Hey Community!
Exciting little announcement to make. Some of you may have noticed if you checked out our store page, that the featured user reviews have changed. It no longer displays the most helpful reviews of all time at the top of the list.
This is a major change -- but is definitely a positive one.
Allow me to explain further:
There are now two scores for the game.
A score based on reviews from the last 30 days.
As well as an overall score from the day of release.
This will give potential customers a better look at the CURRENT state of the game (as it is episodic), and better reflect what players are currently thinking.
This is definitely beneficial to an episodic title.
Especially one that has changed so much over the span of 5 months.
But even more beneficial, are the reviews displayed at the bottom of the page.
It is no longer showing the most "upvoted" reviews of all time.
Instead, it spotlights the most recent reviews, as well as the most helpful reviews in the last 30 days. It can be extended further to view the most helpful reviews up to the last 180 days, but what is spotlighted now is more indicative of the projects immediate status.
A lot has changed since Chapter One. That much is certain.
Now potential customers will be able to see current buzz.
There were a lot of reviews based solely on Chapter One, even before the re-write.
We believe this new review system will give players a much better picture of how the game has changed, and will continue to change up until that final chapter drops.
But it is not entirely dropping all of the reviews made based on that portion of the game -- or my actions around the launch window. They are still there for those who wish to dig a little deeper and see the status of things as they were back in December.
Doing so, displays the growth of the title, myself as a developer, and the community.
It's a much better feature. Showing a timeline of the games lifespan.
And how a product and its community can evolve over time.
Kyle "Klace" Lambert
Tall Tail Studios
Project Lead and Head Writer