A Criticker user asked the question of adding Game Remasters and Compilations apart to the original titles to Criticker's Game Database via our movie forum.
Her two cents:
Personally, I think not. having things like Skyrim and Skyrim Special Edition only serves to dilute the rating base and reduce accuracy of PSIs, more than cancelling out any potential benefit. Furthermore, it's just really messy and annoying to look at in the database. Devil Survivor 2 and Devil Survivor 2 Record Breaker. Valkyria Chronicles and Valkyria Chronicles Remastered. annoying. and I've already seen people give the same exact score and review to the different versions.
Our answer:
We've been quiet, but following this conversation pretty carefully, as we wanted to hear all sides before weighing in.
We tend to agree with point of view that remasters should not be considered separate entries, except in very specific situations.
Of all the remasters, episodes, and ports added to the system so far, the great majority were added by us, before launch. Our users, it would seem, are not too interested in submitting an "enhanced edition" if the original is already there.
So, we're going to be deleting remasters, individual episodes of overarching games (like Hitman) and ports. We'll be doing this over the next week. Further submissions of such titles will be scrutinized individually.
Thanks for starting and contributing to this topic. I think the streamlining is going to make the site better, overall.