Maybe I'm mistaken about the definition of "review bombing" but this doesn't seem like it to me. Negative reviews for an update that bricks your game seem perfectly reasonable to me
Negative reviews for an update that bricks your game seem perfectly reasonable to me
Except in this case it wasn't anyone involved in the game that did the update. I don't think it's fair to punish devs (even Ubisoft) for Microsoft shitting the bed again.
It sucks people can't play the game, but they should wait patiently, or "review bomb" Microsoft somehow. Sounds like Ubisoft is trying to fix the issue, and isn't the (primary) party at fault in this instance.
Leaving negative reviews for a game that worked up until someone else did something doesn't seem fair.
EDIT: I didn't realize it had been months. I thought about putting a 'sunset clause' style disclaimer in my original statement, and should have. Past a certain point - and months qualify - it is back on the devs' heads. So, yeah, fuck Ubisoft.
Here's some added context, then. The update happened two entire months ago. "Assassin's Creed Origins" wasn't the only Ubisoft game affected. Amongst others, there was also "Star Wars: Outlaws" and an Avatar game. Both of those games were quickly patched, and now work perfectly fine. AC is the only one that still cannot run; that crashes immediately, even after all that time. They waited months, before starting to leave all of these negative reviews. Even worse, the game is still being sold on Steam, even when it doesn't work.
At this point, I'd say that the complaints are perfectly justified.
Maybe I'm mistaken about the definition of "review bombing" but this doesn't seem like it to me. Negative reviews for an update that bricks your game seem perfectly reasonable to me
Except in this case it wasn't anyone involved in the game that did the update. I don't think it's fair to punish devs (even Ubisoft) for Microsoft shitting the bed again.
It sucks people can't play the game, but they should wait patiently, or "review bomb" Microsoft somehow. Sounds like Ubisoft is trying to fix the issue, and isn't the (primary) party at fault in this instance.
Leaving negative reviews for a game that worked up until someone else did something doesn't seem fair.
EDIT: I didn't realize it had been months. I thought about putting a 'sunset clause' style disclaimer in my original statement, and should have. Past a certain point - and months qualify - it is back on the devs' heads. So, yeah, fuck Ubisoft.
Here's some added context, then. The update happened two entire months ago. "Assassin's Creed Origins" wasn't the only Ubisoft game affected. Amongst others, there was also "Star Wars: Outlaws" and an Avatar game. Both of those games were quickly patched, and now work perfectly fine. AC is the only one that still cannot run; that crashes immediately, even after all that time. They waited months, before starting to leave all of these negative reviews. Even worse, the game is still being sold on Steam, even when it doesn't work.
At this point, I'd say that the complaints are perfectly justified.
Yeah, I should have added a disclaimer.
If you leave your game in a literally unplayable state for months, yeah, you deserve the negative reviews at that point. Oof.
I sincerely agree, with that context.