Metacritic will improve its moderation system after homophobic comments about the Horizon Forbidden West DLC.

From time to time eyes turn to Metacritic, a platform that collects ratings of series, movies and video games. However, it is the latter category that is invariably controversial. Metacritic there is a very serious problemand this does not confirm that public opinion was shared by people who really enjoyed the gameplay.

This has led, on countless occasions, to certain groups of people using Metacritic’s open reviews to attack the game, thereby hurting its ratings. You might think it doesn’t matter because they’re a bunch of losers who need attention – they are. However, it cannot be denied that such a situation affects the image of the name and the likelihood that other people will buy it.

The most recent victim of this practice was Burning shoresDLC Forbidden Horizon West. It turns out that the content being loaded has an optional sequence, where Aloy is having an affair with another female character. Thus, the narrative sentence confirms that the protagonist is gay.

This simple situation has prompted many “people” to go to Metacritic to start bombing overviewi.e. when you post a large number of negative reviews video game, series, film, or other type of product.

Metacritic says there is no room for angry comments on its platform

eye, it it’s not the first time that Metacritic lives in a similar situation, and it certainly won’t be the last. As mentioned above, the fact that there is no filter so that only those who have already played it can share opinions makes it easy for everyone to express personal frustration that has little or nothing to do with the video game.

While it is true that Metacritic is getting more and more criticism in this regard, they have never taken any action to stop it. Because? Though they won’t admit it bombing overview It certainly generates a lot of traffic.

With negative reviews about DLC Forbidden Horizon WestHowever, one can also observe angry comments towards the LGBT community, and it caused dismay at Metacritic. The last thing they want is to be recognized as a hate speech speaker.

Fandom, which owns Metacritic, has accepted so many fan page posts. Burning shores they have “offensive and disrespectful” messages. They also note that for them, the trust they convey online and the safety of their visitors are issues they take very seriously – even they don’t believe it.

Attack bombing overview,Ppromise to improve their review and moderation processes for public reviews, although they do not specify changes that will be implemented soon. “Our team reviews all reports of violations without exception (including, but not limited to, racist, sexist, homophobic, insulting other users, etc. comments), and in case of violations, reviews are removed,” they said. Eurogamer.

It will be interesting to see if Metacritic really intends to solve the underlying problem this time around. Otherwise, it will remain the haven of Internet losers.