kinetix63 Veteran Posted January 12, 2008 Veteran Share Posted January 12, 2008 Welcome to the new Game Ratings forum! If you've played a game recently and want to share a review with everyone here at Neowin, then this is the place to do it. Please take note of the forum rules posted above, and make sure that every thread has a tag! For the sake of unity, this forum is not platform specific. In fact, we encourage Multi Platform reviews here. For example The Simpsons Game was released on several platforms. Instead of having several threads, one for each platform, please create just the one thread and use the [MP] tag to indicate that it's a multiplatform review. You can include the platform you're reviewing on as well if you want to, for example [MP][X360]The Simpsons Game. Any questions - please contact a moderator, or post here! Enjoy! kinetix63 Neowin Supervisor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Lyon Posted January 12, 2008 Share Posted January 12, 2008 nice idea :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PL_ Veteran Posted January 12, 2008 Veteran Share Posted January 12, 2008 Does The Orange Box count as 5 games or one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FreqFace Posted January 12, 2008 Share Posted January 12, 2008 I saw this idea mentioned in a topic not long ago, surprised it came to fruition so quickly! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GNRambo Posted January 12, 2008 Share Posted January 12, 2008 Does The Orange Box count as 5 games or one? I think we should count it as one to reduce clutter. edit: just thought, it would only cause more clutter in the thread itself. So we should do 5 diff threads on each game in orange box? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMELTN Posted January 12, 2008 Share Posted January 12, 2008 I think we should count it as one to reduce clutter.edit: just thought, it would only cause more clutter in the thread itself. So we should do 5 diff threads on each game in orange box? Each title is its own game so yeah I would count them different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrunknMunky Veteran Posted January 12, 2008 Veteran Share Posted January 12, 2008 Glad to see this idea went ahead :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(Spork) Posted January 12, 2008 Share Posted January 12, 2008 great idea will make picking games alot simpler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kushan Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 How come we can't rate topics here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+StevoFC MVC Posted January 13, 2008 MVC Share Posted January 13, 2008 Seems like they forgot to enable it, unless it's just certain member groups they forgot to allow. I'm not able to rate either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kushan Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 So it's possible to disable ratings on a per-forum basis? If that's the case, I wouldn't mind having it disabled in gamer's hangout. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrunknMunky Veteran Posted January 13, 2008 Veteran Share Posted January 13, 2008 How come we can't rate topics here? Nicely spotted :p No excuse now mods :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+StevoFC MVC Posted January 13, 2008 MVC Share Posted January 13, 2008 So it's possible to disable ratings on a per-forum basis? If that's the case, I wouldn't mind having it disabled in gamer's hangout. Yes, per forum and per member group. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinetix63 Veteran Posted January 14, 2008 Author Veteran Share Posted January 14, 2008 How come we can't rate topics here? Because I forgot to turn it on :blush: Should be fixed now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venomous Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 Awesome Idea will be the next best place to visit! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Mystic MVC Posted January 14, 2008 MVC Share Posted January 14, 2008 Woo, I am so excited for this new sub forum. I always thought that posting mini reviews in the console's subsection got pushed off the front page too quickly, so this will really help that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Lyle Global Moderator Posted January 14, 2008 Global Moderator Share Posted January 14, 2008 I must say, this is a good idea, but I don't like the "MP" idea. It should just say "All" since MP can also stand for multi-player. it was a little confusing when I first noticed this forum. maybe a [All][360]Game Title format would be more acceptable? or should we drop the [360] part of it, and just say what platform it is for, and discuss what platform you are reviewing it under inside the topic? or vice versa another idea, we could put just the platform(s) the game is available on, and in the sub title, put what system were reviewing it for: [All]Game Title Xbox360 Review Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samn9 Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 I was confused when I first saw [MP], I thought that it meant the game had multiplayer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mathachew Veteran Posted January 15, 2008 Veteran Share Posted January 15, 2008 Bring on the games! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rappy Veteran Posted January 15, 2008 Veteran Share Posted January 15, 2008 I will be checking here often then to see peoples reviews for games I might want to get! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twisted Chaz Posted January 15, 2008 Share Posted January 15, 2008 Just a thought, wouldn't it be a good idea to have a poll at the top of every review, 1-10, to see how everybody else rates it. Then people would be able to see what the reviewer rated it, and the general rating from the rest of the forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
:: Lyon :: Posted January 15, 2008 Share Posted January 15, 2008 I usually put game reviews on my own personal blog. Is it ok to put a chunk of the review here and put a link to read the rest of the review on my blog? (coz I usually take screenshots of the game and copy-pasting a bunch of text is not the way to go) Yeah I thought the MP stands for MultiPlayer when I first saw it lol. So if I want to put a Call of Duty PC review but someone else has put an XBOX one, I need to post the review inside the post? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinetix63 Veteran Posted January 15, 2008 Author Veteran Share Posted January 15, 2008 I usually put game reviews on my own personal blog. Is it ok to put a chunk of the review here and put a link to read the rest of the review on my blog? (coz I usually take screenshots of the game and copy-pasting a bunch of text is not the way to go) Not really, no. If you copy/pasted the ENTIRE text review, and then linked to the blog entry at the bottom for screenshots - I don't think I'd have a problem with that. But only if you paste the WHOLE review, not just a chunk of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
:: Lyon :: Posted January 15, 2008 Share Posted January 15, 2008 Got it. I know that you are worried people will use this as the "backdoor" to get free traffic to their blog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kushan Posted January 15, 2008 Share Posted January 15, 2008 Just a thought, wouldn't it be a good idea to have a poll at the top of every review, 1-10, to see how everybody else rates it.Then people would be able to see what the reviewer rated it, and the general rating from the rest of the forum. That's what topic ratings are for =) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts