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Metacritic restricts launch day game reviews to limit trolls

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Metacritic is the latest website to take steps to prevent ‘review bombing,’ the practice of plastering a game, movie, or TV show with negative reviews as soon
Metacritic is the latest website to take steps to prevent ‘review bombing,’ the practice of plastering a game, movie, or TV show with negative reviews as soon as it is released. These attacks are often politically motivated and intended to harm the production in an effort to prevent the creation of similar future works. In Metacritic’s case, it is restricting early game reviews.
Metacritic is a website that gathers reviews on a variety of products, ultimately presenting a score based on all of the reviews.

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