Really easy. I took peoples advice, and added a column. Final version (for now?) are as follows.
1. Title
2. Developer
3. Score [1-10] (Centered)
4. If you liked this, try...
5. Comments
For the developer field, it's best to use MobyGames as the fanatics who fill that shit out find out who the real developer is. Some games, particularly obscure titles (even PC ones) aren't listed there though. I hate to say this, but use IGN. Because of their "game collection" area, and the number of total fanbois that go there, they've gotten very exact - or rather - better than their competition at listing the proper developer. Proof of that:
Hot Shots Golf Fore!. Most places would just list Clap Hanz OR SCEI (usually just Clap Hanz). Well, it was both.
As for the score, I know you can't score in a vacuum. But at least try to keep the scores in very close relation to contemporaries (Advance Wars and Final Fantasy Tactics and Disgaea are NOT alike - but Advance Wars: Black Hole Rising and Advance Wars DS are) or within their series, as I just mentioned in the parentheses.
If you liked this... well, that's self-explanatory, isn't it? If it's unique, just leave it blank. If it's the best of it's genre, just leave it blank. Hell, on my sheet, I've put question marks next to some recommendations. For example, Children of Mana. Sure there's stuff like it. But it's crap also. As such? If you liked this you might as well try... and I put "Lost Magic?" What? Misery loves company. The other important thing is to TRY and keep it within a system. I'm only recommending DS stuff within the DS library. That will obviously be hard for newer systems (PS3, 360) BUT! Those systems are backwards compatible. On some stuff, I have listed upcoming games, particularly when I've played them in original format when possible (read: Japanese) or spoken to someone that has and compared them. These lists are fluid, they can be updated. Also, for DS and PSP stuff, I may have listed a Japanese title as a recommendation, in this case, I have put a (J) afterwards. And yes, for FF3 on the DS I recommended FF6 for the GBA, some rules are just made to be broken - though the DS can play GBA games... so I'm walking a fine line.
Finally, keep comments short. One sentence. A word and a sentence.
For examples of all of that...
Clicky! Updated DS list.
Spreadsheet Download (.ods, Open Office Format)Here's a
link to Open Office. It's a tiny download and... well, I like it more than Office 2007.
Edit: On second though, I'm going to ask that people just post links to their collections (in HTML format) in this thread and keep discussion in the other thread, which is now unlocked and the above post - or rather, the meat of it, is quoted there.
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