discussion Do ratings affect whether you download a game?

[LevitateDecida]

Kinda, I mean the day has only 24hrs so you cannot try all games, a game with a lot of views but low score might not be your cup of tea unless the content really speaks to you.

 

[GettinOlder]

Not really. I check out the preview images and tags and then decide if it's worth downloading or not.

 

[Brugola45]

Kinda. If a game has really bad reviews I'll consider not even trying it out, but at the same time even if it has stellar reviews I'm still not sold immediately

 

[BeanieBaby]

Not really... first off is the tags..certain ones are immediate no thanks, like for instance, futa (chicks with dicks are a serious waste of good air space). Then if the comments are full of "How do I..." or "Where do I..." etc. and finally the pictures presented are yucky looking

 

[kamikazejihad]

Not really. But as the saying first time is accident, second time could be badluck, but third time is a pattern.

Just read the review or the comment in that thread. Some times people always hating something for dumb reason like it not cater to them. Some times it is a really bad game or something thatdeserve bad ratting

 

[CySky]

Depends.
If a game has a high number of reviews (good or bad), or an "acceptable" review range (decent number of reviews ≥2), I'd be more inclined to check it out before a game that doesn't.

There are games out there with pretty bad reviews (in quality) that turned out great, and viceversa, well-reviewed games that felt lackluster to me. Either way is fine, I think fully relying on reviews is a mistake though (i.e. find something > read the review(s) > judge it based on that), in many cases people will love or hate it but not leave a review.

 

[AllegedUnicorn]

If I game has particularly good reviews, I'll check it out even if it's not my usual tag set. Likewise bad reviews will push me away from something I might normally play. But the description and images are usually the main vetting.

 

[Deleted member 235796]

First tags and then previews/images to check what artstyle did the artist/dev go for.
If these two check, then 1/5 or 5/5 is the same thing for me

 

[Gorfula]

I mean if I see a 1 star with a bunch of reviews I'm definitely not risking that lol

 

[ppkmaster]

There are so many games with high scores that I don’t even bother with the low-scoring ones.

 

[limonl]

There are so many games with high scores that I don’t even bother with the low-scoring ones.

Exactly, there's so many good games out there that I haven't tried yet, so I'm not gonna risk wasting my time on something that's badly rated. Maybe I'd give a new release with few reviews some slack, but still ┐(´ー｀)┌

 

[Minimus]

Exactly, there's so many good games out there that I haven't tried yet, so I'm not gonna risk wasting my time on something that's badly rated. Maybe I'd give a new release with few reviews some slack, but still ┐(´ー｀)┌

Depends on the type of game, some people hate things like pixelart so a good score is in the middle after everyone yelled at it who hates the art.

 

[limonl]

Depends on the type of game, some people hate things like pixelart so a good score is in the middle after everyone yelled at it who hates the art.

True enough. I also generally try to actually look at what people are saying about a game before I download it too, to avoid just blindly going off ratings ദ്ദി´ ˘ `)✧

 

[Minimus]

True enough. I also generally try to actually look at what people are saying about a game before I download it too, to avoid just blindly going off ratings ദ്ദി´ ˘ `)✧

Some gems are rated badly if there is even a smidge of something people dont like (avoidable or not), so its one of those 'read the things' where what the reviews say matter more than the numbers, 20 'its shit dev ruined reality' vs 1 well typed and thought through review can sway me.

 

[hensd]

For lewd games, nope. But for normal games i check some youtub videos to see how the game is running.

 

[Marodot]

To some degree, yes. If I'm into the tags and premise of the game then I'll likely try it out even with a mediocre rating. Generally I read through reviews before downloading and if I feel like I'd get annoyed by the same stuff as the reviewers then I'm definitely less likely to give it a chance.

I don't have any set thresholds though. Sometimes I download 2-star games and sometimes I skip 5-star ones (e.g. if they have tags I don't want to touch like NTR).

 

[breakstherepet]

I trust my own interest in a game more than I do reviews. There are lots of games I like that are poorly reviewed and highly reviewed games that I don't like at all.

 

[DreamingWizard]

A rating will, invariably, be a factor whether I become aware of a game, because popular things get more spotlight, and becoming aware of something is necessary for me to download it (unless It's some malicious program hidden within something or the like). But once I've come to know a game, I tend to just look at it's gameplay, scenes, genre, etc. and judge if I want to play it by myself.

 

[chummy_tomato]

No! Other people are FOOLS, so I don't heed their ratings.