discussion Do ratings affect whether you download a game?

[KantamaroSan]

I look at the ratings, the sample pictures, and the comments... I make a weighed decision, ratings alone are useless

 

[kikomascado]

Usually not. Lots of games with few reviews have good scores because of the number of ratings, so I don't even pay it any attention, unless I post-proccess them in order to account for how much reviews there is.
Said that, many times I search games based on the replies to the thread, and filter that based on the tags and my initial response to the game images.

 

[Tenebreaux]

I think it's a factor in whether I'll do some reading of the comments or reviews. But tags and image previews weigh more heavily.

 

[Uthuriel]

I'll take them into consideration but they aren't the deciding factor.

 

[Harlequin1229]

I pay no attention to ratings, if the synopsis sounds interesting I check tags and preview pictures and decide.

 

[stangnomez]

Depends on my backlog/remaining storage.

 

[AlBetGam]

I take a look at them if I'm interested but the ratings are mixed or low. If they're coherently expressing real problems ("it's written by a caveman, rendered on an Etch-a-Sketch, and crashes like a Boeing") that'll probably turn me away. If it's just whining about which tags the reviewer doesn't like ("dev labeled this game HAREM but MC's Mom CLEARLY has sex with his Dad so it's NTR!") I'll ignore that review.

Anything below 3 tends to be my limit but god damn I've seen some 5s that have had me question if people are fucking stupid.

Very true, especially when it comes to niche fetishes. I've played games that got away with criminal levels of bad everything because some people genuinely don't care for any factor except whether their favorite tag is in there.

 

[-Bonk-]

I strictly go off the tags and images. If what i like isn't
represented then i'm moving on

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[Montimer]

Not really. Unless the game has absolutely horrendous ratings.
I personally use them as way to communicate with the devs and point out aspects I liked or disliked in most truthful way.

 

[Montimer]

Desert Stalker has some fantastic writing and an interesting world. I often don't like the fantasy worlds developers conjure up but one from Desert stalker is well written and represented.

 

[Magician5513]

Offcourse it matters... Especially when I am in doubt about a game.

 

[shauna]

I mainly look at the tags and screenshots, the notes and comments are not necessarily representative for me because everyone has their own opinion.
And also people are more inclined to give negative notes than positive ones.

 

[hmadao]

Not in the least.

 

[Silwith]

Yes, the Ratings are rarely what I would rate a game, but if a game has gone below 3 it is almost always for a reason... sometimes a 3.5 is a 4.9 for me or a 4.9 is just a 3.5... but a 2.6 is almost always a 1.... xD

 

[BeanieBaby]

Don't know if it's the same thing but for me, I look at the conversations for the game in question. If it's filled with: where the heck is... or how do I...questions, I pass.
If it's an initial release and there is already a walkthrough for it, I pass (usually) and that is all after I make it past the genre tags. Things like "Censored" is a quick pass by me.

 

[idkwhattoput123]

I play whatever looks good to me bad ratings or not. Some people will put bad and good ratings for ridiculous reasons and I just haven't trusted them in years.

 

[AlfaBit]

Most of the times they do but they can't exactly control my preferences like if it's a game with highly favourite tags, I tend to ignore ratins on that thingy. Similarly if a game has tags like ntr, I would ignore 5 star ratings too cause fuck that shit, doesn't matter if it's avoidable or not.

 

[Dad70]

no, I go off the tags and images and comments

 

[Scales]

A new post with only 1 or no ratings has me wait at the very least... I prefer to allow others do the initial download and determine the safety of the files.

 

[Deco]

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