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Epic Games Store has reviews

kneekoo Jan 30, 2020

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I noticed earlier today that EGS has 3rd party reviews "provided by OpenCritic". First of all, it's great finally having reviews! Second of all, why not have their own reviews system? And is OpenCritic reliable? I went to their website and I got an "Error 504 Ray ID... Gateway time-out", I waited for a minute or two and clicked "Retry for a live version" - same error message. A few hours later, it worked.

The reviews are most likely cached on the EGS side, but why rely on a 3rd party for reviews? It's certainly better than nothing, especially if the reviews are done properly, but what about the exclusive games and custom-tailored games that behave differently on EGS compared to other stores? We know games can have significant differences between platforms, so this is important.

So it's a step forward, but I hope EG will do better.

Last edited by kneekoo on 31 January 2020 at 2:42 am UTC

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robvv Jan 31, 2020

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On the subject of reviews, it amuses me that EGS-exclusive games are still reviewed and discussed on Steam forums :-)

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Salvatos Jan 31, 2020

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Quoting: kneekooSecond of all, why not have their own reviews system? (...) why rely on a 3rd party for reviews?

No need to program it, no need to moderate the reviews, no responsibility if something like review bombing happens on the third-party site. i.e. less work, less cost. They can now happily claim that they have reviews on the store and wash their hands of any additional effort.

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Liam Dawe Jan 31, 2020

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Quoting: Salvatos
Quoting: kneekooSecond of all, why not have their own reviews system? (...) why rely on a 3rd party for reviews?
No need to program it, no need to moderate the reviews, no responsibility if something like review bombing happens on the third-party site. i.e. less work, less cost. They can now happily claim that they have reviews on the store and wash their hands of any additional effort.

Pretty much. It's an opt-in system too, developers don't have to use it and the reviews from from critics not users.

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