discussion Do ratings affect whether you download a game?

[Coormer]

Usually ratings are pretty spot-on in my experience, so yes.

 

[-Sikishi-]

I look more at the game dialogue in the first few minutes. Ratings don't really matter

 

[jbk304]

Do ratings affect whether you download a game?

Oh games have ratings? Never look at them as my tastes might not match others.

 

[Deco]

I look more at the game dialogue in the first few minutes. Ratings don't really matter

but what makes you download the game? tags, previews

 

[ions bill]

i don't bother with ratings. People enjoy different things and ratings in my opinion do not accurately reflect. Story summary, and graphics are the first things i look at and then comments and updates frequency + size of game

 

[Zavid]

Absolutely. Good games can have slow starts, but there are so many games that never get devloped past that point. Its easy to waste 2-3 h on game that never goes anywhere and reviews help me manage that.

 

[itumrekt]

If comments say its bad with a low rating then its bad. I then move on which saves me time rather than trying it myself with my slow download speed.

 

[Blazeron]

There are ratings !? But for real, I almost never look at ratings. My decisions are made based almost solely on previews.

 

[sneezy]

Yeah ratings affect if I download, especially multiple similar ratings. There are so many games to play it helps to not waste time on a bad game.

 

[Blanchet96]

Tags and Comments are deciding factor. Other peoples opinions (ratings) are generally wrong so not useful

100% agree with this.

 

[Satou4545]

This is a pretty subjective medium, it's almost weird to read other's reviews.

 

[mncsr]

The games what I find the most interesting a lot of time are in the range of 3-4 stars.
So short answer is ratings are not everything

 

[tinytits]

if i like the art work i'll give it a go and make my own mind up

 

[User_59941]

Most people aren't that picky, if its got a low rating, it's probably no good

 

[camisuicide]

Sometimes yes, but lately I've been realizing that these ratings may be linked to things other than the quality of the game. I even avoided downloading one because of the ratings and after I downloaded it I regretted not having tried it before.

 

[blob69420]

I'm trusting ratings less and less over time. Sometimes things are rated low just because the kink is unpopular.

 

[pervertedteaparty]

Stuff that's rated really low. Like between a 1~2 out of 5. And if there are around a hundred ratings total, but that's the average?
Yea, that will have me reconsider.
But the reviews are more important. Some reviews will rave about how it's a hidden gem or a had a rework. That usually get's me curious.
Other times there are reviews that will give it a high rating because "it could be good in the future", so I will skip those games because it means it's not any good right now.

 

[Zalyftatyf]

I think preview images are an important component for me. If I don't like the characters, that can be a big problem for me. Ratings are not unimportant, but only make up a small part of my decision.

 

[User_60858]

Comments are pretty useful indicators of the quality of games... No comment=forgettable or niche

 

[Duckpoo69420]

tags influence me more than ratings