Artificial Intelligence vs. Critics — Fake Review of Resident Evil: Requiem Even Reaches Metacritic

Artificial Intelligence vs. Critics — Fake Review of Resident Evil Requiem Even Reached Metacritic

The review aggregator Metacritic found itself at the center of a scandal after a review completely generated by a neural network made it into the official rating for the new game Resident Evil Requiem. The text, written from the perspective of a fictional "analyst in AI gaming and sports betting," remained on the site long enough to affect the horror game's average score.

The situation was brought to light by the PC Gamer portal, which noticed the strange publication. The review was overflowing with typical AI clichés, lacked specific gameplay details, and was published on a dubious resource that had never previously engaged in game journalism. The profile's author — a certain "expert" — whose biography and photo, as it turned out, were also created by generative networks.

This is not just an amusing incident but a wake-up call for the industry — bots have learned to mimic professional publications so skillfully that they bypass the automatic filters of major platforms.

Metacritic moderators promptly removed the fake review after it was brought to their attention by the media. However, the incident sparked a wave of discussion about the value of user and professional ratings.