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Counterpoint: steam reviews with their binary choice result in a better aggregate experience and remove the need for bell curves. Binary choice leaves less roo
by candiddevmike 3y ago
Counterpoint: steam reviews with their binary choice result in a better aggregate experience and remove the need for bell curves.
Binary choice leaves less room for interpretation and fuzzy ness, you either like something or you don't.
- labster 3y agoSteam has other problems with user submitted genre tags. Make a DLC that people thought under-delivered and you be may surprised to learn that you shipped a hentai game. Though that is definitely on the user’s side.
- fwmcbumcrumble 3y agoPositive negative and meh is my preferred. Some things aren’t great, but were cheap enough to justify it. Maybe make it a really tiny box in the middle that you need to zoom in to click to encourage mostly positive or negative reviews.
- subroutine 3y agoHow about... - thumb down - thumb up - two thumbs up
- subroutine 3y agoI've heard the arguments for switching to binary choice (netflix also did a big writeup about it), but I'd still prefer the ability to give a bit more nuance in my rating. It feels weird giving a movie that is okay and a movie that is excellent the same rating. Rotten Tomatoes goes further to emphasize the "love it or hate it" dichotomy - they display a ripe red tomato for a movie with a rating of 60 and a splattered green tomato for a movie with a score of 59.
- joshspankit 3y agoYou might prefer binary choice on more granular criteria: Like the pacing of the overall plot, dislike the performance of the antagonist