This may be a dumb question with an obvious answer, but I want to be sure: Reviews are only seen by the game creator/s and can't be replied to, comments on a game page are public and can be replied to but don't count as reviews, right? I decided to go through a backlog of games I didn't rate/review but it only recently occurred to me that if I ask a question in a review (ex. about the plot) the creators don't seem to have any way to reply. On the other hand, leaving a review in the comments doesn't add an official review to the game's stats. Is there a general preference for a review over a game-page comment or site etiquette that prefers one over another? Does it make any difference?

Again, sorry if this is commonly known or should be obvious or if this is the wrong place to ask about it: I'm pretty new to actually participating with rating/reviewing here as opposed to just lurking and downloading.