ILS games are always very vanilla anyway. Vanilla sex, pregnancy, MFF, Harem and it's pretty much where it end. So if someone want all kind of wild fetishes and kinks, that won't be the game for it.
Yep ILS games are top tier for me just from their storytelling, they don't need constant sex scenes with plenty of fetishes to get interesting or even a high visual standard, even though they are improving on the HS2 front since their other 2 completed games were made with HS1. For a bunch of tags and high visually quality games there is other developers and games that excel on it.
True, ILS games are well worth it despite HS/HS2. There's very few developers out there that can say that...
True. But I'm not putting games down visually because they are done with Honey Select 1 or 2 . Look at my signature and you see HS1 and 2 games with very high visual standard (And the other #1/#2 game on this site isn't even there and is made with HS1, have no space enough on the sig to put all my tier S games).
IMO - tags neither make nor break an AVN - it is the way the AVN is delivered.
For me, tags that I can't stand will easily cause me to bypass a game. Of course, my doing that doesn't break the game for anyone else, since no one else but me cares what I download or don't.
Yes tags combined with poor/average rating overall, usually under 4.0 will make me bypass completely a game. But if the rate is good combined with plenty of views and likes I usually at least check the thread.For me, tags that I can't stand will easily cause me to bypass a game. Of course, my doing that doesn't break the game for anyone else, since no one else but me cares what I download or don't.
But I sure as hell check out the tags and whether they are optional or not.
Edit: Excellent synopsis, by the way.
I don't pay all that much attention to the rating score. I'm more concerned with the number of ratings and what they actually say. One 5-star rating for a game that's been out for months doesn't actually say much for that game. Often, positive ratings are just by friends of the developer. On the other hand, negative ratings are often for things that don't bother me. I've gotten pretty good at rating the ratings and gleaning from them what I can to help form my own opinion.
That is why it isn't just the average rate, it is combination also of views, likes, reviews and their number and quality of them, the age of the game and their content and a somewhat my own filter that everyone has their own haha. But I guess that was a looong explanation on how I filter what I read about, play or not play hehe.
The rating system here is sorta wonky, so I look at it in general. If it is 4* and 30 reviews, then I might pay more attention to it. However I have so many ratings for stupid stuff. 1* - MC beard looking a little off, 1* - MC should have spanked the girl because I like spanking, 1* - This game doesn't have NTR, even though the tags say it doesn't (or reverse).
meh to me rating even on games that have alot of them good and bad is meaning less to me. I see reviews as a way to get a general idea of the game and it's pro's and cons but never trust them. As I played games with high ratings everything made me think I should like it from what I read hated the game and vis versa.
even those I don't trust till I play it for myself just but use them as something expect if true. As ive seen bad ones that are just wrong or biased. ( especially when it comes to NTR)
Yes it is wonky but it is consistently wonky in almost every game so the end result of the weighted rating algorithm (not the average rating, that is different) is almost consistent and accurate way to "top rating" the games.
Yeah I'm not a fan of NTR either really only sharing if im playing that type of game. I still don't trust reviews or comments that call shit NTR I rather decide for my self. Since it's a sensitive topic and you can't trust people to define it correctly especially cause it's meaning changes depending on the person. Some people don't matter if they aren't a LI or a flashback and that's it , other people it matters etc etc.
