Steam manipulate to write positive reviews

[Menzagitat]

There is this message:

You have played an additional 26 hours
Would you like to revise your review? [Yes No]

I think this message appears only if the review is negative.
I never seen it if I write a positive review.

After they introduced this a few years ago, the rating jumped about 5% and mostly positive games became very positive.
I would really prefer a 10 star system with possibility to find and read reviews which give 3, 4, ... 8 stars instead of extreme 1 and 10 which are usually biassed.

[Stellar Remnant]

They're not positive and negative reviews.

Steam is asking you if YOU recommend the game to others. Yes? Or No?

It's really that simple.

People can change their minds on whether they recommend the game to others. Perhaps the game got an update to change some gameplay. Or the player figured out something that was preventing them from recommending it. Or the game got an update that ruined the gameplay and now the player definitely does not recommend it.

A star system for recommending does not make sense.

[failsafe]

System is simplified, it allows only thumb up / thumb down mark. Obviously system with even three options: negative, neutral, positive would work better. But we have what we have. I almost never trust recommendations on steam since the very same thumb up may be given to the top-notch game and just medicore game that is still playable. So, basically, I dont care that much.

[Menzagitat]

Messaggio originale di MiniHerc:

They're not positive and negative reviews.

Steam is asking you if YOU recommend the game to others. Yes? Or No?

It's really that simple.

People can change their minds on whether they recommend the game to others. Perhaps the game got an update to change some gameplay. Or the player figured out something that was preventing them from recommending it. Or the game got an update that ruined the gameplay and now the player definitely does not recommend it.

A star system for recommending does not make sense.

I can both recommend and not recommend at the same time, depending on what the player expects.
I can anticipate that some players have no issue with what I find annoying so I can fully recommend a game to them while I can also tell others that they should avoid it.

The review is actually supposed to say if I loved the game or not and how much.
The aggregated game rating makes no sense.
You see overwhelmingly positive games with just 1021 reviews which doesn't make it a good game for the vast majority of players.

It's all about manipulation, to create the illusion that the games are fine, that the problems you see are minor and can be ignored.