
What Fandom doesn't explain, however, is how it's evolving Metacritic's processes and what tools it will be using to deal with people using user reviews to spout hate.

Indeed, there are still reviews complaining about Aloy's sexuality on the main page. Stricter moderation is clearly a necessity because judging by how much homophobia is still present among the user reviews, and how much of it has been allowed to stay up for several days, the moderation team doesn't have the resources or time to handle it. We are currently evolving our processes and tools to introduce stricter moderation in the coming months." Guerrilla Games announced that the studio is already working on the third chapter of her journey alongside an online game."Our team reviews each and every report of abuse (including but not limited to racist, sexist, homophobic, insults to other users, etc) and if violations occur, the reviews are removed.

In the meantime, the Burning Shores reviews have been removed from the site but the last user score is still there at 4.1.Įven if you don’t like the new lesbian Aloy, she isn’t going anywhere. We are currently evolving our processes and tools to introduce stricter moderation in the coming months.”įandom has yet to reveal what tools it has in the works to tackle issues like this so we will have to wait and see what happens next. Metacritic is aware of the abusive and disrespectful reviews of Horizon Forbidden West Burning Shores and we have a moderation system in place to track violations of our terms of use. Our team reviews each and every report of abuse (including but not limited to racist, sexist, homophobic, insults to other users, etc) and if violations occur, the reviews are removed. “Fandom is a place of belonging for all fans and we take online trust and safety very seriously across all our sites including Metacritic. Even though review bombing has been around for decades now, the site has suddenly woken up to the idea of actually doing something about it. As a result, the user rating on Horizon Forbidden West: Burning Shores DLC dropped to an abysmally low score.īut Metacritic wants to address the issue. Of course, the internet isn’t happy about this and took to the Metacritic user review section to voice its opinion. The game also provides users with some options to embrace this romantic relationship. It is revealed that Aloy’s new companion and friend Seyka who she meets during the Burning Shores DLC might just be her lover too.

We learnt of Elisabet’s sexual orientation during the last chapter of the main game.

Because you know, genetics carry these things over and this shouldn’t be much of a surprise. READ MORE – The Flash Gets Exciting New Trailer With Batman and SupergirlĪt the end of Horizon Forbidden West: Burning Shores, it is revealed that similar to Elisabet Sobeck, Aloy, who is her genetic clone, is also a lesbian. That’s because gamers aren’t happy with some of the story choices that were made at the end of the DLC. Over the past few days, Horizon Forbidden West: Burning Shores user reviews have gone from a 5.5, down to a 3.2 and at times, sat as low as 2.7. The latest game to suffer from this incident is the Horizon Forbidden West: Burning Shores DLC. Metacritic owner Fandom has been forced to address the “freedom” the site offers users which often opens up doors for reviewing bombing. Review aggregator website Metacritic says it is working on ways to tackle abusive and disrespectful user reviews which are posted on its platform.
