When a game finally claws its way past 50% positive reviews on Steam, is that cause for celebration — or just more fuel for memes? Sunborn Network (the studio behind Girls' Frontline) and their new single-player tactics title 'Bread & Butter' just gave the Chinese gaming community the perfect excuse to argue about it.
The Steam page shows the game has crossed the 50% positive threshold, but it's still classified as 'Mixed' reviews. Some players were surprised it even got that high; others were quick to dunk on it: '50% positive is still garbage in any normal person's eyes' and 'It's still Mixed, when it hits Overwhelmingly Positive then your copium army can celebrate.'
The most contentious issue is the quality of the positive reviews themselves. Players noticed that some positive reviews have absolutely nothing to do with the game. One review titled 'A Letter to My Future Self' is just a long personal essay about the reviewer's experiences in 2018, without mentioning the game even once. A commenter pinpointed the connection: 'iris is a Girls' Frontline fan-made galgame — that's where this person's journey with the franchise began.' In other words, these are fujoshi-core (结晶式) reviews from diehard GFL loyalists rating the game out of franchise loyalty, not actual gameplay quality.
Another long-running debate that resurfaced: do Steam reviews from refunded purchases actually count toward the score? One commenter thought it was common knowledge that they don't. But another immediately posted screenshots proving they do count: 'The NGA gossip board has been debunking this myth for a month straight.' A third player recalled that Steam did change the policy around 2017 to exclude refunded reviews, but the policy was apparently reversed at some point. This unresolved mystery casts yet another shadow over the already controversial numbers.
One of the most insightful takes came from a player who noted: 'Yu Zhong (Sunborn's founder) should actually thank himself for destroying his own reputation — because no casual player would touch this game now, the positive review rate isn't getting diluted by normal people.' They added that the game actually patches player feedback faster than any of Sunborn's live-service gacha titles, which is honestly embarrassing for those games.
A more measured commenter tried to cut through the noise: 'There are review bombers on both sides, but at the end of the day, single-player games live or die by their quality. Bread & Butter delivers enough content for its price point, and 80% positive is probably where it'll settle. The real damage from all the off-game drama is to word-of-mouth and sales, but as a tactics game it's perfectly competent.'
Another user raised an interesting point about the disconnect between the community bubble and actual players: 'People who play games and people who argue on forums aren't the same people. As long as the game itself isn't broken, players will give it a positive review. Thunder Games' 'Reforge: Outpost' launched at 36% positive and nobody on the forums even blinked.'
Perhaps the most brutal detail came from a commenter who revealed: 'A cracked copy leaked on day one — not even a shred of dignity left.' Between the pirated copies circulating immediately at launch and Sunborn's catastrophic reputation among casual gamers, this uphill battle for positive reviews was always going to be a slog. As it stands, 'Bread & Butter' has cleared 50% positive but remains stuck in Steam's 'Mixed' tier, still a long way from the 70% threshold needed for 'Mostly Positive.'
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