/recommended/1284210/
https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561199590912874/recommended/1284210/
https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561199371425492/recommended/1284210/

January 6th

https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561199501927361/recommended/1284210/
https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561199280530885/recommended/1284210/
https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561199273166248/recommended/1284210/

January 7th

https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561199267509420/recommended/1284210/
https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561199587765122/recommended/1284210/
https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561199367904927/recommended/1284210/
https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561199507084597/recommended/1284210/
最後修改者:ຊคrtนrคēl; 1 月 7 日 上午 6:54
引用自 Q:
引用自 Zarturael
UPDATE
Most of the bots have been dealt with by Steam, as you can see for example here or on some of the other links: https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561199591889325/recommended/1284210/

Only a few remain, but I'm sure those will be gone soon as well.

As for certain individuals here who were trying to defend and justify these extremely obvious bots, hope you'll contemplate a bit about some of your choices

Well done, everyone, and thank you all for reporting the bots! ☮️

fantastic news, thx for noticing and sharing the info with this community.
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Tiberius 1 月 7 日 下午 7:38 
The irony is it's been 5 days and the reviews are stlll not taken down.

Grim

Maybe just maybe it's nvr been a bot

lel
引用自 Tiberius
The irony is it's been 5 days and the reviews are stlll not taken down.

Grim

Maybe just maybe it's nvr been a bot

lel

I would like to point you in the direction of this part of the post above:
引用自 Zarturael
some of them have been removed in the meantime, so if a link doesn't work, the review's gone. I'll try to get rid of those that don't work anymore
So you're not going to find links to the removed ones in the post since I refreshed the list yesterday, but if you're looking for those that got removed in the meantime, I suggest looking in one of the versions of the archives and then you can cross-reference

Altough the easiest and fastest way to see that they're actively being removed is to check the "recent" review score, which currently still stands at 91% positive, so they're not affecting anything
Q 1 月 7 日 下午 8:24 
Good job OP

seems like there are people most likely from competition trying to do a ridiculous review bombing

"So bad, In few minutes it will say your client is error lost connection although i have ♥♥♥ good internet,, I have try every thing to fix it I have out of idea fk game"

this copy pasta is clearly a futile attempt to review bomb, imagine this game living in your head rent free that someone had the urge to post fake spam bot and most likely paid reviews, obviously this needs to be adressed and reported.
~T~D~ 1 月 8 日 上午 3:46 
Steam needs to counter this and get better, same with people that don't own the game.

No mouse = No game on account.
Jin- 1 月 8 日 上午 10:46 
Looks like to be bots indeed. Weird account names and they all posted the review when they have played exactly 0.5h
ebaG-gamma 1 月 8 日 下午 1:01 
It's absolutely obvious that these reviews are not legitimate from the simple fact that all of them appear in multiple copies.

The content on some of those reviews is absolutely not contentious. Some of them raise fair points. If each of them appeared only a single time, nobody would bat an eye.

But you really have to have an impediment to your apprehension (or be full of it) if you can't see how spamming the exact same review again and again and again (as the original post clearly shows) is illegitimate.
UPDATE
Most of the bots have been dealt with by Steam, as you can see for example here or on some of the other links: https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561199591889325/recommended/1284210/

Only a few remain, but I'm sure those will be gone soon as well.

As for certain individuals here who were trying to defend and justify these extremely obvious bots, hope you'll contemplate a bit about some of your choices

Well done, everyone, and thank you all for reporting the bots! ☮️
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Q 1 月 14 日 下午 8:44 
引用自 Zarturael
UPDATE
Most of the bots have been dealt with by Steam, as you can see for example here or on some of the other links: https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561199591889325/recommended/1284210/

Only a few remain, but I'm sure those will be gone soon as well.

As for certain individuals here who were trying to defend and justify these extremely obvious bots, hope you'll contemplate a bit about some of your choices

Well done, everyone, and thank you all for reporting the bots! ☮️

fantastic news, thx for noticing and sharing the info with this community.
Uma Purpura 1 月 15 日 上午 7:30 
引用自 Zarturael
Well done, everyone, and thank you all for reporting the bots! ☮️

No, no, thank YOU
I'm 100% certain that the bots got found out and reported only because you noticed and made everyone aware, so thank you very much!
󠀡󠀡 1 月 19 日 上午 8:02 
Only 4k players on steam and 1k of that are non steam players desperately trying to boost numbers.

Worry not though, absolutely NO ONE outside of the gw community buys that it's not a dead game that barely gets bread crumbs yearly as content.
引用自 zukobach5
Only 4k players on steam and 1k of that are non steam players desperately trying to boost numbers.

Worry not though, absolutely NO ONE outside of the gw community buys that it's not a dead game that barely gets bread crumbs yearly as content.

Yes, yes, whatever you say, Zuko
We totally believe you, just like we absolutely totally believed you every other time, don't worry
Q 1 月 19 日 下午 1:39 
引用自 Zarturael
引用自 zukobach5
Only 4k players on steam and 1k of that are non steam players desperately trying to boost numbers.

Worry not though, absolutely NO ONE outside of the gw community buys that it's not a dead game that barely gets bread crumbs yearly as content.

Yes, yes, whatever you say, Zuko
We totally believe you, just like we absolutely totally believed you every other time, don't worry

i dont know why ahpuch is not playing smite 2 instead keeps preaching his "steam numbers" narrative here, it's a tradition since 2022. That' being said, good job!! thx to this thread most of the reviews made by bots and haters have been BANNED :steamthumbsup:
CubeFusion 1 月 22 日 下午 7:05 
Oh boy does it warm the folds of my cold dead heart when botters get served ban sandwiches. Thanks for the work there tracking this situation OP.
最後修改者:CubeFusion; 1 月 22 日 下午 7:08
Q 2 月 12 日 下午 1:58 
引用自 Zarturael
UPDATE
Most of the bots have been dealt with by Steam, as you can see for example here or on some of the other links: https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561199591889325/recommended/1284210/

Only a few remain, but I'm sure those will be gone soon as well.

As for certain individuals here who were trying to defend and justify these extremely obvious bots, hope you'll contemplate a bit about some of your choices

Well done, everyone, and thank you all for reporting the bots! ☮️

might want to check some of the reviews again, seems like competition at it again trying to build some negative reviews score with same copy & paste text.
引用自 Q
引用自 Zarturael
UPDATE
Most of the bots have been dealt with by Steam, as you can see for example here or on some of the other links: https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561199591889325/recommended/1284210/

Only a few remain, but I'm sure those will be gone soon as well.

As for certain individuals here who were trying to defend and justify these extremely obvious bots, hope you'll contemplate a bit about some of your choices

Well done, everyone, and thank you all for reporting the bots! ☮️

might want to check some of the reviews again, seems like competition at it again trying to build some negative reviews score with same copy & paste text.

oh, boy, they just can't help themselves :JoshuaLaugh:
Maybe Steam will react sooner on their own this time, I think they tend to monitor games that went through stuff like that recently to prevent it from happening again

I'm extremely busy so I don't have time right now to comb through unfortunately, but I'm definitely gonna take a look in a few days and post an update if there are bots :sf3_battle:
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