Here at Nindie Nexus, we love Nindies, of course, it’s in our name! For that reason, we wanted to move forward with a system which reflects this. So out with the old and in with the new! Let me introduce you to our new review system. Rather than using a numbered scoring system, we are going to simply tell you how much we love – or didn’t love – a game. Gone are the silly notions of “objective” reviewing. We will embrace our subjectivity and our different writing styles here, but we have a system to still help the reader understand if a game is right for them.

Anyway, let me show you how it will work!

New Review System

Up first we have an empty heart, which will equate to the reviewer not enjoying a game, leaving our poor reviewer with an empty heart:

Next up is the half heart. This heart indicates our reviewer was indifferent to the game being reviewed, they neither disliked, or liked it. Consider it a “meh”:

If we like the game, the full heart will be used. A full heart means our writer genuinely enjoyed the game they played:

And last but not least, is our new highest prize! Theis awarded to games we truly adore:

Personal Bios

To further help our readers understand our reviews we will be updating our personal bios to reflect our own preferences. As a result, this will allow you to be able to understand why we have given the heart we have. As well as this, we hope it will foster relationships between readers and writers who both share common loves.

Review Length

Another change is the length of our reviews. From this point, we aim to keep our reviews under 1000 words. Packed with personality, love and keeping them short and sweet. We are all gamers and we want to reflect that through our writing!

Review Titles

Our final change is in regard to titling reviews. Rather than the approach we currently employ, all our titles will be standardized, making it easier to find reviews of the games YOU want.

These changes are based on giving you, our readers, a better and more personal experience of reading our content. We all love Nindies and we want to show that through our writing. We are built upon highlighting great Nindie games and we think this is the best way of showing that, in an easy to understand manner. If you have any feedback about our new approach be sure to let us know! This can be done via the contact page of the site, or our Twitter and Discord.