Totally forget GS still exists! ~ very old member here returning

Hihi everyone, probably no one probably remembers me, I'm a super old [old] member, used to be occasionally post, and review way way back over 20 years ago, until I hopped on the metacritic train and posted reviews there but in recent months with the new changes just being horrendous, I started looking else where to post my reviews and wow, completely forget that GS still existed and apparently my old account still exists.

Probably have to brush off the cobwebs and update my profile somewhat but might start to become more active here again. I wonder how many of the old mods still remain lol ~ so checking my messages, apparently I had some from 11+ years ago which I kinder ghosted, so if anyone who messaged me is still a member (or even alive) then I'm sorry about that lol.

Hi, Can you shed light on new changes in Metacritic that you deem is bad?

Metacritic is my go to site to read reviews before buying a game. So, I was wondering about the changes.

It's always a good day when an old user (or any user at this point lol) makes a return. This place desperately needs more activity. To be honest I find myself coming to the forums less and less these days. Normally even if I didn't post that much, I would always lurk at least. Now I'm not doing even that most of the time.

Hello! Looking back, GameSpot had really great social media features, but they have all been mostly depreciated over time.

wb and good luck with today's GameSpot

Welcome back, I guess.

Woah talk about a blast from the past.

Hey bro. I still pop in every now and again to do some creepy lurking 👀

All hail Megatron 😎

Damn straight! ✊

Exist yes, thriving no. By you returning that's the largest weekly gain since 2019. Joking aside welcome back.

@FriendBear: What on earth brought back here?

Thats a good question lol, been busy and I've still been reviewing games all these days. Its just, forum wise most have either disappeared over the years, or have become just exceptionally toxic.

The new changes for review formatting for user reviews for instance are not that great, its almost like its been charged for a few sentences instead of any in-depth reviews without becoming a 'critic' each time do a review, I try to write at least 2000+ words and 3 - 6 paragraphs, and it feels like metacritic new changes lack any formatting.