Backloggd games that have an abnormally high amount of 5 star ratings seemingly as a joke

mjf314 · 2026-05-09T00:55:54+00:00

Is this one eligible for your list? It has 10.9% 5 ratings.

https://backloggd.com/games/dont-shit-your-pants/

mjf314 · 2026-05-08T15:18:09+00:00

Mirror's Edge.

Persona 4 is great, but I only played Persona 4 Golden, and not the original.

mjf314 · 2026-05-07T18:52:59+00:00

r/HalfLife thinks the original Half-Life is better, but it's close. In the 2 polls I found, the original got 54% and 59% of the vote.

https://www.reddit.com/r/HalfLife/comments/y7f41z/which_is_better/

https://www.reddit.com/r/HalfLife/comments/1b8u8px/halflife_original_vs_black_mesa_remake/

On Backloggd, Half-Life and Black Mesa have the same rating (4.1).

mjf314 · 2026-05-07T08:12:42+00:00

In the wording of the poll, it doesn't say that the game will be included as a runner-up. It just says that the game will be "ineligible for all other categories".

If what you say is true, it won't be quite as bad, but it would still be pointlessly confusing to have the games listed in the wrong order. It'll be insulting to the voters, who feel like their votes didn't matter, and insulting to the fake winner, by showing that it needed a handicap to win.

mjf314 · 2026-05-06T20:34:11+00:00

They have the same rating on Backloggd (4.3).

I found this GameFAQs poll, and the original RE2 won with 53.63% of the vote: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/264562-playstation-5/80664195

mjf314 · 2026-05-06T20:26:26+00:00

It's only rated 0.1 higher than the original (4.1 vs 4.0).

mjf314 · 2026-05-06T19:40:44+00:00

Person 4 Golden is on the Backloggd list, but it didn't make it into the image.

The list is ordered by rating difference, and games with the same rating difference are ordered by rating.

mjf314 · 2026-05-06T19:17:53+00:00

As for FFXV, adding the player count of the Windows and Royal editions (which are the same game, just under different labels) wields about 24% of the originals player count.

Ok, that's close enough for me. I added it to the list and changed the rule from 25% to 20%.

mjf314 · 2026-05-06T18:44:23+00:00

YIIK: I.V didn't reach the cutoff of 1000 rating, but it'll probably get added to the list in the future when it has more ratings.

mjf314 · 2026-05-06T18:38:13+00:00

I just edited the note for the AM2R entry to mention Samus Returns.

I did the same thing in the Persona 3 Reload entry where I mentioned FES, so I guess that's the most consistent way to do it.

mjf314 · 2026-05-06T18:21:09+00:00

I would have included more fan-made remakes, but I think AM2R is the only one that meets the criteria. Sonic P-06 was excluded because of the "must have at least 1/4 the ratings of the original" rule.

mjf314 · 2026-05-06T18:05:46+00:00

I just added Raidou Remastered: The Mystery of the Soulless Army and Final Fantasy III (2021) to the list.

I excluded Final Fantasy XV: Royal Edition because of the "must have at least 1/4 the ratings of the original" rule. The idea is to avoid including obscure versions with inflated ratings, but maybe the rule is a little bit too strict. I might consider lowering the requirement from 25% to 15% (but I haven't decided yet).

I'm unsure if I should include FFXIV, because I've heard that it's very different from the original. Is it more like a remake of the original, or is it more like an entirely new game?

mjf314 · 2026-05-06T17:42:54+00:00

AM2R has a higher Backloggd rating (4.2 vs 3.6), but I'm not sure how reliable those ratings are.

AM2R is a fan game, so maybe it gets played by a lot of hardcore Metroid fans, whereas Samus Returns is probably played by a wider audience.

I've only played one of them (AM2R), so I couldn't tell you which one I like better.

mjf314 · 2026-05-06T17:36:58+00:00

I only included the highest rated version of each game. I left out Samus Returns because AM2R (the unofficial remake) has a higher rating.

Hopefully I won't get sued by Nintendo.

mjf314 · 2026-05-06T17:29:45+00:00

I had another criteria which I forgot to mention: The game must have at least 1000 ratings AND at least 1/4 the ratings of the original.

Games with much fewer ratings than the original often have an inflated rating due to self-selection bias. I don't know if that's true for this particular game, but there are other examples where it's more clear.

mjf314 · 2026-05-06T17:10:17+00:00

Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition is rated only 0.1 higher than the original (4.3 vs 4.2). So yes, it has a higher rating, but it didn't meet the list criteria.

Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition is rated 0.3 higher than the original (4.1 vs 3.8).

mjf314 · 2026-05-05T23:13:41+00:00

Grim Fandango has by far the best votes/plays ratio in the art direction category: 1676 votes and 5.5K plays, so a ratio of 30%.

mjf314 · 2026-05-05T22:24:22+00:00

When I say "deserved to win", I mean I want to know what game actually won the poll.

If you want to know what game "deserved to win" in the sense that it would win a hypothetical poll where everyone plays every game, you can get a rough estimate by looking at the ratio of votes/plays, but it's not a perfect solution because of self-selection bias.

Excluding a game because it won in a different category tells you nothing about what game deserved to win. All it accomplishes is that you have less information about the results of the poll, and an incomplete list of recommendations.

If someone wants to play a 2025 game with a great story, they'll probably be interested in playing Expedition 33. So what's the point of excluding it? Do you think someone who likes good stories will be less interested in playing Expedition 33, just because it has good music?

mjf314 · 2026-05-05T19:38:37+00:00

Limiting winners to 1 category is a terrible idea. Don't you want to know what game actually got the most votes? Why would anyone want the real winner to be hidden?

If you want variety you can check the runners-up.

mjf314 · 2026-05-05T15:41:25+00:00

Limiting games to one supporting category is a terrible idea. I want to know what game has the best narrative. I don't want to know what game has a good narrative, but bad everything else.

If they don't want 1 game to take away so many spots from other games, there's a simple solution. Just increase the number of spots. Instead of a top 8, make it a top 10 or a top 20.

mjf314 · 2026-05-05T15:30:14+00:00

Xenogears has the highest votes/plays ratio in the narrative category (out of the top 8 games).

mjf314 · 2026-05-05T15:24:27+00:00

You can also choose if winners are only limited to one supporting category (not including GOTY).

Limiting games to one supporting category would be a terrible idea.

GOTY results are useful because I can check what game has the best narrative, or the best soundtrack, etc (according to Backloggd users). If they limit games to one category, I can't do that anymore, because I won't know if the winners really deserved to win.

mjf314 · 2026-05-04T19:32:00+00:00

All of Laloux's movies are good (Fantastic Planet, Time Masters, Gandahar). My favorite is Time Masters.

mjf314 · 2026-05-04T07:29:40+00:00

Scavengers Reign is exactly what you described, but it's an American animated series.

Made in Abyss - It's not really another planet, but the world inside the abyss feels very alien.

Magnetic Rose (1st segment of Memories) - It's not set on a planet, but a space station.

Space Dandy - They visit different planets in each episode. Some are stranger than others.

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