Why Playlogs Shows Two Rating Systems Side by Side
By Playlogs
IGDB aggregates and Playlogs community scores answer different questions. Keeping them separate is intentional.
Two scores on purpose
Merging ratings into one “true” number is tempting. It’s also misleading.
What IGDB is good at
Broad, historical, high-sample signal — especially useful when a Playlogs title is brand new to our community and has few local ratings.
What Playlogs is good at
Taste of people who log here: players who bothered to diary a status and a score. Early on the sample is small; that’s fine. Growing honestly beats fake precision.
How to read a split
- High IGDB, low Playlogs → our users may be harsher, earlier, or differently skewed
- Low IGDB, high Playlogs → cult favorite energy; read the notes
- Both middling → probably “fine,” which is allowed
For game pages
We keep scales explicit. IGDB-style aggregates and Playlogs 0–10 averages are labeled so nobody thinks we invented a secret blend.
When in doubt, trust the diary text over either number. Scores summarize; notes explain.