I posted soem details about game ratings in the forum, but I think Its worth having the detais here too.

So I have an old Java Web game - Gravity Battles, that I have on two a few sites about the internet:

http://www.kongregate.com/games/spacemammoth/gravity-battles - Rating: 2.56 - Only 2 Comments, both positive
http://gamejolt.com/games/strategy-sim/gravity-battles/13783/ Rating 4.7 - 10 Comments, mixed, fairly positive

and on older sites (under a lightly different name - but the game is Identical
http://www.arcadetown.com/dstarbattle/index.asp - Rating 3.81
http://www.arcadepod.com/games/play.php?id=dstarbattle - Rating 4 - 133 comments mostly positive.

So what does that tell us? Not a-lot. The public rate my game between 2.56 and 4.7 out of 5 on different websites with Kongregate being the toughest crowd and GameJolt being the most kind. I’m never going to make any money from my game on these websites, so why do I care? Because I am building the sequel Mammoth Gravity Battles which has its game-play firmly rooted in Gravity Battles I need to know what people like and don’t like, but clearly ratings are giving me no clue to that.

So you think I’m obsessing over ratings when I shouldn’t? Just wait till I get Mammoth Gravity Battles released, then you will see obsession ;-)