Do you buy you Wii games based on reviews or do you read up on it?

Seeing as the Wii is not swarming with games that would normally get consistantly high marks or more coverage in the press, based on many reasons often in my opinion the wrong ones. Do you buy you Wii games based more on the reviews and scores, or do you look up more on a game and get it based on how you would feel you like it?

Reading about a game helps a lot. Usually going to the game's website will provide links to previews and favorable reviews, while going to aggregate sites (like gonintendo) will fill you in on minor details and player impressions.

If the game seems short, I usually just rent it. If it is great, that's when i buy.

Reviews play an important role. Below 7 on GS isnt for me.

Reviews play an important role. Below 7 on GS isnt for me.

XenoLair

For me, it's all about instinct. That's not to say a positive review or even preview can't be of some help, but if something about a game greatly appeals to me and my gaming tastes, chances are that I'm going to give it a go. The games I've purchased this year are those that I had decided on well before a single review appeared, and as it turns out, those have been great investments for me, despite the review scores (one being an '8' and the other a '7.5' on this site).

Really, the biggest thing I take from reviews these days is how a game controls. If the controls seem to hold out, I just leave everything else to how I'm feeling about that game.

I do everything. :)

I do everything. :)

X-Remnant

Reviews play an important role. Below 7 on GS isnt for me.

XenoLair

I would change that cutoff score slightly (maybe to 5 or 6), since GS has fairly recently given scores of 6.5 to a few games that scored much higher on most other reviewing sites / magazines.

I don't really look at scores much, since there aren't many solid, mathmatical formulas that sites use to determine the scores. I've read TONS of reviews where I'm baffled by the score; they'll give it tons of praise and give it a 7, or bring up all sorts of complaints and still give it a 8.5-9 (coughFPScough). The actual review tells you how the reviewer feels about the game. The score is usually just an ambiguous number they come up with.

I pay more attention to the gripes about a game rather than what it gets praised for. Simply put, if the game looks appealing to me, I'm probably going to get it unless there are gripes with the game that I would have a hard time dealing with (ex. excessive hacking / cheating in Conduit's online).

I also don't really look at reviews for Nintendo games. I've never once looked at a review for a (console) Zelda game; it's always insta-preorder once I first get the chance. For third party games though, especially this year, I did pay attention to reviews, but it wasn't really a deciding factor. I bought Madworld that first weekend it dropped to $30 (since it was $30), Pikmin NPC since I missed out on it for the GC, Rune Factory Frontier since I like Harvest Moon games (certainly wasn't swayed by the Gamespot review!), and Little King's Story since I liked the concept (and positive reviews did make the decision easier). I avoided The Conduit based on non-IGN reviews, but on gripes with the game, not just looking at the scores it received.

If Nintendo makes it I almost always get and otherwise if it seems popular or gets a really high score here I consider geting it

Having a good idea of the kinds of games I like and gameplay videos play the biggest part for me.

Reviews help a bit, but really I base my purchases on whether it sounds like something I'd like based on the description and possibly some videos. Hearsay from places such as this board helps as well.

Both,along with getting feedback from the forums.

I buy games from reading abt it...I don't buy games based on review ..not a review/score whore.

Not really, because I often find reviews to be unreliable (especially when the game in question is for Wii). Sometimes listen to Nintendo Power and Gametrailers, but that's about it.

I get the Wii games based on what they look like from Videos.

Youtube "reviews" are useful (imo)

If I bought my Wii games based on reviews, then my Wii library would have a total of FIVE good games if I followed Gamespot, and filled with crap like The Conduit if I followed IGN. Much better to make up your own mind, you see. ;)charizard1605

You have very High Standards to call The Conduit crap on the Wii.

There is more smelly games than The Conduit.

Personally I read up on the games and if they sound interesting then I will rent them and if they are good enough to buy after that then I throw down the dough.

yes, i read the review first before buying wii games

I mainly use reviews to figure out how a game works if it isn't very apparent to me. I look at the advantages and disadvantages of a certain game, and decide if they would apply to me. If a game has lousy graphics, for example, I won't really care, but if a game's lifespan is short, I'm going to reconsider buying this game. The final grade mostly isn't my concern. It's only an indication of the technical quality of the game, but even that indication is often flawed.

That being said, I find GS and IGN some of the least reliable sources for stuff like this. The only medium I really take seriously when it comes to game reviews is the Dutch N-Gamer magazine.

I buy games based on my personal tastes and gamer intuition. I've been buying games for many years now, I think I can sort the good from the bad.;) Reviews only offer insight to what the game has to offer, nothing more.