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Re:Video Games Are Better Without Stories by actuallyalys on Tuesday April 25, 2017 @02:32PM (#14196630)
Gone Home was far from universally hated. Certainly, there's a vocal crowd of people who hated it, but it has a 7/10 on Steam and a 4.5/5 rating on Itch.
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Re:Video Games Are Better Without Stories by mixedCase on Tuesday April 25, 2017 @05:59PM (#14198507)
It does have a 5.4 user score on Metacritic, and the reviews marked as "most helpful" on Steam are mostly negative. I will say though that it surprises me the game is not rated lower on Steam given the Metacritic score. Probably related to the fact the game released before the introduction of Steam reviews, and most people unhappy with it never ended up leaving a review there.

Itch is predominantly a platform the indie dev scene and game journalists use, and that was the crowd that liked it.

From the other popular "walking simulator" games, the Stanley Parade seems to be the most well-received one.

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Re:Video Games Are Better Without Stories by mcphage on Tuesday April 25, 2017 @09:10PM (#14199712)
> It does have a 5.4 user score on Metacritic

User scores on sites like Metacritic are completely useless in understanding how popular a game is or isn't.

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