Steam has updated its review system: S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 is most loved by Ukrainians and Spaniards, and least by Chinese and Koreans

«Users’ experiences of the same game in different regions of the world can vary significantly. There are many reasons why this can happen with a particular game: translation issues, cultural differences, poor network connection quality, etc. — until now, the overall rating did not take all of these factors into account,» the announcement of the new feature on Steam says.

The company believes that calculating the score for a separate language will help to better filter the judgments of different user groups and provide more relevant information for players belonging to these groups.

Now, if a game has enough reviews written in a specific language, Steam will calculate a separate rating for that language. Users will see ratings based on the primary language they selected. This means that a game may have a higher rating for one language and a lower rating for another.

Reviews by language will be displayed for projects that have more than 2000 public reviews and at least 200 reviews written in at least one language.

«We intentionally set the minimum threshold to more than 10 reviews, which are required to calculate the overall rating: we want to be confident in the rating given for a specific language before showing it to users,» Steam says.

Reviews for STALKER 2 in different languages

The Ukrainian game STALKER 2: Heart of Chornobyl has almost 90,000 reviews on Steam, written in 29 languages, 81% of which recommend the project. The highest percentage of positive reviews are from Ukrainian and Spanish-speaking players, and the lowest are from gamers from Asian countries — Chinese, Japanese, and Korean.

Distribution of reviews for STALKER 2 by language:

• Ukrainian — 19,791 reviews, «exclusively favorable» (96% positive);
• Spanish — 1,342 reviews, «very favorable» (84% positive);
• Portuguese — 739 reviews, «very favorable» (83% positive);
• Italian — 301 reviews, «very favorable» (83% positive);
• Russian — 15,335 reviews, «very favorable» (82% positive);
• Czech — 678 reviews, «mostly favorable» (79% positive);
• English — 37,739 reviews, «mostly favorable» (77% positive);
• Turkish — 975 reviews, «mostly favorable» (77% positive);
• French — 925 reviews, «mostly favorable» (76% positive);
• German — 2,621 reviews, «mostly favorable» (74% positive);
• Polish — 1,682 reviews, «mostly favorable» (72% positive);
• Korean — 1,120 reviews, «mixed» (59% positive);
• Japanese — 544 reviews, «mixed» (59% positive);
• Chinese (Simplified) — 3,406 reviews, «mixed» (48% positive).

We remind you that STALKER 2 is currently available at a 30% discount as part of the Ukrainian video game festival .

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