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The Fake Review Frenzy and Metacritic Score
One of the core issues discussed is the game’s overwhelmingly negative reception on Metacritic, which currently stands at a 5.4 based on over 122,000 ratings. Ryan acknowledges that some of these reviews are likely fake—both zeros and tens—and that review spamming has been a widespread problem, citing God of War as a comparison with significantly fewer reviews.