Steam just got a major update we’ve wanted for years

A quality-of-life improvement is part of a major update Steam is implementing.

Most of the praise we lavishSteamwith comes from its excellent selection of free games; however, this time around, we’re looking at a community-based feature.

We’re talking about user reviews.

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This section ofValve’s site, while designed to be helpful, is often swamped with silly commentary that barely passes for reviews.

Seeing as you’re reading about steam,Fields of Mistriais a new game you should check out

Give a gamer a keyboard and they’ll not only play a game, but they’ll write “banter” while they’re at it.

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Or at the very least, they’ll fade into the background.

Valve will use AI to bring relevant and useful reviews to the foreground.

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Valvecontinues, “However, we’ve seen that many players use reviews for sharing jokes, memes, ASCII art and other content that might not be the most helpful for a potential purchaser.”

According to Valve, how review scores are compiled won’t change.

Still, it doesn’t guarantee a smooth experience.

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As we know from other algorithms, these systems aren’t without fault, and thus, ire from users quickly follows.

Given the size of this update, and the changes it will introduce, Valve has stated it’ll take “quite a while” before everything works accordingly.

While we wait for all of the issues to be ironed out, there’s another Steam matter far more pressing:free store credit.

This particular offer is extremely time sensitive, so act now to avoid missing out.

Topics:Steam,Valve,PC