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Turns out there's an opposite to review bombing, and My Friend Peppa Pig is currently getting that treatment in a major way on Metacritic and Steam.
The whole purpose of reviews is so people thinking about buying a game or going to see a movie can read about it and make an informed decision on whether they should or not. That's why the act of review bombing is so problematic. The process of people posting bad things about a game through official channels such as Metacritic and Steam purely because they don't like something about the game or its developers.
If enough people review bomb a game, it can result in it receiving an unfairly skewed score on the sites mentioned above. As it turns out, there is such a thing as reverse review bombing, as is being demonstrated via My Friend Peppa Pig's reviews right now. Visit the game's and pages right now and you'll find far higher scores than you would probably expect.
My Friend Peppa Pig is an incredibly simple game designed for very young children which launched earlier this month. It currently has 92 reviews on Steam, 82% of which are positive. In defense of Peppa, a review should judge a game on what it is trying to be. My Friend Peppa Pig is probably exactly what it is supposed to be and should b𒊎e rated positively should it achieve that.
It's the content of the reviews that reveal Peppa is being reverse review bombed. “My Friend Peppa Pig is a story rich psychological thriller set in a utopian fantasy world heavily inspired by J. R. R. Tolkien or George R. R. Martin,” one review reads. Another claims the game's story is better than The Witcher's. Possible, we suppose, but probably a little hyperbolic.
If you're genuinely considering picking up a copy of My Friend Peppa Pig, then you might have to wade through a few glowing reviews to find some accurate ones. If you buy it thinking it is going to be your game of the year, which is something a number of its reviews are claiming will be the case, then you're probably going to be disappointed. It is a little heartwarming to see something get reverse review bombed though, even if it does set a few Peppa fans up for disappointment.
