Bismarck

Andy Dick and a bag of Speed.

To those who are suggesting a return to the old system: I disagree. Scoring those individual items is superfluous and not at all germane to the review text. You're free to score that if you want in the text of your works, but to re-enable that as a necessary part of the reviewing process would only make scoring more needlessly complex. Trying to find a number that matches the text and general tone of the writing is hard enough already; adding more to work with would only intensify that, as then you've got to make sure that all the other scores match up as well. Little much for what should be a simple once-over your work to discern which number should be assigned to your work.

Besides, with so many other shorthand options being proposed, do we really need another one, especially since it no doubt wouldn't be a optional inclusion? I think not. Simplification of the process, while offering additional options for those who want to provide more info, should be how we proceed with this rather than trying to needlessly complicate matters.

c_rake

I'd like to see a return of a game scoring system that didn't force us to score games in .5 and didn't automatically round up/down game scores.If I want to give a game a score of 9.4,it gets rounded up to 9.5 and if I want to give a game a score of 9.2,it gets rounded down to 9.0,and a difference of .2 ends up being a difference of .5

ZanarkandTidus

I basically agree with everything said above, except for the point that you actually have to own a game or add to your now playing list. I barely use this feature and at one point I completed a game that I didn't have myself. That game was Resident Evil 5 and I played it in coop with a friend until the end. It was his copy of the game but I was able to share my thoughts as we both finished it.

What I also find annoying that one time all my reviews got a thumbs down on one day, maybe because someone didn't like what I thought about one particular game. That really bothered me. Thus I agree with leaving the thumbs down feature completely out. My solution for that would be something like a rating based on how many users clicked on your review to read it. At least it would show that people are attracted by your headline. I don't know if that's good with the other reviewers here.

Frankly, I read many user reviews of games I plan to purchase, so that it's quite annoying that most of them are just 100 words to match that criteria and barely say something substantial about the game. It just doesn't seem fair that some reviewers put so much effort in their review and write almost 4 pages and get thumbs down, while others get inexplicable thumbs up for a review that is a few sentences...Anyways, I agree with everything that has been said here.

Edit: Oh and by the way, I highly approve of implementing pictures. That gives user reviewers more room for creativity I think, a point many reviews lack of...as long as no one posts a picture of a final boss.

A sequel to Vagrant Story would be awesome, no matter on which platform.

I'd like to recommend my review for Mass Effect. Though I'm not a native speaker of English, I put much effort in it.

My first Square game was Final Fantasy VII and since then, I got hooked with RPGs.ZhenDash

Just like me :]