Are you careful about buying your games?

Do you only buy games you're absolutely, 100% sure to like, or do you purchase anything you 'think' will interest you? I'm not sure I'm making myself very clear... I purchased a lot of games on my PS3, and I kind of regret it now. That's why I traded most of them in and created a new PSN account, with only my absolute favorite, triple A games: GTA IV, Killzone 2, Red Dead Redemption, LittleBigPlanet and Modern Warfare 2.

I research, but if a game interests me I'm going to buy it regardless of review scores. If I want the game, but it received bad scores then I'll most likely wait for a price drop before getting it. That's what I'm doing for Alpha Protocol.

I usually buy games i think i will like or are interested but not really careful unless i have to make a decision

To be honest: no. I tend to have more money than time and I don't trust reviews anyway. I might look up some gameplay video before buying a game, but if it's a JRPG, a Hack n' Slay or any sequel to a game I enjoyed, I pre-order them right away ^^

I would always watch some gameplay footage first before I buy the game. That's why Im still play all 40 of my PS3 games today.:D

i always research my games before i buy them because im always on a tight budget. unless it kingdom hearts. :D

i check the reviews first.

I look at everything (gameplay, story, graphics, replay value, etc.) and check reviews to see flaws and such, and user reviews, watch trailers, and if I like it, I will. But I always know what I like, No matter what it is, a movie, an anime, a show, a game, whenever I see a piece of it (trailer, etc.) I just feel a connection, I KNOW that I will like it. It's always worked out for me, Death Note, I felt it, it worked, AC2, I felt it, it worked, LBP, Bleach, Heavy Rain, MGS4, Full Metal Alchemist, Titanic, Never Back Down, Inception, and so on.

If it looks good I buy it, but if I want to listen to someone else's opinion I find a dedicated forum to see what they think instead of some reviewer.

Honestly, I pretty much buy anything that interests me at all, though I do take reviews and watching gameplay footage into account before deciding to buy. I try not to buy new very often, excepting sports games.

I should be more discriminating... my collection is unreasonably huge, and there's zero chance I'll ever get around to playing all of the 300+ games I own.

I mostly look into games before I end up buying them. Sometimes I come across really cheap ones and will get those though. Recently I bought F.E.A.R. 2 and Bionic Commando for $8 each and luckily I'm happy with both!

Research what I don't know and buy what I do know. If there's a demo, all the better. That's like $60 ~ $70 before taxes. I can't afford to wastefully spend on something I'm not 100% on. That's what I wait on price drops for. The rest of the "potentials". Used on a price drop or sale.

I wanted Just Cause 2 and only got that because it was on sale for $40 at Walmart. Very glad for it though.

But yeah, full price only for 100%. So far, my only full priced PS3 game this year is Fallout New Vegas on a pre-order (loved Fallout 3 and looks good to me)

Do you only buy games you're absolutely, 100% sure to like, or do you purchase anything you 'think' will interest you?

Guaracy-

Most of the games I buy its cause ive played the demo and i liked it, others are cause of hype or good reviews. Or if all of my friends buys them (MW2) so i can play with them. You could say im a little carefull of buying some games.

If I'm getting a game day 1 it's usually going to be a major release, I'll usually pre-order it, and there will usually be a $10 or $20 pre-order bonus involved so I'm not really paying full price. I don't think I've ever taken a "chance" on a game on day 1. So far this year I pre-ordered Bad Company 2, God of War III, NCAA 11, Red Dead Redemption, Super Street Fighter IV with Gran Turismo 5 still pending.

Then I'll sometimes buy a "newish" game that's getting great reviews, and has word of mouth. But I will usually wait until the price comes down a little. Sometimes for a period of months, sometimes I'll watch a game for a year or more just to wait for the price to drop (Example: just got Demon's Souls for $29.99). Out of principal I just hate paying $59.99 when a game has been out months, that game stayed at full price for the longest time.

Finally I will take chance on bargain bin games or games I see on sale. For $20 I'll still check reviews a little to make sure it's not total crap. My last game like this was Blur for $19.99, I knew it was decent so for $19.99 I went for it. Hell half my PS3 games I probably paid less than $20. For $9.99 I'll take more chances without really looking at reviews, but it's hard to find decent games this cheap (Bionic Commando, Mirror's Edge, Hot Shots Golf are the only PS3 games I can think of that I paid

I only buy games that I've researched and is interested in, but I have a problem with buying games that I know I won't get to for a while so the backlog keeps building up.

yes i got to my r and d

Well yes since I only buy like 1 or 2 games in year :p

it mind sound stupid but with so many great games coming out and that have come outalready i really make sure i will like the game. i mean, i got motorstorm with the console (along with resistance 2) and that got an 7.9, i also got ashes cricket 09 caus its my favourite sport, but apart from that i haven't got a game under 8.5. now i know you's will say you shouldnt let a review score determine what you get or not but seriously, games cost quite a bit of money and i only get so many in a certain perioud of time that it would make sense to realise theres an obvious difference in quality between a 9.0-9.5 game compared to a 7.5-8.0 game.

now im sure i would probably enjoy a 8.0 game or lower slightly but every game in my collection so far i really enjoy a lot.

There's no way I'd just look at a game and buy it. I would research it first and/or play the demo.

If a game is really really cheap, my standards drop pretty low. As long as it looks like it might be interesting, that's worth $15 - $20. If you're talking a full $60 game, then I do a lot of research and it better be something I'm sure to love.

I only buy games that are both highly rated (usually meta score of 90+) and used/on sale (usually under $10 or maaayybe $20). Other than those two conditions i'm not all that carefull. I NEVER buy games new anymore, and probably won't until diablo 3 comes out.

I check up on everything and I wasn't sure about getting FF13, but was very happy with it anyways. Sometimes I buy games with bad reviews and enjoy them but most of the games I buy are with good reviews, but I do plan on buying Lost Planet 2.

Most of the time i read reviews but sometimes i do make the mistake of just buying a game because i think it looks good, only to find out its the worst game ever.

I have bought like 100 plus games in the last 2 years and the backlog is just too huge. With the way game prices are falling and with so much uncertainity in the job market I'm taking the approach of just waiting for games to fall to a price I deem worth purchasing. Normally $20 and under for most games. I guess a few games around $30 I might buy. The only games I will buy new now are game titles I really love like UC2, RDR or HR. I really wanted to play those games but still made sure I didn't pay a lot for them when they came out. I bought them for $45 brand new.

I'm very careful. I do a lot of research. I don't necessarily need to play the game beforehand. So reviews, trailers, user reviews, forum reviews, written/video reviews, gameplay videos, knowledge on content, whatever information is available I'll look it up. If it interests me I'll make the purchase.

I usually play the demo before I buy xXRukasuXx

I actually hate playing demo's I fined it wrecks the game for me. I always find them horrible and it leaves a bad taste in my mouth for the game

I refuse to buy any game for $59.99. That is simply too much for my liking. I have typical game genres that I like, then I look at critics reviews, then user reviews and when the price comes back down to $40 or less (whether on retail sale or ebay), I will buy it then. It's good to wait a few months after a game's release so price goes down.

Do you only buy games you're absolutely, 100% sure to like, or do you purchase anything you 'think' will interest you? I'm not sure I'm making myself very clear... I purchased a lot of games on my PS3, and I kind of regret it now. That's why I traded most of them in and created a new PSN account, with only my absolute favorite, triple A games: GTA IV, Killzone 2, Red Dead Redemption, LittleBigPlanet and Modern Warfare 2.

Guaracy-

with the price of games being what they are, i'm very carefull.

Hmm, almost always wait for a review. I've noticed the video game industry often likes to hype games that turn out to be very bad, so going off hype alone can turn badly. A very select few games I know will be awesome i might pre-order, like God of War 3 and Red Dead Redemption.

I rarely buy games anymore. Mostly I just rent them. If I like the game well enough and think it's one I play again then I might buy it. And very few games to I buy without playing beforehand. God of War III was one exception, but I'm a huge GoW fan.

I usually play the demo before I buy xXRukasuXx

I usually buy sleeper games. You know ones that don't have a big audience. Demos who has time for them.

I think it's pretty safe to say I know what kind of games I like and will buy without having to check for reviews.