Do Steam guides to games need to be vetted better?
Do Steam guides to games need to be vetted better?
I'm asking because it seems to me that there are people that write guides to games that are high score addicts. For example, if you look up a guide to an RPG or even an Action RPG game on there, the author of the guide wants to help you. The same thing goes for people writing guides for platform-type games. However, if you're like me, and play all kinds of games, from rolling dice to adventure RPG to platforming games, and if you have read a few guides from there, you perhaps have noticed something I've noticed that irritates me. Score chasing types of game guides are sometimes incomplete and refer to tropes like, "if you're feeling tired, take a break and eat a salad" types of things. I love arcade style games and feel like these types of guides which say such things are absolutely dumb. There are also guides to score-chasing games that leave out important information or do not elaborate on things, or even seem a bit subjective when it comes down to difficulty level (score chasers often have some type of level of ease, starting from "easy" moving into "normal" and then to "hardcore.") Recently, I was bored and decided to peruse some guides to "score chasers" I frequently play to see what there was, and I was appalled. Guides that leave out important info. Guides that make comments on modes of play (such as hardcore) that are not helpful, etc. I think this also relates to Steam's list of "curators." They also need a rating system independent of awards and all that other stuff. I don't know what everyone else thinks about this, but sometimes, especially when it comes to games labelled "score chaser" and other games that have a lot of chance in tandem with skill, that the authors of the guides are sometimes not trustworthy because they leave out details that could get you a higher score (I know myself, because I get high scores lol). It's like they're paranoid about getting their high scores beaten or something (I have done that, without having read their guide). Sorry if you don't feel like reading this, but I think it's a problem. Guides like these discourage people who are trying to learn how to play a game and it seems like the guide is written in such a way as to discourage people from playing the game because they give the wrong idea about the game on purpose, because they don't want their high score beaten by someone that read the guide.
TLDR; some writers of guides for arcade and score chaser types of games do so out of paranoid interests in their own high scores and should be vetted on Steam because they either provide terse information about particular items on purpose or give lame, generic advice such as wear comfortable clothing and eat a salad.
Nobody is getting paid to write Steam guides so it's not like you can really expect somebody to write really good ones for obscure games. I think a stricter guide system would probably just lead to there being less guides rather than better ones. Like under a stricter system, the people who write incomplete/inaccurate guides will just stop posting them, but it's not gonna convince many people to start writing good ones. You could also look outside of Steam because from my experience, most people don't really use the Steam guides feature.
Exactly. Nobody is getting paid to write the guides. So, what motivation do they have to write them? You really summarized well what I'm asking. It's also a problem for score-chasing types of games, where sometimes the wrong advice is given. This does not happen in guides written about RPG, Action-RPG, Puzzle, or Platform genres. Thanks for addressing my question. You're right, they do it free of charge. What could be their motivations when it's a score chaser? The score chaser game guides are really bad in comparison to the other genres. Thanks again for taking my question seriously and making an important point about my question.
bro who cares? nothing should be moderated it's a game community page. if this makes you angry then touch grass
It's not a game community page I'm talking about. I'm talking about Steam, where you buy games to play. I'm not angry, I'm asking a question. You seem to not want to answer my question. By the way, a community page is a place where you discuss things. A store where you pay money for games is another thing. Which thing are you talking about? You don't like my question? Maybe you're the author of a shitty guide or something. BTW, what do people get out of writing these shitty guides on purpose? A high? A hardon? That's really my point, "bro." BTW, calling me bro already makes you off-putting. Your internet presence needs some re-adjusting with some real life social time you don't have.
yeah, downvote this comment all you want. You're angry with me. I'm not angry. You're all angry because I'm not angry. That's what pisses you off. how's about you take a moment and use your brains and pay attention to my post, instead of getting angry with me? I'm not angry with anybody. I'm asking a legit question about a web site that is a legit business, that takes money from your pocket in exchange for product. What in the actual hell? I'm actually putting in words what you are afraid to do. In the end, it doesn't matter. I know what I'm doing. You are all angry with me. I never once expressed anger. Quote one place in my post where I expressed anger. You can't do it. So, then, what? you're all accusing me of being hostile blah blah blah and I just asked a question. A non hostile question. You are the angry ones. You're angry with me. Why? That's what I'd like to know. You hate me for asking this question and I have no idea why. It makes you angry. Why? Enlighten me instead of being opaque.
See? You're an author of a guide that is kind of not good and probably falls into the category of not good I put in my question. Or, you're just angry because I thought of asking this question before you did, because you think the same thing as I do. Because, really, Sally, my girl, you've got bored and read some guides on Steam once or twice in your life. Sally, my girly bro.
Since they are community posts I don't think vetting is really an issue. Even developer guides are probably fine. I come from the mindset of not looking at guides and trying to figure out the game/solution so I'd be interested in how many people use them/depend on them
I come from the same mindset as you. I actually said in my post I was bored and decided to read some guides to games I play on Steam. My impression is the one I stated in my post. You don't read guides and never got bored to bother to read them, so I guess your comment is a bit not interesting?
TBH the entire community tab just needs to be nuked on steam and started from scratch with real moderation. 90% is porn or scams.
I’d really just find guides somewhere else from someone who has some motivation to write them
Lots of people on here who write guides on Steam, I guess. Sorry, didn't mean to trample all over your guides. If you write guides with generous, good intentions, though, you'd just answer my question instead of downvoting. You know downvoting here is not significant, right? You can downvote this post all the livelong day. You're just downvoting because you authored a shitty guide I'm asking about and, given the circumstances of my having caught you, you can't really answer my question honestly. By the end of the month this post will disappear. It will take a month, though. Those that organize their subscriptions by "new" will see it even if you downvote it. Because that's how it works. No karma here. I'm sorry. If you want your vote to have a true impact, go back to reddit, where I'm not. I'm sure you are still on Reddit, because you miss the bro talk.
Before you say something insulting to me, I'll just let you know that I reported the people who were directly insulting. So watch your language. Wouldn't want to get yourself banned or something.
Hmm, seems to me like I had to ask a bolder question, like, "why do people with no social skills try to socialize?" I don't like any of you, and you're all blocked now, because somebody actually made a public point about blocking me so you can all see that. Really mean. My question is actually intelligent and was an innocent question. You're all extremely violent. I'm not only blocking you, I'm reporting every single one of you. Then, I'm laughing at you in your faces.