The Steam rating of GTA 5 is currently only “balanced”. Players are showing frustration in negative reviews and collecting signatures to save OpenIV.
The ban on the popular OpenIV mod is still receiving negative criticism from the GTA 5 developers. And this is unlikely to change anytime soon, but rather worsen. So far, nearly 60,000 people have signed a digital petition to save OpenIV. The recent reviews on Steam are extremely negative, and the game now has an overall “balanced” rating.
Signature milestone approaching
Recently, Rockstar Games and Take-Two sent a cease and desist to the developers of the OpenIV mod. In this, they demanded that work on the modification cease. The developers complied with the request and no longer offer the modification.
This frustrates many fans, as with OpenIV they were able to incorporate and use new content or textures in the single-player mode of GTA 5. Entirely new game modes were also made possible through this mod. With OpenIV, it was expected to also allow playing on the Liberty City map within GTA 5.
Since the news of the cease and desist reached the public, signatures for the rescue of OpenIV are being collected on Change.org. Together with supporters, they aim to pressure Rockstar to “legalize” the popular mod again.
When we reported on this three days ago, there were about 28,000 signatures. That number has more than doubled as of today. The petition now has 60,809 supporters. The milestone of 75,000 signatures is thus not far away.
Here is the petition for the rescue of OpenIV on Change.org
Steam reviews for GTA 5 plummet
Since the ban on OpenIV was announced, players have been expressing their frustration with the Steam reviews of Grand Theft Auto V. The reviews of games there are divided into two categories: “Recent” and “Overall”.
- Recent ratings are from the last 30 days. Currently, there are about 44,000 reviews for GTA 5, of which only 12% are positive. This results in a rating of “Extremely Negative”.
- Overall includes all reviews of the game. There are about 234,000 of those, of which only 66% are positive. GTA 5 actually had a good rating on Steam but now only has an “Balanced” rating.
To make this negative trend in ratings even clearer, a screenshot of the reviews was uploaded to the Steam Spy Twitter account:
Most helpful review with a significant message
To ensure the negative reviews are clearly displayed, users vote that the reviews were “helpful” so that they don’t get lost. The top review was rated as helpful by 24,496 people. The message behind it is clear:
We are curious to see how the issue of OpenIV and mod bans will develop and will keep you updated.
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