"Do you recommend the game?"

"I don't know..."

very helpful answer, is it?

Opprinnelig skrevet av Ettanin:

"Do you recommend the game?"

"I don't know..."

very helpful answer, is it?

Or "its an okay game but A, and B i dont like" hence middle thumb.

Opprinnelig skrevet av Mr. Nobody:

Opprinnelig skrevet av Ettanin:

"Do you recommend the game?"

"I don't know..."

very helpful answer, is it?

Or "its an okay game but A, and B i dont like" hence middle thumb.

Choose one of the two options and use the text box to put down your explanation.

It's a simple yes or no question.
YOU don't have to like the game, but you may have friends who might like it.

You are being asked do you recommend this game to others?
Saying I don't know is the same as saying no because you are not saying yes.
When you don't outright say yes, then you are saying no.

Opprinnelig skrevet av Mr. Nobody:

Opprinnelig skrevet av Ettanin:

"Do you recommend the game?"

"I don't know..."

very helpful answer, is it?

Or "its an okay game but A, and B i dont like" hence middle thumb.

That still would be a thumbs up or down for me, depending on how important A and B are to me.

The value of any individual review is derived entirely from the content of that review.
The value of the score aggregate derives from a large number of reviews. It honestly doesn't matter whether any individual review is "recommend" or "don't recommend".

Not a horrible idea, but not new either

Opprinnelig skrevet av Tanoomba:

The value of any individual review is derived entirely from the content of that review.
The value of the score aggregate derives from a large number of reviews. It honestly doesn't matter whether any individual review is "recommend" or "don't recommend".

Typically yes, however devs and users can benefit from knowing the general distribution of recommended and not recommended, hence steam's tags (Very Positive, Overwhelmingly Negative, etc) at certain % thresholds. It helps users and devs to see if a game is generally liked or not at a glance without having to dig through individual reviews.

A "meh" review is not useful to anyone. If you can't recommend the game, then it isn't a recommendation. Simple as that. No one benefits from a neutral rating.

Opprinnelig skrevet av Mr. Smiles:

Typically yes, however devs and users can benefit from knowing the general distribution of recommended and not recommended, hence steam's tags (Very Positive, Overwhelmingly Negative, etc) at certain % thresholds. It helps users and devs to see if a game is generally liked or not at a glance without having to dig through individual reviews.

That's exactly what the aggregate does.

Opprinnelig skrevet av Tanoomba:

Opprinnelig skrevet av Mr. Smiles:

Typically yes, however devs and users can benefit from knowing the general distribution of recommended and not recommended, hence steam's tags (Very Positive, Overwhelmingly Negative, etc) at certain % thresholds. It helps users and devs to see if a game is generally liked or not at a glance without having to dig through individual reviews.

That's exactly what the aggregate does.

I dyslexia'd your post, ignore my logic.

Haven't had my coffee yet...

Opprinnelig skrevet av Mr. Nobody:

There needs to be a way to give games a middle thumb. It's pretty self explanatory. Some arent bad, some arent good they're in the middle.

Would you recommend someone else buy a Middle thumb game?

In any scaled rating system, an overwhelming amount of users chooses either the low end or the high end of the rating system. Therefore, for simplicity, Valve made the recommendation system binary (yes or no) because a scaled rating system won't be utilized properly anyway.

Opprinnelig skrevet av Mr. Nobody:

Opprinnelig skrevet av Ettanin:

"Do you recommend the game?"

"I don't know..."

very helpful answer, is it?

Or "its an okay game but A, and B i dont like" hence middle thumb.

Every game is going to have aspects you dont like or want to be different. The point is whether the game itself overall is good. The current system is fine, it's people's application of the system that doesn't work, because you a lot of you people love being so tepid and middle ground-y.

Opprinnelig skrevet av Mr. Nobody:

There needs to be a way to give games a middle thumb. It's pretty self explanatory. Some arent bad, some arent good they're in the middle.

If they aren't good enough to recommend, then your answer is "No."

Opprinnelig skrevet av Mr. Nobody:

There needs to be a way to give games a middle thumb. It's pretty self explanatory. Some arent bad, some arent good they're in the middle.

This deserves a middle finger rating for how many times it is brought up.