Following The Last of Us Part 2, Metacritic is Delaying Its User Reviews

Metacritic has announced that it is delaying its user reviews until 36 hours after a game is released, in an attempt to help stop "review bombers" from bringing a score down before actually playing it.
This news comes only a few weeks following the release of The Last of Us Part 2.

Partly due to the review bombing of The Last of Us Part II last month, Metacritic has delayed user review submissions on new releases : r/thelastofus

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