who here hates people when they get a game just because it got good scores?

who here hates people when they get a game just because it got good scores but they never played the other games in the series say like mgs4 alot of people got the game because it got good scores but they probably never played mgs, mgs2, and mgs 3 tell me wat u think about this

Reviews save me time and money. Without them, I would have to play every game that comes out to see if it sucked or not. If somebody never read reviews what would have stopped them from getting the original Metal Gear Solid over any other Playstation game?AtomicTangerine

r u saying mgs sucks because i think mgs is better then any mgs game even mgs 4

Reviews save me time and money. Without them, I would have to play every game that comes out to see if it sucked or not. If somebody never read reviews what would have stopped them from getting the original Metal Gear Solid over any other Playstation game?AtomicTangerine

You can't go by reviews though. So many times i've played a game, loved it, and saw later that it got bad reviews. How are you to find underrated gems by following reviews?

I find it stupid, I dont see the point in buying a racing game if you hate racing or an RTS if you hate RTS's.

Um I buy games because they receive good reviews. What's wrong with that? Would you prefer that I buy games that receive 4.5's and below?

Would you prefer that I buy games that receive 4.5's and below?

Kreatzion

yes.

[QUOTE="AtomicTangerine"]Reviews save me time and money. Without them, I would have to play every game that comes out to see if it sucked or not. If somebody never read reviews what would have stopped them from getting the original Metal Gear Solid over any other Playstation game?xmitchconnorx

You can't go by reviews though. So many times i've played a game, loved it, and saw later that it got bad reviews. How are you to find underrated gems by following reviews?

Name one please. I have yet to play a game I enjoyed that was panned across the board, and I have always at least had a good time when I bought a game that scored very well. Sure, I have played games where I enjoyed it more or less than the median score would have led me to believe, but I have yet to play a game where the reviews got it totally wrong.

The point I am trying to make is that if one ignores reviews completely, what would stop me from buying Bomberman: Act Zero over Gears of War? What would stop me from buying Lair over MGS4? What would stop me from buying Army of Two over Call of Duty 4? You aren't wrong for liking games that critics didn't, but you are wrong if you say there is no value in reviews from a consumer standpoint.

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Um I buy games because they receive good reviews. What's wrong with that? Would you prefer that I buy games that receive 4.5's and below?

Kreatzion

i mean u shouldnt buy games based on there scores if there in a series like mgs metal gear solid

[QUOTE="xmitchconnorx"]

[QUOTE="AtomicTangerine"]Reviews save me time and money. Without them, I would have to play every game that comes out to see if it sucked or not. If somebody never read reviews what would have stopped them from getting the original Metal Gear Solid over any other Playstation game?AtomicTangerine

You can't go by reviews though. So many times i've played a game, loved it, and saw later that it got bad reviews. How are you to find underrated gems by following reviews?

Name one please. I have yet to play a game I enjoyed that was panned across the board, and I have always at least had a good time when I bought a game that scored very well. Sure, I have played games where I enjoyed it more or less than the median score would have led me to believe, but I have yet to play a game where the reviews got it totally wrong.

The point I am trying to make is that if one ignores reviews completely, what would stop me from buying Bomberman: Act Zero over Gears of War? What would stop me from buying Lair over MGS4? What would stop me from buying Army of Two over Call of Duty 4? You aren't wrong for liking games that critics didn't, but you are wrong if you say there is no value in reviews from a consumer standpoint.

Legend of Dragoon: 6.4

Contact: 6.7

Hexen: 3.3

These are few games that i loved that got lackluster reviews. I'm not telling you to like these games, they're just games i liked that got low scores. It shows that people have different opinions. And how can you trust what you get to someone elses opinion?

And what would stop you from getting Lair over MGS4? Good judgement and a little research. If you looked at previews and thought Bomberman would be better tham Gears then you might have a problem. It's not hard to look into games prior to release, find out who's making them, what's in it, amd other such things. Then you can find out if you'll like a game or not. And if they game ends up being bad, oh well, it happens, people are dying in third world countries, worse things are going on in the world.

And if you want to get an opinion on a game atleast ask a friend who's played it, someone you know and trust. Why trust a total stranger who writes a review on gamespot or ign?

Yeah, it's the same with all the people who only played RE4 then go around talking like it's the best thing ever and they never even touched an old RE game. Then they talk about how bad they look.xmitchconnorx

Ugh, I hate those people. COD4 fans are just about as annoying as well. They run around talking about how COD is the best franchise ever and Infinity Ward is the best developer ever when they've never played any game in the series except for COD4.

[QUOTE="xmitchconnorx"]Yeah, it's the same with all the people who only played RE4 then go around talking like it's the best thing ever and they never even touched an old RE game. Then they talk about how bad they look.gameguy6700

Ugh, I hate those people. COD4 fans are just about as annoying as well. They run around talking about how COD is the best franchise ever and Infinity Ward is the best developer ever when they've never played any game in the series except for COD4.

yes i know i played all the mgs games even metal gear and metal gear 2: solid snake and thos had crappy graphics but i still liked them all the medal of honor games all the cod games see i played all those games and they were in series

Uh... Why wouldn'tyou?

I mean sure, going out and buying the game right after you hear it got a good score is stupid, but I don't know anyone that does that.

If a game gets a good score, it sparks my interest, because obviously some people liked it a lot.. So I do a little research, and if it sounds right for me I buy it.

who here hates people when they get a game just because it got good scores but they never played the other games in the series say like mgs4 alot of people got the game because it got good scores but they probably never played mgs, mgs2, and mgs 3 tell me wat u think about this

jedi322

Resident Evil 4 comes to mind, big time.

Game scores does not matter a lot. It's just a little help.

One of my favorite game is Enter the Matrix but it only got 6.4

There are a lot of games that should have a higher score.

who here hates people when they get a game just because it got good scores but they never played the other games in the series say like mgs4 alot of people got the game because it got good scores but they probably never played mgs, mgs2, and mgs 3 tell me wat u think about this

jedi322

Why start at MGS, why not the original Metal Gear games? The idea of prerequisites is ridiculous. If someone wants to play past games in the series, that's great, but if not, I couldn't care less and don't see why anyone else would. I didn't buy all of the 3,423 incarnations of SF2 and 3, but I still plan on buying SF4.

As for people buying a game because it got good scores, its not a perfect strategy since there are a lot of unreliable reviewers, but it would probably result in a positive change since right now many gamers (and thus many companies) are wedded to franchises. Its why Nintendo hasn't rolled out a new hardcore franchise in years and why a good chunk of Squenix games are FF games and why some companies have two teams working on the same franchise.

who here hates people when they get a game just because it got good scores but they never played the other games in the series say like mgs4 alot of people got the game because it got good scores but they probably never played mgs, mgs2, and mgs 3 tell me wat u think about this

jedi322

Isn't it better they buy the game because it got a good score and they enjoyed it, than making sure they played every game that came before it in a series first? (I feel sorry for the poor sap who decides to buy all of the megaman/final fantasy games created before playing the latest. How many has there been? Then there is spin offs. Yikes, there would go a lot of money!!)

To answer your topic question. Yes when they buy game genres they don't like to begin with that have high scores. I fall into this trap all of the time with driving sims. I get hyped up for these games and have bought my last 3 consoles (xbox,PS2 and Xbox 360) for these types of games. I then start playing them and remember that I still don't like them, but at least I find lots of other games (in different genres) on the console that I enjoy.

[QUOTE="Kreatzion"]

Um I buy games because they receive good reviews. What's wrong with that? Would you prefer that I buy games that receive 4.5's and below?

jedi322

i mean u shouldnt buy games based on there scores if there in a series like mgs metal gear solid

Says who? You?

Why should you care if people decide whether or not to buy a game based on its rating? That's their prerogative. Who do you think you are to think you have the authority to control how people should spend their money?

Why would I hate someone for that?

However, I do hate it when people say a game is a 10 or GOAT just because other people do, like MGS4 & GTA4.

Well, for me, I use the scoring system- both reviewer and community - as a guide to buy games. If I can, I play the demo, but if I can't, what can I really base it on? Usually, scores do come with reviews which elaborates on why a game is good and they do job in justifying the pros and cons. Of course, I do have to adjust based on my taste: for example, if a sports game receives a 9.5, great! But I still wont buy it because sport games isn't something I play.

I believe that there is no such thing as a perfect game, hence a score of 10 from the review is not something I submit to. However, MSG4 for example, I would probably purchase, not only because it was well received, but also because I loved MSG1 and MSG2. BUt I'd only but it after I complete MSG3 (for the sake of understanding the story).

Well, for me, I use the scoring system- both reviewer and community - as a guide to buy games. If I can, I play the demo, but if I can't, what can I really base it on? Usually, scores do come with reviews which elaborates on why a game is good and they do job in justifying the pros and cons. Of course, I do have to adjust based on my taste: for example, if a sports game receives a 9.5, great! But I still wont buy it because sport games isn't something I play.

I believe that there is no such thing as a perfect game, hence a score of 10 from the review is not something I submit to. However, MSG4 for example, I would probably purchase, not only because it was well received, but also because I loved MSG1 and MSG2. BUt I'd only but it after I complete MSG3 (for the sake of understanding the story).

flipin_jackass

thank you thats wat im saying u r one of the 3 people that understand wat i was saying

Why would I have to have played any previous MGS games for me to be able to enjoy MGS 4? Maybe I don't care about all the back story, and just want to play it for the sake of playing it. You know, I hated MGS 3. Everything about it was outdated and in a desperate need of modernizing. So I sure wasn't gonna go pick up MGS 1 or 2 if I felt that way about 3. But when I read the reviews on MGS 4 and found out that alot of the issues I had with 3 were fixed, yea, I had alot more interest in playing it. And as soon as I get a PS3 I'm most definitely picking up MGS4. I don't care if I played the first 3 games or not. If I really want to know the whole story, I'll look it up somewhere or something.

Just because someone hasn't played all games in a series doesn't mean they can't enjoy the latest game that's come out. I never really liked Baldur's Gate. And I also never really liked any of the NWN games until the last expansion. But I still picked up NWN 2 and its expansion after reading the reviews. And I am glad I did because I totally loved both of them.

[QUOTE="AtomicTangerine"][QUOTE="xmitchconnorx"]

[QUOTE="AtomicTangerine"]Reviews save me time and money. Without them, I would have to play every game that comes out to see if it sucked or not. If somebody never read reviews what would have stopped them from getting the original Metal Gear Solid over any other Playstation game?xmitchconnorx

You can't go by reviews though. So many times i've played a game, loved it, and saw later that it got bad reviews. How are you to find underrated gems by following reviews?

Name one please. I have yet to play a game I enjoyed that was panned across the board, and I have always at least had a good time when I bought a game that scored very well. Sure, I have played games where I enjoyed it more or less than the median score would have led me to believe, but I have yet to play a game where the reviews got it totally wrong.

The point I am trying to make is that if one ignores reviews completely, what would stop me from buying Bomberman: Act Zero over Gears of War? What would stop me from buying Lair over MGS4? What would stop me from buying Army of Two over Call of Duty 4? You aren't wrong for liking games that critics didn't, but you are wrong if you say there is no value in reviews from a consumer standpoint.

Legend of Dragoon: 6.4

Contact: 6.7

Hexen: 3.3

These are few games that i loved that got lackluster reviews. I'm not telling you to like these games, they're just games i liked that got low scores. It shows that people have different opinions. And how can you trust what you get to someone elses opinion?

And what would stop you from getting Lair over MGS4? Good judgement and a little research. If you looked at previews and thought Bomberman would be better tham Gears then you might have a problem. It's not hard to look into games prior to release, find out who's making them, what's in it, amd other such things. Then you can find out if you'll like a game or not. And if they game ends up being bad, oh well, it happens, people are dying in third world countries, worse things are going on in the world.

And if you want to get an opinion on a game atleast ask a friend who's played it, someone you know and trust. Why trust a total stranger who writes a review on gamespot or ign?

I trust the professional reviews much more than I trust other gamers. I find they are usually much more objective than some 15 year old in Phoenix, who hated GTA IV because there were no gangstas or planes. Of course, going by just 1 review is crazy. That's where Metacritic and GameRankings come into play....

Out of the games you listed, I've only experienced Hexen, and it was the worst PS1 game I ever played. I don't understand how anyone can like it. I think GS was overly generous with 3.3. I would give it 2 at most.

who here hates people when they get a game just because it got good scores but they never played the other games in the series say like mgs4 alot of people got the game because it got good scores but they probably never played mgs, mgs2, and mgs 3 tell me wat u think about this

jedi322

Uhh, if you look over at gamerankings, every mgs game got high composite scores. That's not a good example. GTA would be a much better example. Nobody played GTA 1 or 2, but everybody's played GTA3.