discussion Do ratings affect whether you download a game?

[Yoneknwhiam]

Just check tags and likes not ratings because people can be very critical

 

[txhp23]

I don't care if people like the content or not - we all have our own opinions. So I mainly check for things like, how buggy it is

 

[Nekura0ne]

I don't pay much attention to the ratings I prefer to read the reviews and see what people are saying about bugs. As long as there isn't to may complaints of bugs I'll give it a shot and figure out the rest for myself.

 

[Crpapjda]

Nha, I just look just the tags and the screenshots. Rating are overrated. A game can have bad ratings just because. If there is even a hint of an unpopular tag (like NTR), many people just give bad ratings, even if said tag is just 1 scene or lesser plot point.

 

[User_109698]

Tags and preview images are more important to me. I have a pretty high tolerance for jank.

 

[Ronak]

Ratings are pretty useless, i just go by tags,discription,screenshots and if i am still undecided i read some comments.

 

[b00mbox]

tbh i just check the tags and previews usually, never look at the rating.

 

[fairway]

Indirectly. The reviews will cause me to skip a game, but if a game sounds good I only bother to check the reviews if it has a crappy rating. If it's 4+ stars I generally just go right to download, since I kinda know already what I'll see in the reviews.
On the other hand, sometimes a game sounds interesting to me but has crap for stars, but when i check the review the hate is because of taste issues that aren't a problem for me (stuff like "I can't rename the MC! Oh no mah immersions!") I'll check it out anyway.
I've also found a few games that had bad scores because the dev thought grind was good, but using a plugin to speed things along made it into a really fun game (Superpowered comes to mind).

 

[xanxus07]

Cover art looks dope/ sexy/ boner inducing? click.
Tags turn me on? click.
Summary intrigues... proceed to preview pics... click.

 

[beebooopz]

Not really if I don't like it I can always just delete it so no harm really

 

[PierEight]

Ratings on sites like this? No. Because they are basically always fake.

Rating on a site like Steam? Yes. Those can influence my decision.

 

[User_110189]

I never look at the ratings lol but if it's not 4-5 stars then I'd be concerned

 

[elfieeven]

On the other site very much so because they're very prominent but here I have to click to see them so not as much.

 

[Deco]

Absolutely. Good games can have slow starts, but there are so many games that never get devloped past that point. Its easy to waste 2-3 h on game that never goes anywhere and reviews help me manage that.

yes, if a game has "fucking my loli" as plot, and the reviews complain that there's no content yet, it helps a lot

 

[wapij68565]

More than ratings, I read reviews and check the number of views.

 

[Gonzo01]

I llok at the tags first, then the preview pictures. For low ratings, I read the comments, with the caveat that new games wont get a rating yet.
Often, if a game appeals at first sight, I'll try it and form my own opinion.

 

[shrandle]

Yes, high is good and low is bad.

 

[MattShizzle]

Yes, high is good and low is bad.

Of course some terrible ones have high ratings...

 

[Speach]

Not really no. Description and screenshots/game video weigh higher for me.

 

[just4fun1980]

I no longer take the ratings too seriously after seeing what some people mean by 5 stars.
If I'm not sure, I prefer to read a few comments, but I usually download almost everything if I like the tags.