Fake Reviews? - Reviews praising this game with barely any hours played + Accounts are private

[MarioRaider18]

What is up with all these reviews of this game praising it. All of them are private with barely any hours played...

Alice0.3 hrs
POSTED: MARCH 10
Really enjoyable game and totally worth it for the deluxe version

Musou0.1 hrs
POSTED: MARCH 10
oh wow this game is much better than I expected

neonhwa0.1 hrs
POSTED: MARCH 10
Really well made game, scary but at the same time very fun too

Recommended
0.3 hrs last two weeks / 0.3 hrs on record
Posted: Mar 10 @ 1:47am

Really enjoyable game and totally worth it for the deluxe version

All private accounts btw

Koei buying reviews perhaps

[ConflictFreak]

No, It is in fact desperate fans trying to trick people into buying the game so that we may have a chance at another entry.

[Pure Mind Games]

I played it on Wii back in the day, can confirm these reviews do not lie.

[MarioRaider18]

Originally posted by ConflictFreak:

No, It is in fact desperate fans trying to trick people into buying the game so that we may have a chance at another entry.

Ok mister, level 0 private account

[pilot]

i posted a positive review, only played maiden of black water on switch before this, and i really liked this one, it is a good game

[TotemMX]

Steam review system is flawed, but if a game has major bugs or is plain broken, people will tell you. Have you seen forums flooded with complaints?

If a game has no big problems, you can expect meme reviews or short reviews. The people who write more complete reviews take their time to write it, since usually they play over 20 hrs before write a word.

In short, reviews dont lie, the game is good, but if you have purchased a Koei Tecmo PC port before, you can expect some minor bugs and barebone video settings.

[DogMeat]

This is basically review bombing... but a 'positive' variant. As ConflictFreak said, fans want people to buy the game. Some of the positive reviews more or less admit this with lines like 'ok, now release more of these games'.

I mean, I'm not really blaming them... I'm more upset that people (companies) seem to think disingenuous reviews are perfectly fine as long as they're positive. You wont see Steam giving warnings about reviews for this game for instance.

Originally posted by MarioRaider18:

Ok mister, level 0 private account

I also keep my profile private. I don't like getting into discussions / arguments and then having some weirdo troll my profile to whine about my opinion because I played x game or put y hours into this or that. Also keeps me honest. If others can't look at my profile and judge me based on that I don't go into others to attack them over what they do / don't play.

[O0o0O]

me no`t even play it yet and recomend it

[kisaragizeet]

Its possible the reviews came from fans who played the original with the fan made translation patch

[kiteless 凧無し]

steam needs a filter to highlight reviews from people who have actually finished the game

[c h u]

Since the game is a remake, some players might have prior experience with the original version and rate it favorably based on their nostalgia. However, I think this is not a fair assessment, as the remake could have technical problems or glitches that would only become apparent after playing for a while.

[Konki]

If we have to be honest every single game on steam has a ton of 0.1 hours positive/negative reviews. Project Zero devs said that, if this game sells well, there's a chance of a port/remaster/remake of the first 3 games or just make new tiles instead. That's most likely the reason for all the positive reviews with no playtime.
Also, after having played for almost 4 hours today I can say that I haven't found a single bug or glitch, the controls are fine ( for the most part) and the performance is good. That's already impressive considering how KOEI TECMO has been with ports and releases lately..

[Thorley23]

Originally posted by MarioRaider18:

What is up with all these reviews of this game praising it. All of them are private with barely any hours played...

Alice0.3 hrs
POSTED: MARCH 10
Really enjoyable game and totally worth it for the deluxe version

Musou0.1 hrs
POSTED: MARCH 10
oh wow this game is much better than I expected

neonhwa0.1 hrs
POSTED: MARCH 10
Really well made game, scary but at the same time very fun too

Recommended
0.3 hrs last two weeks / 0.3 hrs on record
Posted: Mar 10 @ 1:47am

Really enjoyable game and totally worth it for the deluxe version

All private accounts btw

Koei buying reviews perhaps

One thing to remember is that this is not a new game, it was released over a decade ago for the Wii. It's also not the first PC version of it either apparently, as there were various fan conversions via emulators and such. There are too few of these sorts of reviews to be a proper "review bombing" in either a positive or negative direction, so what I'm guessing is your basically seeing a bunch of fans who played buying the official version, and praising it to help boost initial sales. I doubt there is any real malevolence or misdirection intended.

This will be my first time playing this one, though I was a big fan of "Fatal Frame" and "Fatal Frame 2: Crimson Butterfly" on the PS-2. Namely because I was never a big fan of the Wii in general, and don't do much with emulators and illegal translations for various reasons.

I would presume the low level private accounts might be to avoid questions about how they could have played it before now as it legally didn't exist on PC before this. There are also other "sensible" reasons like people concealing porn games on these accounts. I'm not at all humiliated by admitting that I mess around with stuff like that once in a while, but some people are, and a lot of people use alt accounts to hide their porn stuff.