Show HN: Find what you should play next(gamebrain.co)
gamebrain.co
Show HN: Find what you should play next
https://gamebrain.co
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The homepage looked interesting, but I checked a couple of games I’m familiar with and was immediately disappointed.
In the genres and tags, the website describes CrossCode as a Shooter. Which, well… I mean, technically you can shoot at enemies, though “shooter” as a genre is a bit of a stretch. But the website goes one further and calls it a First Person Shooter. That’s about as wrong as calling Tetris an Action Platformer.
Then I was confused by the ratings. Wasn’t really clear where they came from. What exactly is the Game Brain Score? Why should I trust it over the User Score? I scrolled down and found the critics reviews. One of them listed the rating as 0%, but then I checked the source and the reviewer gave it a 7/10, meaning Good.
I visited the pages for several other games I played, and found similar issues. Wrong tags, wrong prices, wrong reviews… In one instance (Valkyria Chronicles 4), there are two entries for the same game, with different scores. One was the “PlayStation 4” version and the other was “Nintendo Switch, Xbox Series X|S, PC, PlayStation 5 and others”.
I’m a fan of the concept, but didn’t feel like I could trust the data.
In the genres and tags, the website describes CrossCode as a Shooter. Which, well… I mean, technically you can shoot at enemies, though “shooter” as a genre is a bit of a stretch. But the website goes one further and calls it a First Person Shooter. That’s about as wrong as calling Tetris an Action Platformer.
Then I was confused by the ratings. Wasn’t really clear where they came from. What exactly is the Game Brain Score? Why should I trust it over the User Score? I scrolled down and found the critics reviews. One of them listed the rating as 0%, but then I checked the source and the reviewer gave it a 7/10, meaning Good.
I visited the pages for several other games I played, and found similar issues. Wrong tags, wrong prices, wrong reviews… In one instance (Valkyria Chronicles 4), there are two entries for the same game, with different scores. One was the “PlayStation 4” version and the other was “Nintendo Switch, Xbox Series X|S, PC, PlayStation 5 and others”.
I’m a fan of the concept, but didn’t feel like I could trust the data.
totally get that. thanks for your candid feedback. merging games is still an ongoing struggle. so is ironing out some weird classifications (as we normalize the categories from all the different sources, mistakes like that can still happen).
it's encouraging that you like the concept. let us work on the trustworthiness of the data :)
it's encouraging that you like the concept. let us work on the trustworthiness of the data :)
I hit show my recommendations and it didn't return anything. Not sure if you need to be signed up for that to work or not.
Unlike most other sites we wanted to support every platform, so whether you look for something on your PC, Playstation, Switch or even your phone or browser you should find something.
We're still in the early stages and seek feedback (especially on the https://gamebrain.co/what-should-i-play and https://gamebrain.co/recommendations flows).
Any well-meaning feedback is highly appreciated!