Cooking Roguelike Game Omelet You Cook Has Its Perfect Steam Review Record Ruined by Contrarian Player

Omelet You Cook, a roguelike cooking crippled connected Steam, has been having a large aboriginal entree it seems. It precocious passed 500 subordinate reviews, and each past 1 of them was positive, making it 1 of a uncommon fewer games connected Steam to person 100% affirmative reviews.

Until today.

As pointed retired to america by developer Dan Schumacher of SchuBox Games, the crippled received its archetypal antagonistic reappraisal today. And sure, antagonistic reviews are conscionable portion of the woody erstwhile releasing a crippled connected Steam. But what truly bothered Schumacher is that according to the substance of the review, the reviewer didn't really dislike the game. They played for 0.8 hours total, 0.2 hours erstwhile they posted the review, and wrote the following:

"Game is amazing. I conscionable similar to beryllium different."

IGN reached retired to the reviewer for further remark up of this portion but didn't perceive back.

The assemblage appears to person sprung to Omelet You Cook's defense, arsenic the crippled has received astir 40 caller affirmative reviews successful the 14 hours since the antagonistic reappraisal was posted, and a fig of radical person commented scolding the antagonistic reviewer for ruining the affirmative streak conscionable for kicks, though immoderate of those comments are unluckily acold harsher than the antagonistic reappraisal itself.

"Seeing this reappraisal was precise draining for us," said Schumacher to IGN. "We knew 100% wouldn't past everlastingly but it wounded to person the streak ended by idiosyncratic who successful their ain words thinks the crippled is amazing. Emotionally I deliberation I'd consciousness amended if it was idiosyncratic complaining astir bugs, oregon plan choices, oregon conscionable feeling the crippled isn't for them."

A azygous antagonistic reappraisal is hardly the extremity of the satellite for SchuBox Games, but it does marque a difference. There are very, very, very fewer games connected Steam with perfectly affirmative reviews, oregon astatine slightest successful meaningful amounts similar this. The much you get, the much apt it is idiosyncratic volition person thing atrocious to say. There's a crippled called Shooters, Ready! connected Steam that's lone disposable successful Japanese and likewise has implicit 500 affirmative reviews and 0 antagonistic ones. But astatine slightest utilizing the built successful hunt by idiosyncratic reviews, determination don't look to beryllium immoderate others.

According to Schumacher, having nary antagonistic reviews really did spend him immoderate benefits, too:

"Having 100% affirmative reviews was a immense payment for america due to the fact that it's highly abnormal for a crippled with hundreds of reviews," helium told IGN. "People spot 100% and go funny capable to work done immoderate of the reviews to recognize wherefore it's truthful beloved oregon to cheque retired the demo for themselves. We've had aggregate radical articulation our Discord oregon permission their ain reappraisal and notation that they gave the crippled a accidental due to the fact that they couldn't judge it was maintaining 100% for truthful long.

"...The biggest interaction this volition person connected Omelet You Cook is losing that mystique of a cleanable 100%. That led to immoderate opportunities for Omelet You Cook to beryllium mentioned due to the fact that it was atypical. But honestly for players coming crossed the Steam page, I don't deliberation 99% vs 100% makes immoderate quality astatine all. Some users similar to filter by antagonistic reviews to recognize wherever the symptom points are and I person to admit that this antagonistic reappraisal frames Omelet You Cook successful a precise affirmative light."

It's agelong been known that engagement with games connected Steam successful the signifier of Wishlists and reviews tin beryllium a monolithic boon, particularly for tiny developers. There are simply excessively galore games, and getting attraction connected specified a crowded storefront is intolerable if you don't already person a built-up assemblage oregon a batch of advertizing money. Having tons of affirmative reviews and fewer antagonistic ones gets games similar Omelet You Cook visibility erstwhile searching nether definite filters oregon ranking systems, including third-party ones. That's surely been the lawsuit for Omelet You Cook

"We're precise fortunate and grateful to person reached 507 affirmative reviews earlier our archetypal negative," Schumacher said. "We worked incredibly hard to execute that with 15 contented updates implicit 5 months. But we besides got incredibly fortunate and it's obscurity adjacent a flawless game. There's plentifulness of valid reasons idiosyncratic mightiness person a antagonistic acquisition with the crippled and we're grateful to each 507 chefs who took the clip to constitute a affirmative review. Each 1 helps Omelet You Cook scope a wider audience."

Rebekah Valentine is simply a elder newsman for IGN. Got a communicative tip? Send it to [email protected].