I never read the rating before downloading a game. The only thing that count for me are the tags, the preview pics and the synopsis.
Sometime I get upset, but most of the time I like the games I download.
No. I don't pay much attention to rating numbers. Actual reviews are another thing. I like to read those. See what people liked and didn't like about a game and then decide, whether it will interest me.
But for porn games, screenshots are just as important. And tags. There are some tags that drastically reduce the chance that I'll download a game.
From my experience most people use the tags and the preview pictures. Since I have NTR in my tags so many people assume it is an NTR focused game and I get messages that I should eat shit for creating an NTR game. I even stated so many times that it is not an NTR focused game but people refuse to read that.
For me it's a mix between preview pictures, what the game is about and the review comments. If the majority says that there is a huge amount of grind needed for example.. I press the X button faster than light. But most of the time I give it a try for like 10-15 minutes and then I decide to continue or not.
Ratings rarely make an impact on my choice of games. Of course, a game having a lot of views makes it easier to spot among others, but still I check tags, synopsis and screenshots before downloading.
I try not to let ratings affect my choices, since I've seen some of my favorite games get 2 or 3 stars. If I see someone comment on how great a game is or they compare it to a game I know I like, I ignore the ratings and give it a shot.
But I'll admit, if I'm just browsing the latest updates pages, I tend to not even bother with low rated games unless the art jumps out at me.
I've been surprised by enjoying games not reviewed well, and have disliked some that were highly rated with many reviews. As a rule though, its not a terrible ruler. I pay more attention to actual reviews that articulate why they did/didn't like it.
I kinda pay attention to them but it depends. If a game that at first I didn´t thought was ineteresting has really good rating I may give it a look.
Any game below 3 stars, makes me consider, but also it may have lower rating because it has tags that people don´t like, and not necesarilly because it is a bad game.