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Metacritic implements 36-hour user review delay to combat review bombing

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Review aggregate website Metacritic has introduced a 36-hour user review delay to limit the number of review bombing campaigns that occur immediately after a game or movie has been released. Spoilers for: The Last of Us 2 below One of the latest review bombing campaigns by angry manchildren occured last month with the release […]
Review aggregate website Metacritic has introduced a 36-hour user review delay to limit the number of review bombing campaigns that occur immediately after a game or movie has been released.
Spoilers for: The Last of Us 2 below
One of the latest review bombing campaigns by angry manchildren occured last month with the release of The Last of Us Part 2, a story that includes the death of a major character, a lesbian relationship and the inclusion of other LGBTQ+ characters.
While many were upset at the death of a major character – a death that many had assumed would’ve been the case when the game was originally revealed – much of the review bombing campaign declared the title to be “SJW propaganda“.

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