Why aren the ReMixes ranked by popularity or numerical ratings?
We try to maintain a high level of quality in reviewing submissions, and believe that the music posted on OCR sets a benchmark in its representation of the non-commercial game arrangement community. However, there will always be pieces that some people may not like whether due to a ReMix’s genre, game source, etc. Expressions like “beauty is in the eye of the beholder” and “one man’s trash is another man’s treasure,” trite as they seem, are quintessentially true. To separate out the “best” mixes, even by a majority vote, would sway any new visitors towards those mixes and away from pieces that they might otherwise have enjoyed. Instead, we have a Reviews forum that lets everyone voice their opinion on a mix, and include a numerical rating if they choose to, but not in any tallied or averaged way. If you consistently find mixes you don’t like and want to avoid “wasting your time,” we suggest keeping track of which games, composers, and ReMixers you tend to enjoy, and downloading those m
