#How to disable recent activity steam update
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Games in 4A Games' Metro series faced similar off-topic review bombs in the months after sequel Metro Exodus migrated away from Steam. This isn't the first time Steam users have taken aim at companies that are making the move to Epic exclusivity. outside the game itself.' Valve restated that definition in March as a situation 'where players post a large number of reviews in a short period of time, aimed at lowering the Review Score of a game where the focus of those reviews is on a topic that we consider unrelated to the likelihood that future purchasers will be happy if they buy the game.' The company defined that kind of review bomb back in 2017 as 'issue players are concerned about. This would seem to be a textbook case of the kind of off-topic review bombing Valve is trying to combat. One characteristic reviewer with over 300 hours spent on Borderlands 2В writes that the game is 'one of the few looter shooters that actually keeps me engaged.' But the reviewer then justifies their 'thumbs down' rating ' Epic Games exclusivity, please don't play into Epic's game.' Plenty of other reviews use copy/pasted ASCII art of double middle-fingers to express their general distaste for Epic and Gearbox's decision. Instead, you'll find hundreds of people expressing their displeasure with Gearbox's recently announced decision to release the upcoming Borderlands 3 exclusively on the Epic Games Store for a six-month period. AdvertisementДЇurther Reading Borderlands 3 is the next big Epic Games Store exclusiveDive into the text of those recent negative reviews, and you'll find practically no one criticizing the games themselves. You can see similar recent review patterns on the Steam pages for the original Borderlands, The Pre-Sequel, and various series DLC packages as well. In the few days since April 1, by contrast, the game has received a flood of 2,156 negative reviews, or nearly 62 percent of reviews during that time.

In the six months leading up to March 31, Borderlands 2 received a total of 412 negative reviews on Steam-a paltry 4.5 percent of all the reviews posted in that period.

This month, that policy is so far failing to correct for some clear off-topic review bombs on Gearbox's Borderlands games. Last month, Valve announced a new policy intended to curb the problem of 'off-topic review bombs' on Steam, wherein a horde of players post negative reviews of a game for reasons other than the game's actual content. Excluded from the Review Score (by default).' The 'Recent Reviews' summaries for those games have also flipped from 'Mixed' to 'Very' or 'Mostly Positive' as a result of the move.]

Steam reviews for BorderlandsВ franchise games since April 2 are now shown in a histogram view with a large asterisk and the warning 'Period(s) of off-topic review activity detected. User reviews written during the tagged period will still be accessible and users can choose to include these reviews in the Review Score by changing their preferences.' As a result, user reviews submitted while the titles are tagged will not count towards the games' Review Scores.

#How to disable recent activity steam update

[ Update 10:30pm ET: In a statement sent to Ars Technica just now, Valve's Doug Lombardi says that 'after a review of current review activity on Borderlands titles, the decision was made to tag the franchise for off-topic reviews on Steam, effective immediately.