The top-voted Steam review for monster battler Wild Hearts, the day after it was released in February, was a thumbs down: one of approximately 1,700 negative reviews posted in 24 hours, earning it a ‘mostly negative’ summary. “The price is higher than the fps you will be able to pull in this game,” the review reads. 571 people marked it helpful. Five people reacted with a slow clap emoji.
This cratering of ’ reviews reminds me of what happened to in December (currently mixed, with nearly 30,000 negative reviews). It reminds me of ’s barebones port from late 2021. It was review bombed because Square Enix left it unpatched for four years, then released a better version on the Microsoft store. There’s a feeling in the air right now that game studios are turning in shoddy PC ports, and that PC performance in general is getting worse.
