Hello, I wanted to know if it is really necessary to allow 1-star reviews, and I hope some moderator sees this post.

I recently received a 1 star review, and I could tell that the added comment was loaded with a bit of hate towards the tools I use, and not as an objective opinion about the game, his comment was just a personal opinion, something that could I had left it in the comments on the game page, and it wasn't necessary to leave it in the reviews. So, is it necessary that a person who hates the tools I use can leave such a negative review?

If a person doesn't like a game, that doesn't mean the game is bad, and that doesn't give them the right to post a 1-star review just because they don't like it.

I don't know if this page is going to change this, I've searched the forums for this, and it seems I'm not the only one who has asked for a change to this rating system, but, at least they should remove the option to leave star reviews and add a simple “Like” for free games in development, I understand that for a game that has to pay to play it, reviews can be important for buyers, since they are paying for a finished product, but it is totally unnecessary to rate with a star to a free game in development, as it can negatively affect a small developer's ability to see on the page.

I hope I can receive some response, I am only making this post with the intention of making a good change in Itch.io, it is not necessary for some people to show their hate through the review system.

If you think you have it bad, look at games that have any topic that could be considered a certain 3 letter japanese abreviation. Most often unjustified. Those games get actualy hate comments and of course ratings. It is a fun sport to look at the games those haters did comment on to find new interesting games.

People are not all dumb. Some actually will recognise and know of the existing bias concerning certain topics. Or tools. They might even be suspicous if there are not negative ratings in a game containing those controversial things. The ears of your protagonist for that matter would also qualify as such a controversial thing.

You could give some sort of disclaimer, if you feel your rating score gets too low, for the less aware players.

And you might not want to re-release your different game versions as I think you might have done. I distinctly remember seeing your stuff way before the current publishing date. You will dissappear from collections.