A transparent, repeatable and reviewable process applied to every published review.
Every review uses the same grid. Because the weights are public, any final figure can be taken apart and checked against the notes it came from.
How quickly the portal loads on a standard Canadian connection, whether registration is required before seeing content, and how stable sessions are over longer play.
Recorded: Load time, sign-up requirements, session stability
Whether the mobile build carries the same content as desktop, how the layout adapts on smaller screens, and whether progress follows the account across devices.
Recorded: Layout scaling, feature parity, cross-device progress
How much there is to do beyond the first session: number of modes, depth of progression systems, and how often the portal publishes new content or events.
Recorded: Modes, progression depth, update frequency
Clarity of navigation, readability of menus and tooltips, and whether the visual style stays legible once several systems are unlocked at the same time.
Recorded: Navigation, readability, onboarding clarity
Whether the publisher is named, terms and privacy documents are reachable, and support channels exist and answer. Undocumented operators score low here.
Recorded: Publisher identity, legal pages, support response
Presence of official forums, patch notes, guides or moderated channels, and whether questions asked by players are visibly answered.
Recorded: Official channels, patch notes, guides
The sequence is fixed, so nothing about the order of publication depends on anything other than the queue.
A portal enters the queue when it is publicly accessible, names its publisher and documents what it offers. Reader suggestions join the same queue with no priority attached.
Editors run structured sessions on desktop, tablet and phone, logging load times, interface behaviour and how far the content carries the first few hours.
Notes are mapped onto the six weighted pillars. The review is drafted with strengths, limitations and the type of reader the portal actually suits.
Every published entry is revisited on a rolling six-month schedule, and sooner when a portal changes materially. Updates carry a dated note.