Review Guidelines

Modification Reviews

Usefulness


For this category, you should describe how useful the modpack is. This category will be mostly based on the Reviewer’s opinion, but should be based on how useful it would be to the downloader if they were to download it and how much the modpack is worth using. You should also mark off depending on what the mod replaces. If the mod replaces something that doesn’t work accordingly to what the mod is being replaced with, then a lower score should be given. One example could be that someone replaces a building with a melee unit and should be marked down, unless there was a good reason for replacing that.

Usefulness answers the questions:
  • Is the modification worth installing?
  • Is there a point to the modification?
  • Is the modification logical?

Quality


For Quality, you should describe how well the graphics and/or sounds are and how consistent the mod is with the game. If the graphic and sound quality is very poor, a lower score should be given. If the graphics looks as well in the game as any other graphic in the game or looks like it belongs in the game, or at least close, it should receive a higher score. If the sound quality is very well, it should also receive a higher score. You should also mark off for any errors the modpack has, such as anchors not correctly aligned, palette problems, mask problems, etc. A modification may not change graphics or sound, in the case the modification should be marked on well it accomplishes what it set out to do.

Quality answers the questions:
  • Is the modification visually appealing, if applicable?
  • Does the modification accomplish what it was designed to do?

Installation Instructions


This section is fairly self-explanatory, the easier the modification is to install, the higher the score in this category. Ample instruction should be provided so that the modification can be installed and uninstalled without problems. If the instructions are followed and the modification fails to work and/or corrupts the game the modification earns an instantaneous 1.0 in this category.

Installation Instructions
  • Was the modification easy to install/uninstall?

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