No dont review bomb, just dont buy it at all. Review bomb does absolutely nothing. Fuck krafton.
this post was submitted on 10 Jul 2025
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I can say that personally, I do hesitate if I see a game with mixed reviews and will at least check out why people don't like it. And if steam says a high volume of "irrelevant" (or whatever word they use) reviews are not shown, I'll click through to see what they are about to decide for myself if they are relevant or just losers whining about "woke" shit.
Yeah, from a user standpoint, but companies won't use it as much of a metric as they do sales.
bad reviews -> people hesitate to buy -> impact on sales
Not buying -> impact on sales
and how do people know which game to not buy? by reading reviews
Yes, but buying the game to leave a negative review is against the point.
what happens is you get:
Do not buy! Time at review: 0.9 hours (Total played: 356 hours)
Which basically tells people its some bullshit protest.
Too bad everyone will buy it anyway. Point me to a boycott of a video game that actually materialized..... I'll wait...
This isnt anywhere near the level of mainstream game that most of these boycotts are focused on. It's definitely a more niche audience.
The biggest thing is if streamers get in on the boycott. That'll affect sales the most.
Don't wait long https://www.zleague.gg/theportal/helldivers-2-psn-backlash/
Makes me feel so gross that that article is not just clearly written and formatted by AI—it's a full on explosion.
Yeah I only went for surface research, maybe there is a Wikipedia about this in steam/Helldiver or psn wiki page
I know, people are pushovers.
Went from an "instant buy" to a "never purchase on principle". Such a shame.
That's exactly what I did after Activision fucked over Infinity Ward. I used to play them all the time, but haven't bought anything Call of Duty since.
Doesn't mean much, but I'm doing what little I can.
To be fair, if you've bought one call of duty, you've bought them all.
I've literally lost track of what call of duty we are even supposed to be on, which is the most up-to-date one. Does even have campaign mode anymore.
That's kind of where I'm at with Borderlands 4 and that shit stain Randy Pitchford. His situation isn't as bad as this I think, but it's a deal breaker none the less. Don't bite the hand that feeds mother fuckers.
Il buy it on sale once the game tanks and they fire that asshole.
But I haven't been looking forward to a game as much as Subnautica 2, and now it's off the radar..
Same here. I was definitely going to buy as soon as it hit early access, I loved 1 and even liked Below Zero, I was as assured a sale as they get.
Not anymore. Blocked, blacklisted, and forgotten.
On a related note, did you guys know you can block a whole publisher on Steam from ever showing up in your feed? Click on the publisher's name on any game they're involved with to go to their page, and use the little cogwheel to the right of the Featured, Lists, Brows and so on buttons. You can ignore them, and poof, gone from your steam pages. If anyone deserves to be thrown into the pit like that, it's definitely KRAFTON. Fuck'em.
Is there a way to block literally all studios that have a parent company? Because I don't think parent companies are good things. Nestle is a parent company, QED.
I'm wondering if the first one needs to go from a game I recommend highly (or upvote recommendations of if I'm too late) to one I no longer acknowledge because the same assholes probably get paid from each of those sales, too.
No. The first one was and still is a masterpiece, and it was made before Krafton ever got involved. If anything the contrast between Subnautica's while success and 2's abysmal failure would only emphasize how much Krafton sucks.
Don't get me wrong, the original is still one of my candidates for best game ever. But if someone buys it today, who gets paid?
Yar har, fiddle-dee-dee Do what you want cuz a pirate is free...
I am a pirate!
Yo ho ho and a magnet link for thee.
There's been an interesting development; Krafton have responded with some pretty direct claims and the founders are suing.
TL;DR the most important claim seems to be
In particular, following the failure of Moonbreaker, KRAFTON asked Charlie to devote himself to the development of Subnautica 2. However, instead of participating in the game development, he chose to focus on a personal film project.
Ever since the Doom Eternal Mick Gordon situation there has been several more controversies (Bayonetta's VA pay comes to mind) where it seems the first person to make the claim is hiding something. Is it an attempt to control the narrative? It has always backfired so far so we'll see if that trend continues.
I have an unrelated headache, but the constant allcaps of KRAFTON really makes me want to nail someone's dick shut.
Amen. Just gives boomer vibes and makes the whole thing more irritating.
It's worse than boomer vibes. It's corporate vibes.
Krafton has a history of misleading, lying to, and screwing over developers. Nothing they say is worth the bandwidth used to transmit it. Given the timing and other statements, it seems abundantly clear that this is nothing more than a brazen attempt to steal a quarter of a billion dollars from the developers.
God damn, I was looking forward to it but that’s fucked up.
I also was. Extremely disappointing. I will "find" a place to download it though without having to pay.
Wow that's some bullshit. They deserve this boycott.
Being a patient gamer, I will just wait a little longer for this game to hit my price point.