![]() ![]() In the six months leading up to March 31, Borderlands 2 received a total of 412 negative reviews on Steam-a paltry 4.5 percent of all the reviews posted in that period. This month, that policy is so far failing to correct for some clear off-topic review bombs on Gearbox's Borderlands games. Last month, Valve announced a new policy intended to curb the problem of "off-topic review bombs" on Steam, wherein a horde of players post negative reviews of a game for reasons other than the game's actual content. Excluded from the Review Score (by default)." The "Recent Reviews" summaries for those games have also flipped from "Mixed" to "Very" or "Mostly Positive" as a result of the move.] Steam reviews for Borderlands franchise games since April 2 are now shown in a histogram view with a large asterisk and the warning "Period(s) of off-topic review activity detected. ![]() ![]() User reviews written during the tagged period will still be accessible and users can choose to include these reviews in the Review Score by changing their preferences." As a result, user reviews submitted while the titles are tagged will not count towards the games' Review Scores. [ Update 10:30pm ET: In a statement sent to Ars Technica just now, Valve's Doug Lombardi says that "after a review of current review activity on Borderlands titles, the decision was made to tag the franchise for off-topic reviews on Steam, effective immediately. ![]()
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