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Reviews should state whether or not they're based on the GOG version. completed
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MikeFE Often reviewers have complaints about bugs and things, but they don't make it clear whether their problems are with the GOG-version of a game or not. Also, a lot of people base their review on memories - they played the game 10, 20 years ago and are more or less motivated by nostalgia. Neither of the above is wrong, but I would like to make sure upon what feelings and experiences a review is based.
Time4Tea This is at the discretion of the reviewer and not something GOG can monitor/enforce. Poor request, no vote.
fridgeband It's really important to allow everyone to have a voice, because if we start shutting different people don't because "A" or "B" or "C" reasons, eventually everyone is going to get shut down for lesser and lesser reasons until nobody can say anything without being silenced. I've seen this happen to millions of websites.
fridgeband I also agree with skeecher "Nope, I didn't vote for this, and I'll tell you why. People should be allowed to review a game based on their past experience of it, regardless of whether it was bought from GOG or not. This has the benefit of giving a good heads-up to those who've never played it. Yes, there will be some nostalga, but alot of that nostalga is justified. True, their reviews can't mention any problems the GOG version may have, but they are still valid as game reviews themselves. "
fridgeband As long as you give people many options and it doesn't make writing a review any more frustrating then it would be nice to have a little box that you can check (gog version) (some other version) (type your own version) etc.
DeiSophia Yes... I just reviewed a batch of games tailoring reviews I have from Steam... and noticed that games I don't own on GoG didn't mention that I didn't own them, whereas games I reviewed and do own on GoG had no sort of "verified GoG owner" tag.
Actually thereis a whole lot that needs to be done... support for formatting, increasing the character limit (this one I made as a wishlist) Editing functionality after posting. Preferences to see recent reviews, or highly voted or most positive (upvote) ratio.
I do like the fact that old games I have without cd keys I can review without making a GoG purchase or repost my steam reviews waiting for GoG connect to move them over... so I do disagree in not allowing people who haven't purcahsed GoG games to review them... but they do need some sort of verified owner tag... Also owning the game on GoG is not necessarily going to make the review about the GoG version, since you don't have a minimum playtime... but still having this tag would help.
fitzroy_doll The whole reviews system needs review. We need to be able to: 1) filter by reviewers who own the game through GOG, 2) Sort by date, rating or usefulness, 3) be able to report reviews, 4) View and edit our own reviews (this is important!)
Lily Pad Agreed. This filter would help sort through useful reviews. An automatic marker could show if the user has the game in their GOG library or not.
LiefLayer review on gog are shit... you cannot even edit them without contact the gog support... and gog support still cannot change stars.
Skywalkerpl The amount of shit-reviews on GOG based one some memories people had from a version 20 years ago is staggering. The sooner we'll be able to filter them out, the better.
Also: Please, add an option to edit the review. Often you can find people post inaccurate information that they could correct, but there is no way to do so.
BrandeX Poster below is clearly wrong. There are so many trash "reviews" on GOG that are similar to "LAWL this game was great on SNES when I was 6", yet it's a crippled DOS port on PC that is far inferior the the commenters nostalgia version. Reviews need to be "owners only" like on Steam.
skeecher Nope, I didn't vote for this, and I'll tell you why. People should be allowed to review a game based on their past experience of it, regardless of whether it was bought from GOG or not. This has the benefit of giving a good heads-up to those who've never played it. Yes, there will be some nostalga, but alot of that nostalga is justified. True, their reviews can't mention any problems the GOG version may have, but they are still valid as game reviews themselves.
blackberrypatch Maybe a tickbox to say whether they are playing the GOG version or another version (in which case they specify)?
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adambiser Also, the ability to filter out non-GOG reviews and a global user preference for this filter would be nice to have.
Thunderstone Even if the verify function wouldn't be able to tell whether or not the reviewer played the game, at the very least its something and there is a *chance* the reviewer played the game.
##@@##@@ Perhaps it could even be automated, ala the "confirmed purchase" thing you see above Amazon reviews. (Or has Amazon patented that as well?)
Lhademmor I agree with the guys saying that a tickbox is preferably. I have a shitload of games on GOG and have not played them all by far. Saying in my reviews that I'm a "Verified purchaser" wouldn't necessarily mean that I've PLAYED the GOG version.
xlucidx This needs to be enforced so badly. The scores for games on this site are so biased towards memories of the game that it's completely untrustworthy. No one cares about what your past experiences with the game were like, we want to know what you think of it now after having played the GOG release!
Cusith Including version info would be good, the old games get updates from GOG to fix issues sometimes and with new and indie games available things could change considerably. Shame all review sites didn't have a version tracker.
TheChosenAB Yes, yes yes yes! So much this. There should be reviews from people who actually bought it and played it, not from people who instantly give all the games five stars because they played it when they were kids.
jc909 optional tickbox specifying that you are reviewing the gog version of the game would be best. i don't need to know if you are a verified gog buyer or not.
Rinu This feature would help a lot. It doesn't hurt to read a constructive review of game written by a non-purchaser but the clear statement (e.g. tag) about origin of game would prevent a reader from a (deliberate) deception regarding a technical state.
photoleia bushwhacker2k - You could alternately add a tickbox to the comment form. If you are commenting on the GOG version then you tick the box.
bushwhacker2k Makes sense, there can definitely be differences. What barleyguy suggested with the "verified GOG buyer" tag would likely be helpful in this situation.
RoseLegion I think this would be a great idea for individuals to include in their reviews but I wouldn't have GoG mandate it. Perhaps just an optional field?
tfishell A "bought/I own this game" tag might be nice, although people may want the option of turning it off. They shouldn't be required to state in their review whether they're talking about another version or the GOG one, but it's nice when they do.
barleyguy I think what you might want is a "verified GOG buyer" tag on reviews, like what Amazon has for their reviews.
barleyguy This is not a site feature; it's a feature of the users.
Tevosion.480 So true! Voted for this ;)
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