New community-powered rating site: x I like

by Richard Mitchell { May 24th 2009 at 8:30PM }

When it comes to finding games you might enjoy, there are plenty of options. There are tons of sites out there that aggregate review scores, but we've discovered a new site that does things a little differently: xilike.net (x I like). Instead of simply aggregating scores from game news outlets, x I like gathers up scores placed by the players themselves. What makes this site even more interesting is that it uses data gathered by your own ratings to suggest other games -- and other x I like members -- that you might like, a la Netflix.

All games are rated based on four categories, graphics, gameplay, sound and plot. You can even have the site generate a tweet on your Twitter account whenever you rate a game. Furthermore, each individual game page includes screenshots and links to relevant news coverage around the web (including some stories from Joystiq, naturally). The site includes Xbox Live Arcade and Community Games too, so all the bases are covered.

All in all, it's the most intriguing community site we've seen since XBLCG (which has seen some nice improvements, incidentally). The site could use some tweaks though. We'd like to see more organization options, and the ability to see a player's entire collection of games would be a plus. The website is still in beta, but the potential is definitely there. We suggest you take a look.

Tags: community-site, ratings, x-i-like

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Access Granted @ May 24th 2009 10:28PM

sounds neat. I signed up under the same user name I have here. Now to get rating! =)

OptimumEDGE @ May 25th 2009 2:08AM

How the hell did they decide on the name? Ran out of ideas apparently.

ZaaM IT @ May 25th 2009 3:53AM

Hey thank you so much for the feedback and the plug.
The added traffic will be very valuable to improve from beta :)

Max @ May 25th 2009 7:49AM

I'm so pissed off. I had this idea about a year ago but no money to pursue it!

Misinformed DNA @ May 25th 2009 11:40AM

I tried it out. Rated maybe a dozen. The recommendations weren't that great. I only rated like/dislike and not all the more detailed stuff. I want to rate once and be done. The extra stuff causes an extra click for me which is annoying. Also, why do we get 2 choices for our overall satisfaction for the game? And then 100 choices for 4 categories? Give me 5 stars by default for my overall satisfaction. If Netflix can give me good results with that, I expect any other to do the same.