It's a review, it's a joke, and it's a way to fawn over or dismiss a game you've never played. Walking Simulator, a tag that started as a criticism of games like Dear Esther or Gone Home, is still shown, but it's kind of morphed into a compliment at this point: people genuinely do enjoy walking, exploration, narrative experiences, and games that don't just stick a gun in your hand and send you out to shoot stuff. There used to be lots of this: when Steam first added user tags in 2014, you could see all of them, including brutal and often unfair tags like Bad, Hipster Garbage, and Not A Game, though tags like those are now hidden from the lists of popular tags even if people still add them. And precious few, like the Gambling tag, can be used by players to make a joke or a statement (or both at once, as above). There are a only handful of Steam user tags like Masterpiece, Surreal, Difficult, and Atmospheric that register more of an opinion rather than state a genre or game type. It'll make playing them and reviewing them much easier. It's a relief knowing all these games will be masterpieces. So is Dying Light 2, due out next year, along with Doom Eternal, Crusader Kings 3, and even Frog Detective 2: The Case of the Invisible Wizard. Did you know Cyberpunk 2077 and Half-Life: Alyx are masterpieces? Now you do. Masterpiece is also used liberally by my absolute favorite type of gamer, the ones who have decided a game is great before it's even been released. And why should a game need to make you mull over important issues or reexamine your own morals to be considered a masterpiece? A great game is a great game, whether it's The Wolf Among Us or a sim about fixing cars. But it's also an extremely good game with thousands of glowing, positive reviews. At first that feels like a joke: it's a game about fixing cars, not a deep, story-driven experience delving into the true nature of humanity. Car Mechanic Simulator Complete Edition 2014 is a masterpiece, according to Steam users. Some uses of the Masterpiece tag are tougher to figure out. A great game is a great game, whether it's The Wolf Among Us or a sim about fixing cars.
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