"Neutral" option for reviews and the possibility to review games in more than one language.
I think this would be nice.
Sometimes you don't really feel strongly one way or another about a game, or you just don't like the genre or something but that doesn't mean the game is bad and you should "not recommend" it.

Also I speak both french and english and I always have to choose between those two languages when I write a review.

The ability to post at least two reviews in two different languages could be nice.
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Raiden Feb 25, 2015 @ 12:24pm 
Yes, but some say that you could write something opposite/unrelated in the second language.
Mu'Ammar of Carthus Feb 25, 2015 @ 12:26pm 
Originally posted by Faster Sexier Kinkier Gaben:
Yes, but some say that you could write something opposite/unrelated in the second language.

I really don't see what anyone could gain from doing this.

Originally posted by riggz666:
it's not possible to accomodate all languages so it would be unfair...?

How exactly is it not possible?
Last edited by Mu'Ammar of Carthus; Feb 25, 2015 @ 12:27pm
Raiden Feb 25, 2015 @ 12:29pm 
Originally posted by The Bat:
Originally posted by Faster Sexier Kinkier Gaben:
Yes, but some say that you could write something opposite/unrelated in the second language.

I really don't see what anyone could gain from doing this.
akhem
English:dis gaem is gud
Mother/Father language: LOL THIS GAME SUCKS MAH BALLS 69/10
Mu'Ammar of Carthus Feb 25, 2015 @ 12:31pm 
Originally posted by Faster Sexier Kinkier Gaben:
Originally posted by The Bat:

I really don't see what anyone could gain from doing this.
akhem
English:dis gaem is gud
Mother/Father language: LOL THIS GAME SUCKS MAH BALLS 69/10

Still don't see what anyone could gain from doing this.

Also I don't think it would be especially complicated to forbid someone from posting a negative review once a positive one has been posted from the same game with the same account.
Raiden Feb 25, 2015 @ 12:33pm 
Originally posted by The Bat:
Still don't see what anyone could gain from doing this.
quality lulz
Originally posted by The Bat:
Also I don't think it would be especially complicated to forbid someone from posting a negative review once a positive one has been posted from the same game with the same account.
It won't prevent people from putting negative/funny stuff into positive review.
Mu'Ammar of Carthus Feb 25, 2015 @ 12:45pm 
Originally posted by Faster Sexier Kinkier Gaben:
Originally posted by The Bat:
Still don't see what anyone could gain from doing this.
quality lulz
Originally posted by The Bat:
Also I don't think it would be especially complicated to forbid someone from posting a negative review once a positive one has been posted from the same game with the same account.
It won't prevent people from putting negative/funny stuff into positive review.

Hmm doesn't look very fun, no matter how childish and how much into the "olol i'm such troll" mentality you are.
Especially since nobody would actually care or recognize your name from the other review.
Black Blade Feb 26, 2015 @ 2:30pm 
well there are a few "Neutral" ideas posted, you may want to add support and read answers there
I over all really do not agree with that idea, as "Neutral" says nothing to the buyer that the review is for, abut if to get or not the game it self

And if you think its not your type of game, and you can recommend or not recommend it, just do not make a review :D:

Abut the languages do agree, but that was also suggested before you may want to add support to existing post
Originally posted by Black Blade:
as "Neutral" says nothing to the buyer that the review is for, abut if to get or not the game it self

Usually, my "neutral" reviews are the most useful to the buyer, because they're not biased.
They're in the lines of "do you like this and that? then buy it. Do you hate this and that? Then don't buy it".

Whereas Positive and Negative are usually just one-sided.
Black Blade Feb 26, 2015 @ 2:55pm 
Originally posted by The Bat:
Usually, my "neutral" reviews are the most useful to the buyer, because they're not biased.
They're in the lines of "do you like this and that? then buy it. Do you hate this and that? Then don't buy it".

Whereas Positive and Negative are usually just one-sided.
Well as i sated over and over again, on at least how i see it, in many many threads like these

First its not a recommend, not recommend
Is a:
Recommend, Why?
Not Recommend, Why?

As well as you are not alone, your Review will not be the only review
Say what you like, do not guess what someone else will like, there will be someone like that that knows to do that..

For example if one dose not like games with lot of movies, he can review the game down, not saying its bad, just that he will not recommend it, form his own opinion
He can say why, then someone can come read, and learn what is good and what is bad, in a fast view

Unlike needing to read many reviews that say, the game is not recommended or not recommended
well jees thanks that really help me, when i come to the store all ready not sure if to buy the game

These is not a Review blog, or a YouTube channel, or anything like that, that you review alone, here you have many many more users and for each there own
Gus the Crocodile Feb 26, 2015 @ 3:04pm 
Originally posted by The Bat:
Originally posted by Black Blade:
as "Neutral" says nothing to the buyer that the review is for, abut if to get or not the game it self

Usually, my "neutral" reviews are the most useful to the buyer, because they're not biased.
They're in the lines of "do you like this and that? then buy it. Do you hate this and that? Then don't buy it".

Whereas Positive and Negative are usually just one-sided.
All reviews are biased, because they're the opinions of human beings. Bias is the point; if there was a "correct", "unbiased" view, the world would only need one reviewer per game.

A review is not a feature list, it's what you think of the game. By all means discuss features, but people don't need to be told to buy things they like and not buy things they don't like.

If you aren't recommending something, then yes, you are "not recommending it", by definition. Just the same way as if you aren't going to a party, then you're not going to it.
7 years later, still need those and objections are even more idiotic than they seemed back then.
BJWyler Aug 7, 2022 @ 11:48am 
I've supported this idea before, and still do.

I would write a lot more reviews and do more recommendations with a neutral option. I have found that there are many games that I would only recommend under certain circumstances or conditions, so giving it a thumbs up doesn't really take those other circumstances and conditions into consideration. Likewise, giving it a thumbs down doesn't do justice for the game either.

It would also help to differentiate two similar games where one is superior to the other. Giving each a thumbs up puts them on equal ground. Having a neutral option would allow for that distinction.

In my research, I have found that a binary rating system usually imparts less information and is less accurate than rating systems with multiple levels. The 5-level system tends to be the one that hits the sweet spot between accuracy, informative, and number of responses.
Start_Running Aug 7, 2022 @ 11:52am 
Originally posted by Mu'Ammar of Carthus:
7 years later, still need those and objections are even more idiotic than they seemed back then.
Why do you need more than one langauge?
Pick the one you have the greatest fluency with and go with that.
As for neutral. If you're neutral, then abstain from review. You cannot give a review or recommendation without casting subjective value judgements.

If you're making subjective value judgments then All that is being asked of you is to analyse those judgements and say whether or not the game meets your standard for recommendation.

The system doesn't need two ways to say you don't recommend it.
Xhoas Aug 7, 2022 @ 11:56am 
Lol, this guy bumped his own thread from 7 years ago...
Originally posted by Start_Running:
Originally posted by Mu'Ammar of Carthus:
7 years later, still need those and objections are even more idiotic than they seemed back then.
Why do you need more than one langauge?
Pick the one you have the greatest fluency with and go with that.
As for neutral. If you're neutral, then abstain from review. You cannot give a review or recommendation without casting subjective value judgements.

If you're making subjective value judgments then All that is being asked of you is to analyse those judgements and say whether or not the game meets your standard for recommendation.

The system doesn't need two ways to say you don't recommend it.


Originally posted by Shoas:
Lol, this guy bumped his own thread from 7 years ago...

I'm just gonna go ahead and stop reading replies from now on and just say what I have to.

Y'all really aren't the sharpest tools in the shed and clearly have nothing better to do with your lives than trying to shut down or make fun of perfectly valid feedback and suggestions with incredibly moronic and pointless arguments.

I really wonder what your lives are like but they must not be very fullfilling.
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