The Silent Hill 2 Remake Wikipedia web page was locked down after its listing of overview scores from the press was edited to make them decrease.
Silent Hill 2 is Bloober Workforce’s well-received remake of Konami’s basic 2001 psychological horror recreation for PC and PS5 (it’s console unique to PS5 for one yr, Sony has confirmed). It sees protagonist James Sunderland following a mysterious letter from his late spouse, Mary, and a seek for clues within the terrifying namesake city, which is teeming with nightmarish monsters.
As reported by Eurogamer, admins had been compelled to make Wikipedia’s Silent Hill 2 Remake page ‘semi-protected’ after what was referred to as “persistent disruptive modifying.”
Wikipedia’s guidelines state that semi-protection is usually vital “to forestall vandalism” to common pages, and that’s precisely what occurred right here, with admins issuing quite a lot of updates that changelog entries stated had been “to repair trolling.”
IGN’s was among the many overview scores tampered with. IGN’s Silent Hill 2 Remake overview returned an 8/10, however it was lowered to six/10. Eurogamer’s rating dropped right down to 0/5 after awarding the game a five-star review. On the time of this text’s publication, the overview scores had been correct.
Why did this occur? Eurogamer speculates it might be pushed by trolls who’re upset about modifications made to the character’s faces and garments.
Silent Hill 2 Remake is having a greater time of it over on Steam, the place it at the moment enjoys an ‘overwhelmingly constructive’ consumer overview score from over 3,000 critiques. (Silent Hill 2 Remake’s world launch date is October 8, however superior entry is accessible now.)
Wikipedia’s Silent Hill 2 Remake web page safety is ready to run out on October 9, though admins could must keep watch over it within the near-term a minimum of.
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