Fallen Feathers have gotten review bombed for cultural reasons, but now users will default to seeing native language reviews ...

V alve has seriously altered the way Steam user reviews work with an August 18 update that makes games with over 2,000 public ...

User scores are now created on Steam depending on the language. This is also intended to filter out cultural differences.

Valve have introduced "language-specific" review scores on Steam, offering separate verdicts based on groups typing in a ...

(1) For user reviews of this content, see reviews of this encyclopedia. (2) User-generated content that rates hardware, software and consumer products of all kinds, as well as entertainment ...

We may earn a commission from links on this page. It’s an increasingly common refrain: user reviews, particularly on Steam and Metacritic, are increasingly unhelpful. We’ve covered all the ...

User reviews can offer valuable insight into a product's real value after the sale. But many review sites also contain write-ups by fanboys, ax-grinders, and even a few shills.

Review bombing has been a longstanding issue for Steam. In an update, Valve says it’s targeting off-topic review bombs on Steam and removing them from overall user scores.

The user review system for Nintendo games was brought to light by Reddit user phantomliger. Before the feature was pulled, it allowed verified users to rate a game out of five stars.

Good reviews can boost sales and profits; negative ones can do just the opposite. A one-star increase in user ratings on Yelp, for example, can boost revenues by 5 to 9 percent for a restaurant ...