Filtering by MobyRanking / MobyScoring

[benjam47]

Hi, I noticed the Access database contain a MobyRanking and MobyScoring field. Is there a way to utilize these fields in GameEx filters (in the same way that you can filter by Year, Genre, Manufacturer when you are viewing an emulator in GameEx). Thanks.

[greatflash]

Hi, I noticed the Access database contain a MobyRanking and MobyScoring field. Is there a way to utilize these fields in GameEx filters (in the same way that you can filter by Year, Genre, Manufacturer when you are viewing an emulator in GameEx). Thanks.

I am glad there is no way to filter them. Moby ratings are VERY subjective. I personally disagree with a lot of them and pay no attention. I can not see the point of adding more sorting options to the list to clutter a nice streamlined interface. Pick what games YOU like and mark them as favorites!

[bkenobi]

I don't see anything wrong with making other fields available as long as they can be enabled or disabled. I don't have a concept of a good way to do that ATM, but if Tom incorporates something, rest assured that it will be sleek!

[benjam47]

I am glad there is no way to filter them. Moby ratings are VERY subjective. I personally disagree with a lot of them and pay no attention. I can not see the point of adding more sorting options to the list to clutter a nice streamlined interface. Pick what games YOU like and mark them as favorites!

There are many features in GameEx that individuals may or make not take advantage of. I suspect that this option would be useful to people like me that make my arcade available to less hard core gamers (ie family and guests), who might want a quick way to filter out blockbusters from total flops.

After all, if Moby ratings were really as useless as you describe, then.. they probably wouldn't exist at all.

[greatflash]

There are many features in GameEx that individuals may or make not take advantage of. I suspect that this option would be useful to people like me that make my arcade available to less hard core gamers (ie family and guests), who might want a quick way to filter out blockbusters from total flops.

After all, if Moby ratings were really as useless as you describe, then.. they probably wouldn't exist at all.

my point is that ratings are subjective. movie ratings for example. some of my favorite films have been panned and many of the blockbusters are total crap. My suggestion was to mark games that you believe friends/family should play as favorites so they appear in the favorite list.

[Stu1983]

When we were creating the new databases we decided to add the moby ranking in the hope that some day Tom would add it as a filter option but at the time he said he had no interest.

Off coarse everyone is going to have there own opinion on what the best games are but I agree with benjam47 that the moby rankings are a good place to start for the casual gamer, looking at their top ranking games across all formats and you can't really go too far wrong picking any of these games:

1st  	Grand Theft Auto IV  	PlayStation 3  	98
2nd 	The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 	Nintendo 64 	97
2nd 	SoulCalibur 	Dreamcast 	97
2nd 	Sonic the Hedgehog 2 	Genesis 	97
2nd 	The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess 	GameCube 	97
2nd 	Super Mario Galaxy 	Wii 	97
7th 	Samurai Shodown II 	Neo Geo 	96
7th 	The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages 	Game Boy Color 	96
7th 	NiGHTS into Dreams... 	Saturn 	96
7th 	Metroid Prime 	GameCube 	96
11th 	Cannon Fodder 	Amiga 	95
11th 	Unreal Tournament 	Windows 	95
11th 	Final Fantasy VII 	PlayStation 	95
11th 	FIFA International Soccer 	3DO 	95
11th 	Gran Turismo 	PlayStation 	95
11th 	Perfect Dark 	Nintendo 64 	95
11th 	Chrono Trigger 	SNES 	95
11th 	Tekken 2 	PlayStation 	95
11th 	Grand Theft Auto III 	PlayStation 2 	95
11th 	Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty 	PlayStation 2 	95
11th 	Halo: Combat Evolved 	Xbox 	95
11th 	NFL 2K1 	Dreamcast 	95
11th 	Super Mario World 	SNES 	95
11th 	Super Mario Bros. 	NES 	95
11th 	Super Mario Bros. 3 	NES 	95

Sure some people won't like fighting games and some people won't like sports games or whatever but on the broad spectrum it's not a bad list.

Stu

[benjam47]

Maybe someday Tom will add the ability for us to add custom filters based on SQL queries that we could put in the databases