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Silent Hill 2 Remake Wikipedia page locked after salty fans try to rewrite its critically-acclaimed reception (www.eurogamer.net)
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Wikipedia has had to lock down the Silent Hill 2 Remake page after repeated vandalism from editors who refuse to accept that the remake of Konami's seminal horror game released to critical acclaim earlier this week.

Outright lies around the games reception and metacritic score - including one edit that said the game had "received the worst reviews imaginable" - means the page has now been put into a semi-protected state to stop unregistered users from making wild, unsubstantiated claims, including one that said Eurogamer had awarded it 0/5 stars when, in fact, it got top marks.

It's unclear what's motivating the edits, although its presumed by some to have been fuelled by the nauseating discourse that the game is "woke" because of changes made to the characters facial features and clothing.

Alternatively, it may stem from some fans' dismayed that Silent Hill 2 has been remade by Bloober Teamor, indeed, at all.

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[–] Nuke_the_whales 6 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I don't know what it is, with this need to shit on every single movie or game before it even comes out. There are people who cheer for this stuff to fail, it's absurd . It goes hand in hand with this other issue, when a game is released people will either love it or be called "unplayable shit". Nobody has an in between anymore. Just cause some games aren't a 10/10 masterpiece, it doesn't mean they're shit.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

I heard it in some podcast that humans developed a knack to pay attention to negativity as it could help with survivability. Social media hacks into that trait by amplifying negativity.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

There are people who cheer for this stuff to fail, it’s absurd

There is money in it, just a grift.