Opencritic introduces new player rating feature & user reviews.

[Machina]

coolbeans said:

Machina said:

Gonna take me a little while to get used to their new layout for game pages.

The 20 review requirement is good. I actually hope they start requiring games to have 20 critic reviews before they qualify for the Wall of Fame too, because at the moment all it takes is for a few sites to review a niche game well and bam, it's on the Wall of Fame, and unlikely to fall off unless more sites start playing it for review purposes.

I honestly like that part of the Wall of Fame.  Giving relatively-unknown indies from lesser-popular genres an honest shot to rank among the most high-profile titles of the year seems like a godsend for them.  I think that's where I first heard about Balatro.

Balatro did start off with only a few reviews, but it now has over 50, so I feel like it's earned its place on the Wall of Fame fairly. There's a game on there currently with just four scored outlets contributing to its score, yet it gets a place on the Wall of Fame next to games that managed to maintain the same average score across 100 reviews (average scores on OC trend down as more critic reviews are added). If no additional outlets review it, it'll likely be on the final Wall of Fame. That's not what I'd call an honest shot really - the sample size is far too low and score too easily skewed. It also happens to be bumping down another indie title that has over 50 reviews (Animal Well); I think the latter deserves the spot more at the moment.