Possible reasons why this happens:
- An update was recently released that changed the game for the worse, causing long-time players to change their review.
- It’s an early access title that’s been abandoned by the developer, and is being justifiably review bombed as a result.
- It was recently included in a bundle, so there’s a lot of new players who weren’t interested enough to buy the game on its own, but played it after receiving it in the bundle and were unimpressed. I’d give this one the least weight, because often times those are players who just don’t like the genre or went in with too-high expectations for a low budget game.
Or a recent update added a non-game feature that ruined it, like banning you for using multiplayer with a vpn or adding drm.
In the case of Oblivion Remastered (not the proper one, the Bethesda one) it seems closer to #2. It has very similar reviews to this screenshot. A lot of people were excited and happy to play it, but as time went on people found that the game was actually moderately bugged and has many progress breaking issues that the devs ignore. I’m assuming that Bethesda released this purely to undermine Skyblivion, but it’s clear which dev team cares about what they produce. Side note, the absolute scumbags charge £50 for it. A remaster should never be above £20
I really don’t know what people expected with oblivion remastered tbh, its a Bethesda title of course it’s broken
Side note, the absolute scumbags charge £50
I was downvoted for pointing this out.
Yo ho, me hearties. You own it already. “Update” your copy to its current iteration for free. 🤌🏼
