"Return to Form"

[WastingSanity]

Isn't it a little odd that we are seeing "Return to Form" being used in all these reviews like it is going out of style? It is almost like they have been told what to say. Seems sus.

Edit:

Don't believe me? Search this exactly: "Dragon Age: The Veilguard" + "Return to Form"
Then Control + F and put in Return to Form.

For me it was 20/23 not including the search bar. With one click of More Results.

[IRMcG]

How many times are you going to post this when even the idiot pushing it to start with now says it's fake ?

[Ichthys]

Originally posted by IRMcG:

How many times are you going to post this when even the idiot pushing it to start with now says it's fake ?

It's not fake, i noticed it when perusing reviews, before anyone pushed it on social media. It's a Sinclair media moment lol.

[WastingSanity]

Originally posted by IRMcG:

How many times are you going to post this when even the idiot pushing it to start with now says it's fake ?

I am not talking about the document. I am talking about the numerous reviews using that phrase.

[BinaryJay]

It's almost like you've been told what to say.

[.Dante.]

"Return to form" is said in reviews for tons of games made by developers who have been around a while and have a distinct style. It's less likely they've been paid to say it and more just a common phrase reviewers use.

[IRMcG]

Originally posted by WastingSanity:

Originally posted by IRMcG:

How many times are you going to post this when even the idiot pushing it to start with now says it's fake ?

I am not talking about the document. I am talking about the numerous reviews using that phrase.

It's a very common phrase. You really can't be this dense.

[smokescreen]

Originally posted by IRMcG:

How many times are you going to post this when even the idiot pushing it to start with now says it's fake ?

Reviewers being paid to say something positive? Damn, thats really out of left field, that could never happen!

[B-JOHN]

They're just using chatGPT for reviews its not something surprising. Hard to get any positive mind to write their mind about this game positively :D facts.

[Halifax]

i need evidence i don't care about how you feel.

[WastingSanity]

OP updated.

[Elvi]

Honestly, it is pretty suspicious. Similar to same wording in multiple reviews.

1) It's a weird coincidence
2) EA mentioned the phrase in the documents they signed while hanging over the keys as a suggestion and journos are so fu***ng lazy they didn't bother to rephrase it in their own words
3) Multiple places actually use AI to write the reviews so they all ended with the exact same wording

I'd say it's 2.

[WastingSanity]

Originally posted by robert.s_a:

Originally posted by smokescreen:

Reviewers being paid to say something positive? Damn, thats really out of left field, that could never happen!

I wish they were. I feel better about being lied to for money than lied to for review copies.

It is simple really. They make more of a profit with a review copy that they get in advance than they would with one they would get after the game launched. If they decide to not give a favorable review their chances of obtaining the next review copy lowers.

Why do you think some companies rarely give anything lower than a 7?

[Bully Maguire]

we will be having a blast® playing this piece of grade a propaganda

[WastingSanity]

Originally posted by Bully Maguire:

we will be having a blast® playing this piece of grade a propaganda

Mmm propaganda.