0/10: Why Zelda Tears of the Kingdom Suddenly Gets A Lot Of Downvotes

The Zelda Tears of the Kingdom Metacritic score is suddenly going down rapidly. What is causing this hate wave, and what does the new Final Fantasy have to do with it?

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Tears of the Kingdom is getting downvoted on Metacritic | © Nintendo/EarlyGame

Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom , the best game of the year, initially received top ratings as soon as it was released. However, to our surprise, the game's Metacritic score is now rapidly declining. What's causing the Tears of the Kingdom hate on Metacritic?

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Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom Metacritic Score Rapidly Declining

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TotK ratings are going down... but why? | © Nintendo

Despite the game's top scores in various reviews, it seems like Tears of the Kingdom is loosing some ratings on Metacritic right now.

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Apparently, since Final Fantasy XVI is out, there have been a high number of bot-accounts giving out 0/10 ratings to Tears of the Kingdom and boosting Final Fantasy at the same time.

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TotK's user score just went down from 8.7 to an 8.6 rating, which doesn't seem like much, but considering that this number is based on over seven thousand user ratings, these rapid changes seem to be quite significant.

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