An attempt to clarify my Backloggd ratings:

• 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 despite things 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 it is 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.