The PSM Reviews are real.

Warhawk - 6.5, big complaint is that it's online-only.

Lair - 5.0, big complaint is the controls of the game, using the Sixaxis to control the dragon is a pain.

So, do you guys take into account reviews by magazines like PSM? Or more of what IGN andGameSpot have to say? Or all of them? Or none at all?

none at all

mountain_duwe

the only thing that matters about a game is how you think of it, and if you enjoy playing it. reviews are in the eye of the beholder (reviewer). take for example, i WILL buy lair, and i WILL buy warhawk. no review will sway me. now, no review is perfect. look at tenchuz. gamespot and ign gave it like 6.0s, but my friend has it on his 360, and i played it and its atually pretty fun. therefore. i dont really listen to reviews, nor have i ever really.

I feel like, for the most part(with exceptions), GameSpot underrates games and IGN overrates games.

If there was a site that took IGN's and GameSpot's reviews and averaged them...I'd subscribe to them.

I think ign is on par gamespot underates in my view

and game informer over rates

best score sources

1.IGN

2.Gamespot

3.Game Informer

the rest meh

I was pretty disappointed to see the low scores. I was really looking forward to Lair but aside from the visuals, there's really nothing next-gen about it. Warhawk too.

Looks like I'm gonna have some cash to pick up Tiger Woods 08 and Heavenly Sword after all.

Warhawk - 6.5, big complaint is that it's online-only.

Lair - 5.0, big complaint is the controls of the game, using the Sixaxis to control the dragon is a pain.

So, do you guys take into account reviews by magazines like PSM? Or more of what IGN andGameSpot have to say? Or all of them? Or none at all?

mountain_duwe

psm is okay. xbox magazine, on the other hand, is the most biased piece of pie that i have seen in a while. listen to them hyping perfect dark zero in issue august 2005.

"Microsoft's betting on perfect dark zero to be xbox360's killer app"

"so, we have a good amount of faith, that when it hits, perfect dark zero will be a must for every xbox360 owner's library"

while in psm, the only mistake i saw, was the inclusion of beautiful katamari in a preview stating it would be multiplat on ps3 and xbox360. but then again, this was before the devs decided on the 360 exclusive, so i suppose its a legit mistake. while, the xbox magazine's comments are after magazine writers have seen gameplay running on dev kits.

Warhawk - 6.5, big complaint is that it's online-only.

Lair - 5.0, big complaint is the controls of the game, using the Sixaxis to control the dragon is a pain.

So, do you guys take into account reviews by magazines like PSM? Or more of what IGN andGameSpot have to say? Or all of them? Or none at all?

mountain_duwe

First of all I hate it when people put games down because they are online only. You don't even pay full price for it. It's like those reviews of arcade games and saying OMG it isn't multiplayer or something.

Anyways I never really liked Lair, however there are games that have taken my heart that were rated very poorly.

Review scores are for fanboys.

for me I don't care about what they say at all, I'm the one who decided if the game cool or not.

sometimes they give soe games low score but when I try it was very fun & awesome, so that why I don't listen to them.