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Ski
TDC is my stress ball
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13/03/2005
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21st November, 2008 at 20:27:50 -
I don't see how reviews actually help that much. I read them, yes, but they've never actually helped me to decided whether or not to download a game. I usually decide based on the first few ratings, comments and the screenshots on the download page. Taking the reviewing feature even further just seems OTT to me.
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Hill Gigas
Reviewing Madman
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07/06/2004
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21st November, 2008 at 20:34:17 -
I think the most influential rating mechanism right now are the admin recommendation stars. No one really cares too much about reviews except the authors who made the game (which still makes it worthwhile), and 95% of the decent games here have a user-star rating between 4.5-5 stars, so they all look the same. But then when you see that blue or red star by the name, you think "Oh crap, this must be special."
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Ski
TDC is my stress ball
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13/03/2005
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21st November, 2008 at 20:36:44 -
"But then when you see that blue or red star by the name, you think "Oh crap, this must be special." "
I don't, most of the games with stars I didn't really like  but then that all boils down to the admins personal tastes, that's why Nim was kinda annoyed at that system.
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AndyUK
Mascot Maniac
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01/08/2002
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21st November, 2008 at 20:48:15 -
Reviews aren't just there to let people know if a game is worth a download. They also point out to the creator how to improve in the future.
Ratings are more useless than reviews.
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