Poll: How do you feel about the scoring system?

28 Jul 2010

Poll: How do you feel about the scoring system? Blog by King, Category: General

I'm assuming most of you have seen it on the front page.

How would you rather have your games rated?

1-5

1-10

1-100

1-5 (with half point increments)

1-10 (with half point increments)

1-100 (with half point increments)

Other

I haven't seen any discussion of the poll anywhere, but the results are very interesting to me so I want to see some reason behind the voting, so please feel free to share how you voted and why in the comments.

My personal vote

1-100

Originally I wanted 1-10 with .1 increments but since that wasn't an option, it actually made me change my mind and go with 1-100. It would amount to the same system, but it would seperate us a little from using the same system as big name sites like GS, IGN, GB, etc. For example instead of scoring a game 7.7/10 it would be 77/100 (or 77% if we wanted to do it like that). As for why I like this as opposed to smaller scales, I've voiced my opinion numerous times before, but I just like having flexibility, because you're able to show so much more, because if two similar games score 76 and 84, you see that the second game is significantly better, while in other systems they would end up receiving the same exact score. Some people say scores don't matter, but I know the users do think it matters, and it's important that we meet the wants of our users, right?

15 Comments

Daktary

on Jul 31, 2010

Maybe because I'm used with it I'd go for the 1-10 score rating with half point increments, though I don't have any objections if it were 1-100 as this way you can better differentiate games that have been granted the same mark

FetusZero

on Jul 29, 2010

Honestly, as some people may know.. I entirely dislike giving a score to a game lol. I like the idea of 1-10 with half point increments though. While it is already used everywhere, people wouldn't have any problems adopting it and it makes it a bit less complicated for me rather than % lol, in my situation, the less flexibility I have for a score, the better it is ;p

c_rake

on Jul 29, 2010

@Horgen123 - I don't follow. Could you elaborate?

SvV_Ying

on Jul 29, 2010

I go with 1-10 (half point increcements)

I don't really like the 5 star system because many people feel different about a number of stars. For some people 2 stars ARE 2 (mostly gold) stars and that means it's not good, but not bad either. For other people 2 stars just means a 4. The 5 star system leaves to much room for discussion.

With the 1-10 scale this is different because all people know what a 6 or an 8 means. I choose the half point increcement system beacuse I think it's the most easy one. Also easy to overview. And what is the difference between a 9.1, 9.2 or 9.3?

Horgen123

on Jul 29, 2010

I want a score that gets the ones who looks up the game to read more than just the score.

Koshai

on Jul 29, 2010

I would go for 1 point increment style just to have in depth reviews.

King

on Jul 29, 2010

I'm wondering who the other 9 people that voted for 1-100 are.

c_rake

on Jul 29, 2010

I know most of you have already stated your position, but I urge you all to read this article on the pros and cons of the many different rating systems out there. It's a fine read. Plus it's educational!

While I doubt that reading it would change your current thoughts on the matter, it would still be a good idea to at least familiarize yourselfs with all the option available. I mean, who knows; you might actually find something you like more there.