With beautiful words, a user on Steam describes his love for No Man’s Sky. He has spent 9,326 hours in the game, and it has changed his life. Previously, he was such a perfectionist that he wanted to quit gaming, but No Man’s Sky changed his view of the world. MeinMMO author Schuhmann was quite moved by these words until he looked closer.
What a review: A Steam user has, as can be seen on Steam, spent 9,326 hours in No Man’s Sky when he wrote one of the most helpful and highly-rated reviews for No Man’s Sky on July 13:
- He wanted to quit gaming because he was a perfectionist who wanted to control everything. But then the Steam user came across No Man’s Sky, and it changed his life.
- No Man’s Sky showed him how wonderful it is to just go with the flow and enjoy the game. There is no plot; each new world is a new adventure, and you never know what to expect.
- The game has changed his life, teaching him to let go and live.
The review is currently being read a lot because No Man’s Sky is currently on the rise on Steam after a new patch.
1,978 Steam users find the review helpful – It receives 553 community awards
That was my reaction: I found the review beautiful and moving. 9,326 hours – the user emphasizes, that is indeed a lot of time. The user must know what he is talking about. I thought the game must have really changed his life. Even for him or her – it’s cool what people can draw from gaming.
And as can be seen from the numbers on Steam, my reaction is typical of many who read the review: 1,978 find the review helpful, it has received 553 community awards, 383 “Take my points”. With the text, the user earned 612,800 Steam points.
It’s simply a great review.
Reviewer is apparently a fraud, constantly writing reviews after thousands of play hours
What’s the catch? The person has written 80 reviews on Steam:
- In X-Plane 11, he has spent 7,887 hours and calls it the “Rolls-Royce of simulations”
- In Mafia 2, he has spent 5,764 hours
- In Phasmophobia 4,100 hours
- In Among Us 6,705 hours
- In Far Cry 5 7,400 hours
- In Life is Strange 6,780 hours
- In “My Time at Portia” 11,073 hours
- In the “Football Manager” series, he has consistently spent over 10,000 hours. These seem to be the games he actually plays; here he has achieved all achievements.
His other reviews have not performed anywhere near as well as the one for No Man’s Sky, with which he has scored the most Steam points by far. Some of his earlier reviews were in Indonesian. This new form of poetic, flowery reviews has only recently appeared in his portfolio.
One can now obnoxiously speculate that he found the right instructions for ChatGPT when writing the review for No Man’s Sky. According to an analysis site, the review is “100% written by an AI” – but it’s unclear how exactly such analysis sites work.
In his Steam profile, some inconsistencies are noticeable:
What is he doing there? If you look at his Steam profile, you can see that the user has sold a whole range of items, including Steam wallets. He also offers to level up accounts on Steam.
Apparently, this is a scheme:
- The player somehow accumulates extremely many hours in games on Steam. He apparently does not really play them, as can be seen from his relatively few achievements in these games
- Then writes sentimental reviews that receive a lot of attention to rake in Steam points
- Benefits from this in some way by selling virtual items over Steam
It’s quite bitter that some of the most beautiful reviews of games on Steam are apparently not authentic but written for commercial reasons. One wishes that someone at Steam would become aware of this. Most problems with Steam reviews stem from “review bombing” – which can have absurd causes: The DLC for Elden Ring apparently has such poor reviews on Steam because Chinese players are not allowed to cheat
