Rating System

There are three to four areas I look at, for visual novels these are Characters, Story (includes writing and plot), Visuals and Music. For books, they are Characters, Story and World.

1 - Worst thing in history.
You will rage-quit before finishing this. I despise the creator for bringing this into existence, I want him/her to pay me to read this or invent a time machine to give me back the time I wasted on it.

2 - Terrible.
Too many flaws in every area to be worth your time.

3 - Cringe-worthy. 
It does one thing decently, but it's still painful to play as the rest sucks.

4 - Apply palm to forehead.
It made some good small decisions here and there, but in general there is a lot of room to grow.

5 - Could have been good.
It had potential, but didn't follow through that well because of some big mistake(s).

6 - So-so.
It's not bad, but not good either.

7 - Decent.
The positive aspects outweigh the negative ones, which made it enjoyable.

8 - Good.
It may have some flaws, but in general this is really worth your time, it was very fun!

9 - Great!
The flaws are neglectable, as most of it was astonishing!

10 - Best thing ever!
There are no flaws! If there are flaws, you can't see them because the sheer awesomeness of the rest brought you to tears.