Build a Better Review System, Templates might help -- but they just as easily hinder Options

[ZarroTsu]

Wanting to write reviews, I decided I'd use the strategy discussed by one Yatzee Croshaw here.

The problem is that, because I don't give an "overall rating", this kind of review is rejected from the forum.

What reason is there for there to be an "overall rating"? Isn't it suppose to be what I think of the game? Giving it an overall rating because that fits your format is fine. But forcing me to follow this strategy isn't asking for what I think of the game; it's asking me for what you WANT me to think of the game. And that defeats the purpose of writing in general.

Moreover, their presence from a reader perspective is solely to ignore the rest of the review and judge the game on a given number. Some here might say they don't do this, but often times even they are guilty of it. Even I do it. But if these numbers don't exist, then it compels me to actually read the review. So...


Generic forum discussion question for the reasoning impaired:
Why do "Overall Ratings" exist? Are they there to help, or are they there to defeat the purpose of writing a review when you could just write a number?



This post has been edited by ZarroTsu: Oct 4 2012, 02:51 PM

[amerk]

The problem isn't just the scoring, but in how you review each game. You've reviewed 3 games, and all of them you've rated terrible at 1/10 star. There needs to be justification for that. You mean to tell me there is not one good quality in any of those 3 games? A 1-star rating means it's unreadable, unplayable, horribly designed, full of bugs and glitches.

But I get the feeling that the reviews you wrote (and have not been approved) are nothing more than an attempt to flame the developers, especially when you start spouting off insults. Reviews that do nothing more than incite flame will obviously not get approved, regardless if there is a rating attached to it or not.

Had you made some of these comments in the regular forums, chances are high you would have been suspended or banned.