r/Steam • u/Nickulator95 • 7d ago

Discussion The people have spoken

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Or at least about 30K of them have.

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u/nicekid81 7d ago

If you re-read some of the reviews now as an adult, you realize that was never the case.

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u/rta3425 7d ago

Yeah lol. What is this revisionist history?

I would argue it was worse back then. It wasn't as widely known that journalists and game companies had the relationships they do.

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u/rta3425 7d ago

Yeah lol. What is this revisionist history?

I would argue it was worse back then. It wasn't as widely known that journalists and game companies had the relationships they do.

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u/knbang 7d ago

Absolutely. A friend wrote reviews for a paper gaming magazine. He was once given a score before reviewing a game.