Something similar to the bombing of the positive feedback occurs on the Metro Exodus page on Steam. The game there is not for sale - it's gone from a digital counter after, like Epic Games and Koch Media (parent company Deep Silver) We signed an agreement on a temporary exclusivity shooter, which will be sold on the PC Epic Games Store for 12 months.
That decision has angered many Steam users, who were upset, that Metro Exodus left Valve platform. And some of them started to leave negative feedback on the first two parts of Metro on Steam, to show their displeasure. This prompted many to comment, including 4A Games and Deep Silver, author of the books "Metro" Dmitry Glukhov, THQ Nordic and head of Epic Games Tim Sweeney (Tim Sweeney).
But on Steam still has Metro Exodus page with a description and screenshots, still making updates, and users can write reviews. One would assume, that Metro Exodus undergo an influx of negative feedback, but it is not. In fact, the players completed a post-apocalyptic thriller page positive feedback to such an extent, that the game was "very positive" rating (from over 2,5 thousand. обзоров на момент написания 85 % были положительными).
Of course, should make a substantial discount on the, what's left of responses mostly loyal fans, Make a reservation in advance (before retiring in Epic Games Store bought the game on Steam 200 thousands of people). And yet the result of a curious.
"Despite all the misunderstandings around and my belief, that the publisher's decision was unfair for those customers Steam, who were planning to buy the game after launch, 4A team Games made masterpiece, - user wrote AMZ. — This game - the art. They created something unique and beautiful from this abandoned post-apocalyptic world ".
«Exodus - a great game, which obviously does not prevent patches and fixes, - wrote AKatarzynaK. — If the launch was not marred by misunderstandings due to questionable business decisions, the, I think, the game would be much loved today. but they, who have decided to wait for her return to Steam next year, can get even some of the delay plus: During this time, the developers will finish the game, It fixes a number of bugs and problems, so that in the end they will be able to enjoy a great game in the form, in which it was conceived ".
Players not only praised Metro Exodus in their reviews, but often at the same time criticized the decision to leave the Steam, and complaining about the abundance of technical shortcomings and errors. Epic Games plans to add the same system user reviews in your store, but it will be included to address developers. "We are experimenting with other mechanisms, to improve this functionality ", - tagged head Tim Sweeney Epic.
The technical part of Metro Exodus has also become the subject of lively discussion. Experts from the digital lab Eurogamer called visual component shooter outstanding technological achievement, and in the version for PCs with RTX, - a phenomenon. These praises could not miss a deaf ear to the technical director of Activision Angelo Pesce (Angel Fish), who noted, that in this case mediocre named best.
Metro Exodus out 15 February on PC, PS4 и Xbox One. PC version is now available for purchase only at Epic Games Store, Steam in the game will appear in February 2020 of the year. Version of the shooter to the PC to use the latest version of the protection Denuvo, but it was hacked in just five days.
A source: Eurogamer