Comments on: About Ratings

By: huhwhozat

huhwhozat — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 18:56:18 +0000

If the game does not have sound, my question is moot. The rules indicate it is proper practice in this case to rate the category as N/A; I tried to make that clear. Your converse question seems to imply that games which have no sound should be rated poorly if they could have benefited from sound. I do not think this is the case.

By: digital_sorceress

digital_sorceress — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 10:21:37 +0000

When rating this category, ask yourself, “Did the game’s sounds add to the experience?”

Because some games don’t necessarily need sounds, I find it is more helpful to ask the converse question: “Would the experience be improved if sounds were added/altered/done differently?”

I suppose the same could be said of graphics.

By: AD-Edge

AD-Edge — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 06:25:27 +0000

A great post. Everyone voting should read this and TBH it should be stickied when the compo ends so others *can* read it.

But yeh, I also dont like the community vote. Its far too ambiguous, and regardless its impossible/impractical to keep track of every member, not to mention going though their history before you vote on a game.

Mood would have to be my favorite categorize as well, since its something I value most in a game.