Although I find the current system for reviewing the games on this site good, it is far from perfect (no offense). There are too many ways to misinterpret the areas for rating the games, let alone there aren't enough qualities to rate a game on (in the current system). To comment on the misinterpreting factors: [b]Learning Curve[/b] - this is great, no complaints. [b]Gameplay[/b] - what are you calling gameplay? In a sense, 'gameplay' and 'fun factor' are the same question...at least on how I view gameplay. [b]Graphics[/b] - no complaints. [b]Replay Value[/b] - this is great and all, but it relates with the 'fun factor' and if that is rated low, it is highly likely this will be low. [b]Fun Factor[/b] - (look at 'gameplay') As for what factors that have been left out (that I can recall at the moment): [b]Music[/b] - not simply how well it "sounds", but how well did it fit the scene (the mood the developer was after)? [b]Story[/b] - if you believe it had a story (thus the option of "N/A", since this is a highly debatable topic...) and if so, how well was its execution, let alone the quality of the story itself? [b]Delivery[/b] - did you experience the game how the developer intended (assuming the developer's intention is known)? I don't think I did a good job in providing useable examples for the current way of rating the games, but I think that the games could be rated the current way still (even with the addition of 'music, story, and delivery'). This post was more for a "food for thought" thing, over providing an actual solution. If you wish, I can attempt to map out such a solution, but I figured you all would likely take it upon yourselves anyways. ^_^ <3 Edit: Oh yeah! I almost forgot... I believe that each area of the rating system (gameplay, fun factor, etc) needs to have a description so that all reviewers may give a rating based on similar understandings of the terms (if that makes sense...).

Well, I see gameplay as being how well the game's controls respond and how well the individual elements in the game function. I think fun factor can also be separated from replay value because a game may be fun for the first few times but it might not necessarily be worth playing again after a certain amount of time. I do agree with you on the music and story however I think that there should be a separate rating on the game's in-game music and the story on the whole, this I believe would provide the person reading the review with a much more well rounded analysis of the game. However, I think that adding more elements to the reviews may change how many reviews are completed and how in-depth they are because people may not want to wade through an extended set of options for reviews. I have an idea though: maybe reviews can be classified as "beginner" and "advanced" much like the way that games can be added? Anyways, I think that these are some good suggestions for reviews and should be take into consideration, props to you Vincent:)

I also believe that there should be a better way for the developer to present their game, to say if it is more of an art piece or what people view as a game ([url=http://www.greatgamesexperiment.com/game/transmigration/]Transmigration[/url] is a good example, read my [url=http://www.greatgamesexperiment.com/game/transmigration/reviews/]review[/url] for more on this subject: art or game?). I believe there should be a rating system that supports both games by today's standards and games that are from more of an art approach ([url=http://tale-of-tales.com/]Tale of Tales[/url]); why should such art pieces be hindered? On another note, the editing feature needs fixing. For some reason when I proof the review I've written and go to edit it, the text is garbled (I can only assume that it is showing HTML instead of rich text formatting). In order to do a quick edit, I've had to write in my word processor of choice and copy and paste the text back into the edit-text-box on GGE (for both the small and large review boxes). :_( P.S. Glad you like my ideas! ^_^ <3

Unless I'm mistaken and am "blind" to this feature, shouldn't there be a feature in the REVIEW module that allows users to check out a user's past reviews?

This has been discussed before . . . somewhere.