Balan Wonderworld Is Getting A Suspicious Amount Of 10/10 Metacritic User Reviews

Apparently, it’s the best platformer ever. Who knew?

Balan Wonderworld has had some shockingly awful press around its release, including warnings of scenes that are unsafe for epileptic players, and a bunch of reviews that rarely poke their heads up above the 6/10 mark. Needless to say, it’s not looking good for Square Enix’s latest, made with Sonic the Hedgehog alum Yuji Naka at the helm.

Except… actually… maybe it’s all okay! Over the past few days, a slew of 10/10 scores have been coming in from Metacritic users, bumping Balan Wonderworld’s score up to a surprisingly high, overall positive average. It’s starting to look a little… suspect, if you ask us (and the rest of the internet). What’s the opposite of review bombing? Review… inflating? Review fluffing? Well, it’s that.

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Apparently, it’s the best platformer ever. Who knew?

Balan Wonderworld has had some shockingly awful press around its release, including warnings of scenes that are unsafe for epileptic players, and a bunch of reviews that rarely poke their heads up above the 6/10 mark. Needless to say, it’s not looking good for Square Enix’s latest, made with Sonic the Hedgehog alum Yuji Naka at the helm.

Except… actually… maybe it’s all okay! Over the past few days, a slew of 10/10 scores have been coming in from Metacritic users, bumping Balan Wonderworld’s score up to a surprisingly high, overall positive average. It’s starting to look a little… suspect, if you ask us (and the rest of the internet). What’s the opposite of review bombing? Review… inflating? Review fluffing? Well, it’s that.

Read the full article on nintendolife.com

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