Sonic Frontiers review – Bombed on Metacritic after Dunkey’s video

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Sonic Frontiers is being criticized

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The Metacritic page for the PlayStation 5 version of sound limits It’s currently being bombarded with reviews, apparently in response to the latest video from popular YouTube Videogamedunkey. as you might expect, My voice Stans returns just as strong, championing the virtues of Blue Hedgehog’s latest 3D adventure. My voice Hard-liners claim Dunkey viewers were behind the bombing, but in a bizarre twist, a YouTuber says that My voice The fans behind the bombing.

Having said that, there is no doubt about it Dunkey’s new video Be strong enough sound limitsThey mock his alleged “open play” by showing examples of the game restricting his movements, among other criticisms. The video ends with a series of supposedly nonsensical side-by-side comparisons that show the game’s high Metacritic user score compared to many other beloved games.

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when he scored, sound limits It has a metacritical user score of 8.8 compared to Wild scentis 8.7 Elden ring7.8 and Hell 8.8 shortly after the video was released, Dunkey shared a screenshot on Twitter Three 0 reviews from Metacritic users showed “Dunkey” in their display name, claiming that “My voice Fans bombard their favorite game to create it [his] The masses look bad.

“I thought I liked this game at first, but then I saw Dunkey’s video about it, and then I realized this game is really bad,” says one screenshot review bomb. Another said the author “didn’t have an opinion on the match but after seeing Dinky’s review [they] He came to the conclusion that this game was no good” before suggesting that readers should watch more Dunkey videos.

Although these three reviews are currently no longer on Metacritic, Kotaku Found many that are still in place, as well sound limits The surprising series of 0 rated user reviews on PS5.

Later, Dunkey added another tweet to his thread: “At the end of the day, there are far more positive reviews than negative ones (meaning 90% of Sonic fans leave both), and it was never my intention to send criticism. “

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Different sound limits User reviews refer to Dunkey, including a perfect “Dunkeywaswrong” score that describes it as “the best 3D My voice Where Sonic adventure 2. “Dunky fans review blowouts that increased the score ;)” wrote another user. User Shaydows wrote that they were “going to give it an 8, but thanks to the Dunkey fans I had to change it to a 10”. Long story short, another example of video game fans using Metacritic as an ideological battleground.

Kotaku Videogamedunkey has been contacted for comment.

At the time of this writing, sound limits It has a user profile of 8.5 on PS5, 8.5 on PC, and 8.3 on Xbox Series X.

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