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See https://www.reddit.com/r/Games/comments/14f8jsg/final_fantasy_xvi_review_thread/ for an example.

I realize that they are likely mostly done by hand but I quite miss them. They were some of my favorite features on that subreddit.

I suppose a script could be written to automate at least parts of it.

What do you think?

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[–] simple@lemm.ee 82 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I do occasionally make review threads like that one. They're easy to do and aren't done by hand actually, anyone can grab the template from OpenCritic.

  1. Go to OpenCritic and find the game you want

  2. Under "Share This Game", click the rightmost button (Export)

  3. Choose the "Reddit" export (it's actually just markdown so it can be used anywhere)

And there you go, it'll give you a template full of reviews you can copy and paste to make your own thread. Now it's mostly a matter of cleaning up the formatting a bit and maybe removing some lesser known reviews in case there are too many (like 20+ of them)

[–] burnso@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago

Oh, cool! I didn’t know this was already a thing. Thank you!

[–] quinten@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Super! We will remember this one!

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[–] DrAnthony@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Those threads were user driven. Honestly, the easiest way would be to reach out to TurboStrider and see if he had any interest in posting over here. He was always very cordial with the "old guard" (long time members that underwent a mass exodus over the last 6 months, myself included) on the mod team and has bristled a bit with the remaining team, at least at the time of my departure. It's a lot more work than it appears and that's why the mod team stayed far, far away from it (and the impossible to avoid optics of biases based on where various publications fell in order).

I think the best option right now would be to post a framework thread on launch day, have a pinned post if possible or just upvote the snot out of a placeholder and have users reply to said top post with reviews as they trickle in with a copy and paste format provided at the bottom of the framework thread. Sorry if my terminology and/or lack of knowledge on what tools we have available here comes off the wrong way, I just was deeply involved in r/games for several years and old habits die hard.

[–] Rottcodd@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

You can make one and post it

[–] drmoose@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

There's nothing wrong with copying the thread to Lemmy IMO. Just do it :)

There's no copyright and I can't imagine any ethical issues here.

[–] PlateOfBeans@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

Great thank you!