How good are the game reviews on the Xbox store?
There are good reviews, funny reviews and rushed reviews. You must do your due diligence, though.
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Key notes
- Good reviews usually have more thumbs up, so follow that.
- You can also sort out the reviews, to get to the more relevant ones.
- But ultimately, the Internet is the Internet, so everybody has an opinion.
Reviews are always useful when you’re deciding to buy something. And recently Microsoft announced that Microsoft Store, which now incorporates Xbox as well, will use AI to summarize reviews.
That means you’ll no longer need to read through reviews. AI will summarize them for you and provide a clear description of people’s general opinions on the product.
However, some still prefer the more traditional way. Or until we actually try this AI, and see how it works, it will be better to stick to just reading the reviews. And not to mention, there will be over 5000 new games on Xbox alone, so it will be wise to go through reviews when deciding which game to buy.
But a lot of players agree that the current game reviews system on the Xbox store is not functioning well. According to this Reddit thread, users say that the whole section should be revamped or at least, reorganized.
Microsoft, please revamp the game review system in the Xbox store. Or scrap user reviews all together. It’s currently nothing but a waste of space. There are people who leave legitimate and thoughtful reviews. We applaud you! However, there’s also a ridiculous amount of bullshit in there. Especially for games that are on Gamepass. It’s not helpful in any way.
Just how good are the game reviews on the Xbox store?
Well, in the case of reviews, there are going to be bad reviews and good reviews. And also rushed reviews. It seems that they happen frequently on the Xbox store, and it can cause frustration because it’s not about the quality of the game, per se, but more about the system not properly launching these games.
On PC it’s hilarious. Every game gets a two out of five because all of the views say “game won’t launch”. No matter what the game is.
Plus the people that aren’t having problems with it aren’t writing bad reviews because they’re playing games. 90% of reviews are from the people with negative experiences.
They should have it where you need at least an hour of play time before you can add a review.
It seems that Microsoft Store is somehow prioritizing rushed reviews instead of the ones that are actually giving proper feedback. According to a user, to have a good experience with reviews, you would only need to sort them out by recent, and that should do the trick of giving you relevant reviews.
In the Reviews section just choose the option Most Recent, and you should now get the most recent reviews as feedback.
It will be very interesting to see just how AI will summarize the reviews. But until then, it’s your job to do your due diligence whenever you’re purchasing a game.
I find the reviews to be mostly helpful. When there is a game I’m following that gets an update I like to sort reviews by recent and see if they fixed and added enough things to make the game worth a purchase. Typically better and informative reviews will have more thumbs up. I mean do you have the same problems with the quality of movie reviews? This is the internet, if you want the internet to be useful you need to learn how to sort through the bullshit.
What do you think about it? Let us know your opinions in the comments section below.
