The game is self-published. They used to be published by Private Division but went indie when that company got sold. The game had legitimately troubled development.

[–] AntiBullyRanger@ani.social 8 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Still doesn't legitimize demands for positive reviews. Take honest feedback, or don't.

[–] Katana314@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I wouldn't see it SO negatively. If they were paying people for reviews, then yes, that's corruption; but every YouTuber uses phrases like "Drop a like" and it's considered normal. When you worked hard on something, I think it's common to ask for a positive review. People are sentient enough to choose whether to do so.

[–] AntiBullyRanger@ani.social 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 17 hours ago)

“Drop honest feedback please!” is a much better response than “positive bomb this game please!”

[–] Bezier@suppo.fi 1 points 2 days ago (2 children)

The article states it got review bombed (but not what for). Dishonest negative score kinda throws out legitimacy of the whole thing, making it a bit less bad. I feel for the desperate dev, but I guess I still agree with you.

[–] mohab@piefed.social 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Except they did not get review bombed and the article is blindly using the studio head as a source. Go look at the reviews, there actually is a ton of valuable feedback there.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago

They kinda did. They pushed out a sizable update that fixed a bunch of issues, but also upped the difficulty. People liked the improvements, but not the difficulty change, and my understanding is that they fixed that issue quickly but not before a bunch of people complained about it.

I get where they're coming from, but I also don't like them sking for positive reviews.

[–] AntiBullyRanger@ani.social 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Depends the heuristics used. Bombing reviews most times do not cite their contentions, which can be dismissed.

[–] AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Review bombing requires

A scandal, and there's no indication Half Moon was involved in any such.
Coordination, which is easy enough to find on Google or elsewhere. Again, no indication of such.
Most of the time, at least some reviews in the bomb will state why they are downvoting the game. No indication of such.

Sometimes bad reviews are just bad reviews.

[–] AntiBullyRanger@ani.social 2 points 1 day ago

But the Studio wants 🌈positive reviews🌈 bombing.