How I rate games on Backloggd

• 5✮ | 10/10
  Either it's insanely hard to find any flaws (Chrono Trigger, Pyre), the flaws are something I enjoy and/or find easy to ignore (Sky 3rd, Brandish 1\3, Ghost Trick, Xenoblade 2), or the game had a huge role in shaping who I am as a gamer/person and that means automatic 10/10 (Minish Cap, Smash 4, Katana ZERO). A 10 rewires your brain chemistry.


• 4,5✮ | 9/10
  Similar to 10/10 in that it is greatly enjoyed by most players, including me, but has not left as lasting of an impact\impression, or has flaws that are hard to ignore. Consider this rating a plea to play the game anyway - it will be exceptionally good.


• 4✮ | 8/10
  Good game, but with glaring flaws one must push through to appreciate (and/or not for everyone). If it sounds like your thing, you should trust your gut and play.


• 3,5✮ | 7/10
  Not entirely to my tastes, but I respect what it tried to do and see it has merit for players with different preferences, and/or something that doesn't deserve a higher rating solely due to small size.
  Brandish 4 is exempt from this - got 7/10 by virtue of being a worse Brandish. I am allowed to have bias!


• 3✮ | 6/10
  Either mostly unremarkable, something good that suffers because of bad gameplay, or something I struggle to enjoy in general.


• 2,5✮ | 5/10
  Now crossing the Bad threshold...
  5/10 is 'I did not particularly like this, but I have to respect the high opinion it gets from the general populace' or 'better than a similar game rated 2✮, but only slightly' or 'this isn't any good, but for a while I was fooled into thinking it is'


• 2✮ | 4/10
  There is something enjoyable about this, but only one of the following: gameplay/music/graphics. Overall, mediocre at best.


• 1,5✮ | 3/10
  The 'you tried' rating. Probably would get lower if it wasn't for the series the game is connected to being decent.


• 1✮ | 2/10
  I can see the appeal, but cannot relate to it at all, and did not enjoy playing in the slightest.


• 0,5✮ | 1/10
  This is given out of spite. This game made me pissed beyond belief for multiple reasons and I am upset at having spent any significant time with it at all.