With more than 20,000 ratings issued, the Blizzard Entertainment title has been the victim of the review bombing phenomenon.
The rain of criticism against Warcraft 3: Reforged does not get worse. The remastered version of the strategy classic, which is now available in PC stores, is the game worst valued by users in Metacritic. With an average score of 0.5 out of 10, the title of Blizzard Entertainment has fallen prey to the review bombing, a phenomenon that consists of leaving very negative ratings with the aim that its average score will decline.
“I would have preferred to pay to prevent them from publishing this,” says one user (Blizzard_why) in Metacritic after rating it with a 0. “You can no longer play using the old client, and even the menus work (bad word) in the new one. A disgust. " Another player, who has also awarded him a 0, says they have edited a "horrible product." According to zvlaks, he booked the title when it was revealed in 2018, but “what we have received in 2020 is a completely different game. The video scenes look quite worse and the framerate is terrible. Many other features have been removed. ”
Of 20,959 assessments that have been made, 779 are positive, 186 neither one thing nor the other and 19,994 negative. Meanwhile, the press has been somewhat more benevolent, although far from the excellence that Warcraft 3 once reaped. So things, at the time this news has been written, the media note is 65 over 100.
A screenshot of Metacritic.
Controversy with custom games
Warcraft 3: Reforged allows players to create their own titles using the videogame creation tool. However, a very specific point has caught the attention of the players and the press. And it is that according to the conditions of use of Blizzard Entertainment, everything that is published with the editor belongs solely and exclusively to the North American company. In this way, the birth of games like DOTA 2 or League of Legends would not be possible.
Blizzard has been involved in other controversies over the past few months. The suspension of a professional Hearthstone player for showing a message of support to the Hong Kong Protestants generated a malaise that reached BlizzCon, where the company had to apologize. This did not prevent several protesters from appearing outside the event in order to show their outrage.
Warcraft 3: Reforged can be purchased exclusively for PC. In addition to the possibility of creating your own adventures, the title offers renewed graphics and all the missions of Azaroth. No version for consoles is planned.
