Game Review System | Voters

Game Review System

Adam Reid

As a user, I'd like the ability to write a personal review for a game and rate my experience with them.

I'd also like the ability to see reviews written by others, particularly by those I follow.

Adam Reid

Some review systems we're considering:

Traditional 5 point scale system (i.e. 5/5 stars for a masterpiece or 2/5 stars for something "Okay")
Simple Upvote system - studies have shown that five-point scales result in much higher reviews overall (most people vote 4 or 5 stars for the things they like and don't review things they don't like). Therefre we propose a simple upvote system similar to X/Twitter "Likes" which would indicate the game is liked when it receives votes and not liked when it lacks votes
Either of the above systems combined with a taging system. We'll define a set of maybe fifty "tags" like "Addictive", "Beautiful", "Challenging", "Great Story", and allow you to select three while reviewing the game. We'll then display the top three tags for each game along with their rating on the game details page.