Websites that display DC reviews in a way that allows comparison? (like IGN did, listed on 1 page)

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Websites that display DC reviews in a way that allows comparison? (like IGN did, listed on 1 page)

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To this day, I'll sometimes use a Wayback Machine'd version of dc.ign.com to scope out potential candidates for what I'll play next. I like that you can get a list of scores to quickly compare with each other, whether by genre, by score, by letter, etc.
(if archive is slow to load, here's a screenshot to see what I mean)

Another example is the Video Game Critic. But here the scores are far more subjective and you can only sort by title or score.

Most other sites like GameFAQs' reviews are only viewable in their detailed, individual form. So comparing multiple titles at once isn't doable.
Are there any other sites that display Dreamcast ratings in list format, similar to how IGN worked?
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Metacritic is good at amassing all professional review ratings (and convert things like 5-of-5-stars to a 10/10-scale). They also keep user reviews separate. Metacritic does offer a ranking by console, but there is no additional filtering.

https://www.metacritic.com/game/dreamca ... dventure-2

https://www.metacritic.com/browse/games ... =condensed


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Also, that reminds me I have a grudge against IGN Dreamcast. They promised to review every game and rank them, but hardly did anyting. Jerks.

https://web.archive.org/web/20100409072 ... 841p1.html
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Post by kathleenjohnson »

I often use The Dreamcast Checklist to find the next ones. Here, I can see a complete list of all U.S. Dreamcast games published by Sega. You can try.
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"How Long to Beat" is hosted by the Ziff-Davis conglomerate. No big surprise the publisher is still around.

USA
https://howlongtobeat.com/user/OatBob/l ... amcast-USA
PAL (non-USA releases)
https://howlongtobeat.com/user/OatBob/l ... -releases)
Indie
https://howlongtobeat.com/user/OatBob/l ... cast-Indie

I created a collection that's just the USA list. You can sort by "rating" and show "list view" you may find roughly what you seek. Note many games are multiplatform so there might be, for example, GameBoy reviews of the companion game from the same publisher. Some arcade compilations have been skipped. The site does not seem to care much for incremental releases like Speed Devils: Online Racing, or Racing Simulation 2. Also missing a handful of PAL-only football games.

As an afterthought I added PAL-only games, but I don't suppose this is helpful as helpful in retrospect. This may need some review.

Finally, excuse my abysmally low completion count. I play mostly arcade games, and don't consider what I do beating the game.
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