Does anyone read gamespot user reviews?

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#1 Killer0422
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I stopped writing them over 8 months ago because no one seemed to write them and I was busy with schoolwork. Now it's summer and I can go back to it. However, there's just no place for music or movie reviews which I would love to review and talk about. Gamespot also has this awesome blog feature which I also use. The problem is that I take hours writing those reviews but no one ever reads them.

But regardless I am going to continue, I just hope there's music and movie section though.

I am going to write like 15 game reviews now..games that I've finished so far since last Christmas.

I just love Gamespot's system of letting us users review games but I wish more people read them.

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#2 wis3boi
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no, because barely anyone is able to write an objective one that puts biased opinions to the side

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#3 dave123321
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form time to time mhm
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#4 thriteenthmonke
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I don't read any reviews.
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#5 jerk-o-tron2000
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No, I do not....

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#6 Allicrombie
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I read mine. /narcissist
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#7 lordreaven
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Yes, Wasdie, and Airshocker are the last reviews I read. Older games and older reviews. I haven't read them ina while sadly. I have too many games to play and beat:cry:

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#8 -Tish-
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Hell no, I just look at the scores and occasionally the snippets.
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#9 wis3boi
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I read mine. /narcissistAllicrombie

:lol:

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#10 Killer0422
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no, because barely anyone is able to write an objective one that puts biased opinions to the side

wis3boi

My reviews are not biased and I give reasons to my rating.

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#11 Skittles_McGee
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I read mine. /narcissistAllicrombie
Nothing narcissist there. Someone has to read the crappy reviews, good job being that someone :)
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#12 VanHelsingBoA64
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Nope. Only go to gamefaqs for reader reviews. I don't know why but they're almost always detailed and well reasoned.
I read mine. /narcissistAllicrombie
Even though you can only moderate reader reviews?
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#13 Chris_Williams
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I use too but now I just go to metacritic

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#14 Killer0422
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Both metacritic and gamefaqs looks bland tho.

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#15 Diablo-B
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I read them all the time especially when im on the fence about getting a game. The more opinions and descriptions I can get the better for making my choice.
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#16 Killer0422
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-High Five-

However I just looked at metacritic and I see people actually read those reviews

HOWEVER AGAIN

I wrote a few music and movie reviews for my school. They are like over 1000 words (I write too much)

Metacritic doesn't allow any review over 5,000 characters........

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#17 Allicrombie
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[QUOTE="VanHelsingBoA64"] Even though you can only moderate reader reviews?

I can moderate more than that. =P
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#18 IdioticIcarus
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I do when I'm looking at a game I'm considering buying. I like to get a variety of opinions, even if they aren't particularly well written. I kind of feel more comfortable with casual reviews than professional ones, for some reason.
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#19 branketra
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I read mine. /narcissistAllicrombie
:roll:
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#20 Kevlar101
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I don't like to compliment myself, but I wright great reviews.
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#21 Aquat1cF1sh
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Yeah I read them, thinking about starting to review some games myself... Sometimes it's nice to see reviews from just a gamer's perspective and not an editor's perspective.
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#22 SoNin360
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I still write them, though I know no one really gives a damn. I glance at other reviews from time to time. Most are hardly reviews, but some people at least try, like I do. I'm not great at writing them, but I still like to.
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#23 Tylendal
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Sometimes I read bad reviews for good games.
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#24 Allicrombie
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Sometimes I read bad reviews for good games.Tylendal
tell me about it.
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#25 Serraph105
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Only if gamespot doesn't bother to give their own reviews. Like the cooking application game that came out for the DS. Gamespot never bothered to review it so I checked out the very few user reviews.

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#26 Kevlar101
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Sometimes I read bad reviews for good games.Tylendal
Like when I gave Red Dead Redemption: Undead Nightmare a 2/10.
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#27 wis3boi
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[QUOTE="VanHelsingBoA64"] Even though you can only moderate reader reviews?Allicrombie
I can moderate more than that. =P

Woah, let's not get kinky in here now...wait, please continue

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#28 TAMKFan
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Rarely. I did used to read them a little more often than now though.

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#29 Wilfred_Owen
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Oh hell no!
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#30 hippiesanta
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Yes... especially when I'm thinking to purchase it.... opinion from unpaid individual are important
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#31 LZ71
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No. I don't have the time to shift through the mountains of garbage to find a few that are actually reasonable and insightful. I'd rather just go to a few different review sites and compare scores instead.
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#32 Goyoshi12
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I read mine. /narcissistAllicrombie

Exactly! I find mine are more entertaining to read than everyone else's. :D

....I need help....

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#33 ShadowsDemon
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Yes I do. Some of them I agree with more than with the actual review.
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#34 sukraj
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Sometimes i read them.

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#35 sune_Gem
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no, because barely anyone is able to write an objective one that puts biased opinions to the side

wis3boi

This is my excuse to not reading them too.

So many "1/10 it's the worst game ever!" and "10/10 it's the best game ever!" reviews from users.

I just love what the users did with Mass Effect 3. "Wow, this game is great, this is truly the best in the series." *game ends* "WHAT ARRFGGHGGHG BLARGH 1/10!"

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#36 The__Kraken
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I read a few just to see how sad and pathetic some of the "reviewers" are. I don't know why... In retrospect, it was time wasted, as I could have spent that time doing something useful, like feeding starving children or giving drug-addled hobos money.

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#37 RoseFlambe169
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I read random ones when the GameSpot reviewer doesn't paint a clear enough picture of the game for me. In absence of quality, quantity will suffice. In general though, I don't read reviews about random games unless they come from someone whose opinion I know and can trust. I usually care more about the reviewer than the review, which is why I go to the "official" reviews before I go to the user ones.

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#38 Lonelynight
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I only read reviews of people I like.
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#39 Legenkiller59
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i don't, i barely read GS official reviews

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#40 LJS9502_basic
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No.