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It has recently come to my attention that HLTB has been sold to IGN. Mazel tov.

I had a great idea for an improvement under our new corporate overlords.

...Can we rate games by 5s instead of 10s now?

It has recently come to my attention that HLTB has been sold to IGN. Mazel tov.

I had a great idea for an improvement under our new corporate overlords.

...Can we rate games by 5s instead of 10s now?

Your hope is probably misplaced


Originally Posted by: IGN in January 2020

"we at IGN have a special announcement: we’re making a change to our scoring system and dropping the decimal from our traditional 100-point scale. That means there’ll be no more 7.1s or 8.9s – not even 6.5s. Just nice round numbers from 1 to 10 that clearly and decisively convey what we’re trying to say"

Maybe they'll make an exception :P

Your hope is probably misplaced


Originally Posted by: IGN in January 2020

"we at IGN have a special announcement: we’re making a change to our scoring system and dropping the decimal from our traditional 100-point scale. That means there’ll be no more 7.1s or 8.9s – not even 6.5s. Just nice round numbers from 1 to 10 that clearly and decisively convey what we’re trying to say"

Maybe they'll make an exception :P

Got a good chuckle out of me. :)

Is the Steam review score something people would like to see on a game's page?

Is the Steam review score something people would like to see on a game's page?

I personally hate it...

Your hope is probably misplaced


Originally Posted by: IGN in January 2020

"we at IGN have a special announcement: we’re making a change to our scoring system and dropping the decimal from our traditional 100-point scale. That means there’ll be no more 7.1s or 8.9s – not even 6.5s. Just nice round numbers from 1 to 10 that clearly and decisively convey what we’re trying to say"

Maybe they'll make an exception :P

I can't believe you went and murdered me like this.

Is the Steam review score something people would like to see on a game's page?

I don't see why not, that'd be neat.

Got a good chuckle out of me. :)

I have to wonder by this point if you just haven't gotten around to it, don't want to do it, intensely hate the idea, or just love leaving mockturtle hanging XD

I have to wonder by this point if you just haven't gotten around to it, don't want to do it, intensely hate the idea, or just love leaving mockturtle hanging XD

I'm not directly against it but there are so many other projects that appeal to me more. Also, the IGN scale has no impact on my decisioning here.

For example, I just pushed an update on the admin tools that takes Steam times for a game and builds an estimate set of game completion times like HLTB's. I'm going to use this data on the submissions queue to help me validate times for games with few or no times yet. If this dataset proves to be reliable, I could incorporate it into the HLTB estimate for low submission games.

I'm not directly against it but there are so many other projects that appeal to me more. Also, the IGN scale has no impact on my decisioning here.

For example, I just pushed an update on the admin tools that takes Steam times for a game and builds an estimate set of game completion times like HLTB's. I'm going to use this data on the submissions queue to help me validate times for games with few or no times yet. If this dataset proves to be reliable, I could incorporate it into the HLTB estimate for low submission games.

Thanks for the insight! That was what I thought most likely, I totally understand why it's a low priority item.

Is the Steam review score something people would like to see on a game's page?

I personally would not pay attention to it, but I don't look at reviews very much in general unless it is a game I have never heard of or really just don't know much about.

But I can see how it would be useful to many, and just more information for many others. I think it would be a fine addition.

Site Update
Game Pages
- Platform Individuality wasn't showing HLTB times at the top of game pages, that has been fixed.

See Taz-Mania as an example.

Tapping spoiler text finally reveals the hidden text! How long was this magic lying beneath my fingertips and I didn’t even notice it? 😧

Tapping spoiler text finally reveals the hidden text! How long was this magic lying beneath my fingertips and I didn’t even notice it? 😧

haha years perhaps? It's been a while.

haha years perhaps? It's been a while.

I’ve always had trouble with it for some reason. Whatever change happened that I can use it without issue I hope it says like this.

Site Update:

User PMs
- Limited sending PMs to 5 per 10 minutes.
- Visual changes to PM interface.

Forum
- Thread stats will now update when a thread or post is hidden/restored.

Search
- Small visual enhancements.

General
- Aesthetic changes throughout the site with gently rounded corners.
- Improvements to Forum and User ad experience.

Site Update:

User PMs
- Limited sending PMs to 5 per 10 minutes.
- Visual changes to PM interface.

Forum
- Thread stats will now update when a thread or post is hidden/restored.

Search
- Small visual enhancements.

General
- Aesthetic changes throughout the site with gently rounded corners.
- Improvements to Forum and User ad experience.

gently rounded corners

Nah man, just go full Xbox and add 15px rounded corners to everything! Who cares how it looks in a grid?

gently rounded corners

Nah man, just go full Xbox and add 15px rounded corners to everything! Who cares how it looks in a grid?

"Make everything a pill!"

I'm sure this has been asked before, but is it possible to expand the randomize feature at all?
Like being able to set certain filters (genre, platform, rating, etc) and then hit randomize?

I'm sure this has been asked before, but is it possible to expand the randomize feature at all?
Like being able to set certain filters (genre, platform, rating, etc) and then hit randomize?

The randomizer works with any of the current options, so game length, length category and platform.

Example: Pick "Xbox 360" "completionist" games at "3 - 5" hours long.

The randomizer works with any of the current options, so game length, length category and platform.

Example: Pick "Xbox 360" "completionist" games at "3 - 5" hours long.

Yup! That's my bad, I should have been more specific on the options since I did name some that already exist. That is my mistake.
Is it possible to add to that? Like genre, for example?
Example: Wii U, RPG, Completionist, 20-50hrs

Feature request:

If at all possible it would be really cool to have a secondary 'Sort Options' within our lists. Eg to be able to sort completed games by platform, and then each platform be sorted by date completed.

[I know you can technically look at each platform by date completed but that's quite cumbersome]

"Make everything a pill!"

I don't thank you enough for all the things you don't do. Like that. Please don't do that.

Should/can "Playstation TV" be an option in the Platform selection tree?

Should/can "Playstation TV" be an option in the Platform selection tree?

No, because it's a Playstation Vita.

It's the playstation equivalent of a Super Game Boy or Gamecube GBA Player. It has all the same important guts, just the screen has been removed and replaced with a video out.

edit: It was even originally released as "PS Vita TV" in Japan and Asia, Playstation TV is name outside.