Likes vs Stars - Which option do you choose while browsing the games?
- Thread starter Voidzer
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Usually on the latest updates page, but I've rarely used sort by likes since the weighted rating was implemented. Weighted ratings are so much better than likes.
Neither.
I don't really care how many likes or stars a game has. When I click on the Latest Updates page, I usually just scan over all the games on page 1 and 2, then start filtering on things that are tickling my fancy at the time.
I take note of the ratings and will usually read through some of the reviews, but unless they are all talking about clunky mechanics, paywalls, or buggy game code, the ratings don't affect me much.
I don't think I have ever really noticed how many likes any game has, it just isn't a thing I look for when I am searching for something to play.
I don't really care how many likes or stars a game has. When I click on the Latest Updates page, I usually just scan over all the games on page 1 and 2, then start filtering on things that are tickling my fancy at the time.
I take note of the ratings and will usually read through some of the reviews, but unless they are all talking about clunky mechanics, paywalls, or buggy game code, the ratings don't affect me much.
I don't think I have ever really noticed how many likes any game has, it just isn't a thing I look for when I am searching for something to play.
Neither. Ratings are usually distorted with people who don't like certain fetishes/newbies who give 5 stars to anything with vagina in there.
First thing that sells the game is the banner, IMO. So, if I see 4 ladies or a tree in the middle of the field, I choose former.
Then synopsis. And then comments.
First thing that sells the game is the banner, IMO. So, if I see 4 ladies or a tree in the middle of the field, I choose former.
Then synopsis. And then comments.
Unfortunately, that's the reality behind most of the reviews I've found in the few games I've checked here. Reading the reviews is not a good idea if you want to know if a game is good or bad, although at least some users bother in mentioning certain aspects of the game and the plot (if there's any).
Roughly in descending order of priority: tag-based filter/search, preview image(s), genres, description/devnotes etc., last update date, "initial release" (except translations of full releases), quick check for extreme outlier ratings i.e. 1 or 5 stars against other impressions.
In practice most of these take mere seconds to check in the thread OP, with description and devnotes being last chronologically not just for taking longer to parse but because they often aren't helpful.
Without a dislike button I see no reason at all to care about likes.
In practice most of these take mere seconds to check in the thread OP, with description and devnotes being last chronologically not just for taking longer to parse but because they often aren't helpful.
Without a dislike button I see no reason at all to care about likes.
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