User reviews are a key element of shopping for many people and they are well aware of that at Epic Games. However, and as we mentioned yesterday when we talked about Facebook’s plans in this regard, In many cases, they are completely distorted for insidious acts, either to project a more positive image than the real one, or, conversely, to carry out a boycott.

Unfortunately, actions in this last sense have been common for some time.and on many occasions they respond to attitudes to certain controversial issues. For example, these days we have heard a lot of negative reviews about Lightyear, Pixar’s latest film, due to a scene in which two women are kissing. These types of events are often called bombing reviews and, as a general rule, they force the platform on which they are manufactured to be cleaned up, which Epic Games is well aware of.

Until now, Therefore, Epic Games Store did not have a user comment and rating system, a somewhat Solomon’s solution that effectively avoided the problem of malicious reviews, but also deprived its users of a resource as practical as this. Although, fortunately, this is something that needs to change, and moreover, with a system that can keep the good and avoid the bad.

And that’s how, as we can read in The Verge, Epic Games will begin to include user feedback, but only to those who have played titles for at least two hoursand it they will be randomly selected by the platform offer them the opportunity to publish their assessments. In this way, the possibility of publishing game reviews will be significantly reduced, but many points will be added so that those that are published are legitimate and credible.

Epic Games states that they do not intend to overwhelm their users, so nall users of the game will also receive an invitation appreciate it, not a single player will receive invitations to rate all the games they have in your catalog. However, it remains to be seen how well this system is accepted and whether users are more or less participatory, as depending on this point, the company may be forced to increase the total volume of review requests sent to users.