steam added a star to every single game review WTF

[VahidSlayerOfAll]

when hovered if the game not purchased on steam you get this text.
this review is not counted in the overall review score because this user activated the product via a Steam key, received it as a gift, or via temporary license.
soo ♥♥♥♥ me cause im poor and buy games for cheaper on fanatical or humble bundle to support charity. my reviews no longer count on the overall score?

[❤ Sly Succubus ❤]

This has always been a thing yes, basically buy it on steam and your review will count on Steam. If I buy something from Walmart, I don't get to rate it on Amazon.

[VahidSlayerOfAll]

so ive wasted 1000s of hours writing reviews that have almost no impact on the games scores...

[Leader of the Zakonistians]

All opinions matter and are accounted for. However, Steam likes to know if you got the game for free. Not really sure why it matters though since how you receive something shouldn't effect your experience. My guess is because of the thought that people who receive something for free won't appreciate what they have as much as someone who worked hard for their own gain. I don't really understand that as much of what I have I received as gifts and I appreciate all of it.

All of my purchases through Steam aside from maybe a few were done using a Steam card rather than a debit card. This is because the Steam Wallet can't be traced and is therefore much safer. If someone steals your Wallet code, no big deal. If someone has your credit/debit card, they have access to all your bank information which is a very big deal. I've had that happen to be several times. It is always a better option to stay autonomous online, especially when making transactions. Going back to your original question, yes, all opinions matter. However, for some reason, Steam has decided to prioritize those who bought the game(s) over those who received them for free. I have no idea why this is but it's the way it is.

[Divalti]

Mischievous Sly Succubus lähetti viestin:

This has always been a thing yes, basically buy it on steam and your review will count on Steam. If I buy something from Walmart, I don't get to rate it on Amazon.

Amazon does in fact let you review it without purchasing it directly on Amazon, but reviews that come from Amazon purchases will additionally say "Verified Purchase", which is slightly similar to how Steam notes that a game was purchased offsite.

[❤ Sly Succubus ❤]

Divalti lähetti viestin:

Mischievous Sly Succubus lähetti viestin:

This has always been a thing yes, basically buy it on steam and your review will count on Steam. If I buy something from Walmart, I don't get to rate it on Amazon.

Amazon does in fact let you review it without purchasing it directly on Amazon, but reviews that come from Amazon purchases will additionally say "Verified Purchase", which is slightly similar to how Steam notes that a game was purchased offsite.

More or less ya, in this case its no different. And if were speaking of video games, one less point or one does not really make a marginal difference as I've found out, I could give something a negative review and it won't dent the 10k others that gave it positive reviews so really reviews don't do much beyond saying if the game is Positive, Mixed or Negative

[Heraclius Caesar]

VahidSlayerOfAll lähetti viestin:

when hovered if the game not purchased on steam you get this text.
this review is not counted in the overall review score because this user activated the product via a Steam key, received it as a gift, or via temporary license.
soo ♥♥♥♥ me cause im poor and buy games for cheaper on fanatical or humble bundle to support charity. my reviews no longer count on the overall score?

Correct

[Chika Ogiue]

The star might be new, but Valve haven't counted reviews based on keys for a few years now (since end of 2016), they did announce at the time their reasoning for this. In short, you can blame certain parties for abusing Steam keys in order to tamper with their review score ratings.

It's explained as to why the reviews don't count here:
https://store.steampowered.com/oldnews/24155

The majority of review score manipulation we're seeing by developers is through the process of giving out Steam keys to their game, which are then used to generate positive reviews. Some developers organize their own system using Steam keys on alternate accounts. Some organizations even offer paid services to write positive reviews.

[Spawn of Totoro]

It hasn't counted for several years now. All they did was update the visuals for it. They replaced the Steam Logo and the Key Icon with a filled and empty star.

https://steamcommunity.com/games/593110/announcements/detail/563352991934009789

VahidSlayerOfAll lähetti viestin:

when hovered if the game not purchased on steam you get this text.
this review is not counted in the overall review score because this user activated the product via a Steam key, received it as a gift, or via temporary license.
soo ♥♥♥♥ me cause im poor and buy games for cheaper on fanatical or humble bundle to support charity. my reviews no longer count on the overall score?

It may not be included in the overall score, but the review is still shown to users on the store page and in the game's reviews section. Users can even choose to show the combined score or separate scores in the graph area.

The difference between the two is negligible and won't really effect what score is on the main page.

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Mischievous Sly Succubus lähetti viestin:

This has always been a thing yes, basically buy it on steam and your review will count on Steam. If I buy something from Walmart, I don't get to rate it on Amazon.

Amazon does in fact let you review it without purchasing it directly on Amazon, but reviews that come from Amazon purchases will additionally say "Verified Purchase", which is slightly similar to how Steam notes that a game was purchased offsite.

And with Amazon, I feel I have to use a 3rd party tool that analyzes the reviews. I've found products with 40% potentially fake reviews, several times.

[J̴͖̎1̵̫̈3̶͓̈́2̸̛̩7̸]

VahidSlayerOfAll lähetti viestin:

from source : store.steampowered.com/reviews/

""Q. Does this replace Metacritic scores on games?
A. These reviews will be offered as additional data. Both Metacritic scores and Steam Reviews will be visible on store pages for both games and software.""

If this would help :
You could try rewriting em on Metacritic or imdb or any other rating platform.. In short alternative.

[Aachen]

If you actually spent thousands of hours composing reviews, regardless of their statistic factoring you’ve wasted a substantial proportion of ‘em.

[Nosteru]

This function made for Devs can NOT Exploit the Review system with giving free keys to friends and they made positive reviews.
Sadly the sideffect that every Free (or other source purchased) Key is affected.

[Crazy Tiger]

VahidSlayerOfAll lähetti viestin:

so ive wasted 1000s of hours writing reviews that have almost no impact on the games scores...

Is your goal to impact the score or to provide fellow gamers with useful information? If the former, you're doing it for the wrong reason.

[BJWyler]

Crazy Tiger lähetti viestin:

VahidSlayerOfAll lähetti viestin:

so ive wasted 1000s of hours writing reviews that have almost no impact on the games scores...

Is your goal to impact the score or to provide fellow gamers with useful information? If the former, you're doing it for the wrong reason.

Yup. The one key reason that people seem to overlook or deliberately ignore.

Every review I've ever written, here or elsewhere, is solely to provide opinion and information on the product. Whether it is "counted" in some nebulous score is completely immaterial.

At least I can be thankful in the fact that the icon change that Valve made, allows me to know which reviews to completely ignore because of the threads and posts made on the topic. Anyone concerned about their review "not counting" in a score is a review not worth my time reading.

[Phénomènes Mystiques]

Blame these bad actor developers that are spiking the review system with their friends positive reviews (even if the game is complete trash).

I see this mainly with South American devs...

[lsdninja]

i just dead ass stopped buying games from them when they announced the axing of windows 7. still get bundles from humble bundle and got a 100% charity one from fanatical with steam keys. but steam hasnt got a single cent from me outside of card selling tax.

This you?