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Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
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Fail Overall Grade
FAIL Rating Trend
FAIL Suspicious Reviewers
FAIL Phrase Repetition
FAIL Overlapping Review History
WARN Deleted Reviews
WARN Unverified Purchases
WARN Reviewer Participation
PASS Word Count Comparison
PASS Reviewer Ease
PASS Brand Repeats
PASS Incentivized Reviews
Most Trusted Reviews
This game is epic. The cinematic presentation is the best ... [Go to full review]
Jun 6, 2017
100%
TRUST
TRUST
- Verified Purchaser
- Take-Back Reviewer (5 deleted Reviews; avg. rating: 4.6)
- Easy Grader (avg. rating: 4.3)
Least Trusted Reviews
This IS the game of the year. But a few ... [Go to full review]
Jun 27, 2008
0%
TRUST
TRUST
- Unverified Purchaser
- Created on a high volume day
- Contains repetitive phrases (show)
- Overrepresented Participation (posted 5 Reviews)
- Easy Grader (avg. rating: 4.5)
Analysis Details
Fail Rating Trend
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- 20%
- Created over 26 days
We counted 1,004 reviews for this product over the span of 4,368 days, an average of 0.2 reviews per day. If these reviews were created randomly, there would be a 99.9% chance that we would see 3 or fewer reviews on any given day.
However, we see the following 26 days exceeding this threshold:In total, we found that 197 reviews were created on just 26 days. The reviews on these high volume days have rated this product an average of 4.7 while reviews from other days have rated this product an average of 4.4. Based on our statistical modeling, the discrepancy in average rating between these two groups is significant enough to believe that the difference is not due to random chance, and may indicate that there are unnatural reviews.
Fail Suspicious Reviewers
One-Hit Wonders
218 of the 1,004 reviewers have only reviewed this product. While this is more One-Hit Wonders than we'd expect to see, the discrepancy in ratings between the One-Hit Wonders and reviewers who have posted more than one review isn't significant enough to rule out the possibility of it being due to random chance.
Take-Back Reviewers
330 of the 1,004 reviewers have had at least one of their past reviews for another product deleted. This is an excessively large percentage of Take-Back Reviewers which may indicate unnatural reviews.
Single-Day Reviewers
36 of the 1,004 reviewers have written multiple reviews but posted all of them on a single day. The Single-Day reviewers have rated this product an average of 4.8 while all other reviewers rated this product an average of 4.4. Based on our statistical modeling, the discrepancy in average rating between these two groups is significant enough to believe that the difference is not due to random chance, and may indicate that there are unnatural reviews.
Fail Phrase Repetition
Reviews that contain one of these phrases are NOT necessarily devalued; read more about how this test works here.
164 of the 1,004 total reviews for this product use substantial repetitive phrases between them. These reviewers have rated this product an average of 4.6 while reviews without substantial repetitive phrases rated this product an average of 4.4. Based on our statistical modeling, the discrepancy in average rating between these two groups is significant enough to believe that the difference is not due to random chance, and may indicate that there are unnatural reviews.
Fail Overlapping Review History
Reviewers of this product have ALSO reviewed the following products:
6% also reviewed:
God of War III - Playstation 3 by Sony Computer Entertainment
6% also reviewed:
Uncharted: Drake's Fortune - Playstation 3 by Sony
6% also reviewed:
Grand Theft Auto IV - PlayStation 3 by Rockstar Games
6% also reviewed:
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves - Playstation 3 by Sony
5% also reviewed:
Killzone 2 - Playstation 3 by Sony
5% also reviewed:
Resident Evil 5 - Playstation 3 by Capcom
5% also reviewed:
The Last of Us - PlayStation 3 by PlayStation
5% also reviewed:
Assassin's Creed - Playstation 3 by UBI Soft
5% also reviewed:
inFAMOUS - Playstation 3 by Sony
253 of the 1,004 reviewers have substantial overlapping product review history. These reviewers have rated this product an average of 4.6 while the reviewers who have a more unique product review history rated this product an average of 4.4. Based on our statistical modeling, the discrepancy in average rating between these two groups is significant enough to believe that the difference is not due to random chance, and may indicate that there are unnatural reviews.
Warn Deleted Reviews
We discovered a total of 27 deleted Reviews for this product, with an average rating of 4.6. Even though deleted reviews don't affect the average rating, the fact that action was taken to delete reviews raises some red flags about the integrity of the reviews for the product as whole.
There are a few limitations to keep in mind regarding the Deleted Reviews test:
- We don't have a magic ability to collect every single deleted review; we can only identify reviews as deleted if we collect them on one date and then notice they are no longer visible on a subsequent date.
- We have no information on reviews that were never published in the first place.
- We also don't know why these reviews were removed. It could be action from the platform, personal decision by the review author, part of an entire account closure, even some data error on our part, etc.
Warn Unverified Purchases
516 of the 1,004 total reviews for this product are unverified purchases. While this is a higher percentage of unverified purchases than we'd expect to see, it does not appear to have a significant impact on the overall rating.
Unverified purchases may be the result of Kindle Unlimited readers, buyers who didn't pay full price, or reviewers who did not purchase the product at Amazon. Read more about our Unverified Purchases test.
Warn Reviewer Participation
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- 58%
- From reviewers with an overrepresented participation
We see the following 2 participation groups with a statistically significant greater concentration than what we'd expect to see:In total, we found that 580 reviewers (or 58%) are within an overrepresented participation group. This is an excessively high number of reviewers in overrepresented participation groups.
Pass Word Count Comparison
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- 0%
- Have an overrepresented word count
We didn't find any review word count groups that had a statistically significant greater concentration than what we'd expect to see in this category.
Read more about our Word Count Comparison test.
Read more about our Word Count Comparison test.
Pass Reviewer Ease
The ease score is the average rating for all reviews that a given reviewer submits. The average ease score for reviewers of this product is 4.3, while the average ease score for reviewers in this category is 4.3.
4.3 Product's Average Ease Score
4.3 Category's Average Ease Score
Read more about our Reviewer Ease test.
Pass Brand Repeats
Brand Repeaters
41 of the 1,004 reviewers have reviewed other products for this brand. This is within an acceptable range and it does not appear to be significantly affecting the overall rating for this product.
Pass Incentivized Reviews
On Oct 3, 2016, Amazon prohibited incentivized reviews, however we still test for them since there are still millions in our dataset.
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- 0%
- Admitted to receiving an incentive
We didn't detect any reviews that used language indicating they were incentivized.
Read more about our Incentivized Reviews test. Check out our study showing that Incentivized Reviewers are much more likely to leave a positive review.
Read more about our Incentivized Reviews test. Check out our study showing that Incentivized Reviewers are much more likely to leave a positive review.