Reviews Set time limit

[AzothStorm]

Okay games need a Set Review time/Timer of 20-24 hours of gameplay, no one can sit here and play a game for 20-40min and decide this game sucks. Or maybe its early access if its in that stage and comes out with problems all people are doing is leaving negative comments without giving time to let devs fix those issues. Im tired of looking at games and seeing all types of reviews okay you know what they arent even reviews there comments....if I want comments ill go to youtube and there half the time not even about the game....honestly it needs to be fixed.

[FFL2and3rocks]

Short games exist.

[On Vacation]

20-24 hours is unreasonable. You can tell a lot about a game in a 20-40 minute window, does the product have good customization options (graphics, sound etc), does it support common/popular resolutions, can you customize the key mapping etc, can all be ascertained within a few minutes. In play, you could hit x glitches/bugs in 20-40 minutes leading to a negative review, you can gauge the voice acting if such exists, etc.

Some games obviously require longer play times if you want to get into the deeper intricacies, but the idea that all game's are like that is inherently flawed. Hell some game's do not even have 20 hours of content. Furthermore, it's completely reasonable to review a product as it exists, rather than 'what could be'. Now I appreciate reviewers who will go back and edit their reviews or leave a note if things are patched later, that they listed as negatives in their first impression, but this is a courtesy, and it's easy to understand why not everyone would want to do so. We're not talking beta's after all where more leeway is warranted, but release, where certain expectations are justified and should be maintained..

The Steam review system is subpar, I will be the first to admit that, but that's a reflection on a vocal subset of the community and is apparent not only in reviews, but how many low quality reviews that are poorly thought out receive a high ratio of 'thumbs up'. I really don't know at this point if Steam can rectify the poor review system here, but I do enjoy the curator system, outside that I go elsewhere for reviews more often than not.

[aymalkin]

Why exactly would you play a game you don't like for 20+ hours anyway? That's pretty much just a sneaky way to prevent anyone with a negative opinion from ever being allowed to write a review expressing it.

[Marble]

Love. Can be beaten in 10 minutes.
Sonic CD. Can be beaten in 35 minutes.
Ittle Dew. Can be beaten in 15 minutes.

You cannot blanket-ban reviews that don't have a certain play-time.

[wuddih]

The Plan 6 minutes, best game of 2014.

[Black Blade]

Originally posted by wuddih:

The Plan 6 minutes, best game of 2014.

Not sure if its the best, compere to Among the Sleep but it i will say its the most deep game, that is only 6 minutes long, but keeps you thinking way after

[RolanDecoy]

How about you link it to the amount of cards that can be collected by playing instead of time? The developers have a say in that (achievement linked I think), so a player must at least spend a reasonable amount of time playing it.

Steam maintains a counter for how many cards can still be collected by only playing the game, so this shouldn't be too much of a hassle.

I myself have a lot of reviews that I still need to review, but I agree that every once in a while an author should, because indeed, things get patched up, updated, expanded upon even (moreso in early dev projects).

And Edit button should really help, but using it should still reset the usefullness counter, as people can completely rewrite their review to something that doesn't even make sense and still have 100% usefullness according to Steam.

[Zefar]

Originally posted by AzothStorm:

Okay games need a Set Review time/Timer of 20-24 hours of gameplay, no one can sit here and play a game for 20-40min and decide this game sucks. Or maybe its early access if its in that stage and comes out with problems all people are doing is leaving negative comments without giving time to let devs fix those issues. Im tired of looking at games and seeing all types of reviews okay you know what they arent even reviews there comments....if I want comments ill go to youtube and there half the time not even about the game....honestly it needs to be fixed.

http://store.steampowered.com/app/361660/?snr=1_7_7_151_150_3
Play this game for a minimum 20 hours and THEN you're allowed to judge it.

Edit: Oh wait that game was removed. Gotta find another one.

http://store.steampowered.com/app/259640/

That game. Play it for 20 hours before reviewing it.

[AzothStorm]

Originally posted by Zefar:

Originally posted by AzothStorm:

Okay games need a Set Review time/Timer of 20-24 hours of gameplay, no one can sit here and play a game for 20-40min and decide this game sucks. Or maybe its early access if its in that stage and comes out with problems all people are doing is leaving negative comments without giving time to let devs fix those issues. Im tired of looking at games and seeing all types of reviews okay you know what they arent even reviews there comments....if I want comments ill go to youtube and there half the time not even about the game....honestly it needs to be fixed.

http://store.steampowered.com/app/361660/?snr=1_7_7_151_150_3
Play this game for a minimum 20 hours and THEN you're allowed to judge it.

Edit: Oh wait that game was removed. Gotta find another one.

http://store.steampowered.com/app/259640/

That game. Play it for 20 hours before reviewing it.

it was just a thought xD there needs to be some set caution for people who right a review within 30-40min after a games release yes sometimes thats all it takes. Although other times people write bad reviews when the game is giving them issue and not even giving it time to be fixed. This especially being said for EA games because apparently people dont understand what EA means but i do understand some or horrible but i guess this isnt something that can be controlled.

[Marble]

Perhaps reviews with longer play times could be pushed further up to the top? If it isn't done that way already, that is.

[AzothStorm]

Originally posted by Canti:

Perhaps reviews with longer play times could be pushed further up to the top? If it isn't done that way already, that is.

hmmm im not sure i think its set for at the time it was uploaded
but this would help alot I feel id get a better grasp of the game from people with longer play times.
this would work for games that are 2-4 hours as well.