When i bought crackdown last thursday, 7.8 was completely unimportant to me. i buy games because they're fun. Motorstorm was a good game, but many PS3 fans don't talk about how good it is because people just go "lolz motorflop 7.9 roflcopter!!!" i dont care what some reviewer thinks and you shouldn't either. however, if a game gets horrific scores, you probably shouldn't scar youself by playing it. so do you care what reviewers think?
Only if a game gets consistently bad scores from multiple sources.
A reviewer that doesn't really get a game is something that happens, so I'll still look into it if it interests me, though it may only got mixed scores.
If the reviews are generally the same and under 50% I tend to avoid the games like the plague. Reviews for games higher than that mean nothing to me. I need to play the game to give it my opinion. I use the average opinion of games to choose which I should try first over others.
Yes. I use them as a guide on what to buy. I do however buy games that only score 70% or so, especially if the things that gave the game a low score doesn't matter to me, like the save points for Dead Rising, who cares if they make the game harder, it just makes it last longer because you have to gain a certain amount of mastery in it.
Yes they do. A great example of this is Touch the Dead. I was really excited for that game until I read about it in EGM and on gamespot. 5.5, no thanks.
When 'm buying into a new series that I have never played before, then they can sway me away from something. But if it's a game of a series I am familiar with, then I will buy it regardless.
Reviews are helpful in the sense that at least they give me an idea of what to expect from a game. Most of the time, however, I buy what I want to buy regardless of review scores.
I usually rent games before i buy them so i can judge for myself. However, there are few exceptions when a games consistenly gets reviews above 90% then i usually buy it without renting it.
well if am interested in a game that has 0 credibility and scores 1s across the board then i might think about not getting it but say if MGS4 got a 7 and everyone said it was bad i would still get it
Sometimes. Games like Oblivion, Saint's Row, Gears Of War, Zelda TP and Resistance I bought off the bat. But I do read the overall reviews and it sometimes persuade me to buy it or rent it. Usually if the games I was reading about and interested in gets an overall score under 75% I don't purchase them.
I use reviews as a guideline to find out what the game is like. I don't use them to absolutely decide whether or not I should get a game, though. If a game flops by System Wars standards, that probably isn't going to stop me from enjoying it.
Only if a game gets consistently bad scores from multiple sources.
A reviewer that doesn't really get a game is something that happens, so I'll still look into it if it interests me, though it may only got mixed scores.
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I go by gamerankings averaged score, and the score of personal votes. Also, I read the Gamespot reviews, but mostly it's the personal scores that count.
It's not important to me but if a Review gets under 6.0 on Gamerankings I tend to not buy it if it is higher I will buy it, that is the only way Reviews effect me.
Well it depends. To say never would be a lie to myself.
I have my known titles I want, mostly RPGs or franchises I've enjoyed before.
Yet, there are titles that I'm interested in that the reviews can act as a research tool. I don't really give a damn about the number the game gets (it's only purpose to me is whether I'm reading a review to laugh or to consider the title), I care about what was written about the title. Even then, I dtry not to consider the negativite or positive attitude, b/c what the reviewer may like/hate may be opposite of what I like/dislike. But at least it gives me some insight on the title none the less.
I read reviews if I am iffy about a game. They only really play a big part when I have a couple games I am thinking of buying and not enough money for all of them.
A lot of times for me - usually if its a game like Zelda, Ill buy it before I read a revirew because I don't want to change my expectation, and usually (except the CD-I games) they're always good. But a lot of times they do becaue I just don't want to buy a crap game... usually from a game from a new series I'm not familiar with. I have some excpetions though.
A review (Never from this site) only matters to me if its absolutley dismal. and i always crossreference other sources for reviews. Youll find that while some sites or MAgs Love a game to death, otehrs will not like it as much or not at all. for instance PLAY gave Odin Sphere a 10 (which it deserves) while Silly lemspot (here) gave it a 7.6 (?) however as a rule of thumb i generally ignore reviews.
A review (Never from this site) only matters to me if its absolutley dismal. and i always crossreference other sources for reviews. Youll find that while some sites or MAgs Love a game to death, otehrs will not like it as much or not at all. for instance PLAY gave Odin Sphere a 10 (which it deserves) while Silly lemspot (here) gave it a 7.6 (?) however as a rule of thumb i generally ignore reviews.jigglebilly1983
If you like JRPGs than GS is not really a great reference for reviews IMHO.
[QUOTE="jigglebilly1983"]A review (Never from this site) only matters to me if its absolutley dismal. and i always crossreference other sources for reviews. Youll find that while some sites or MAgs Love a game to death, otehrs will not like it as much or not at all. for instance PLAY gave Odin Sphere a 10 (which it deserves) while Silly lemspot (here) gave it a 7.6 (?) however as a rule of thumb i generally ignore reviews.-RPGamer-
If you like JRPGs than GS is not really a great reference for reviews IMHO.
Any niche or game market towards the hardcore not the casuals always get hased down.
For example look at the score for third strike and red orchestra now compare them to def jam and rainbow six.
They do when I'm on the fence. Great reviews can push me to buy a game, while bad reviews would keep away from them. Most of the time I read reviews to find out the bugs that are in games. If a game is bug free and it is the type of game I like, I will probably get it.
Then there are games that I won't wait for the reviews because I know I will like the game. Halo 3, GTA IV, Mass Effect, MSG4 etc to name a few.
Yes reviews do matter. It's not about the score but the actual reviewed content itself. I get to see what's inside the game before I buy it. I did not buy Red Steel because of reviews and thank god.
Just finished the entire game at a friend's place and he sold it to EB like a week after.Â
Sort of. For one anything that gets below 80(AA) on gamerankings, becomes a rental, not worthy of purchase. After that it becomes what certain reviews sad were good points, what other gamers have said about the game and was i interested in the game to begin with. Like i probably wont pick up Army of Two even if it gets AAA. I',m not interested in that game at all.
I realized how much of a disconnect between gamers and the gaming media there was when I look back and read the reviews for some of my favorite games of the past.
SSB - (Nintendo 64) 6.4
Metal Gear Solid - (Playstation) 7.X
Spawn: In the Demon's Hand - (Dreamcast) 5.X
Yeah, I could give a flying **** about what the gaming media thinks.
Depends on the game though and what the reviews say. If I see a game that interests me before its released, I will wait and see how other people like it before I decide whether to buy it or not. Some games I will buy just because I know they will be great like major franchises, however sometimes I am skeptical about certain games so I wait and see how they turn out
I voted "sometimes" because I only use them at extremes (and I use GameRankings.com for the average)... I will not get a game that I was planning on getting if the "average" rating is VERY low (4/10 or below), and I will get a game that I might not have picked up if it's "average" is VERY high (9/10 or above). I'm a fan of all games, and I can't be bothered with junk, but I'll play any game that's universally considered great.
Sometimes there will be a game that I am on the fence and I'll check reviews from multiple locations and if they all suck then I won't buy it. However, most of the times I get games based off what I want and not off of what someone else said.
I use to read the reviews and only get AAA or AAAA games (not just GS), but I've changed. I now buy games that look interesting. After I'm done playing them, I write a review and give it a score out of 10. Then I compare my score to other sites to see if mine was similar. Sometimes I'm spot on, sometimes...
IMO when it comes to new games I look at review scores from several sites. But when it comes to sequels I could care less. I think most ppl would agree if halo 3 and mgs IV got horrible reviews fans of those games would probably still buy them.
Nah, usually some are no brainers I know not to get them. Like if a game comes out and i happen to see a bunch of bad reviews, ill look into it and decided for my self.
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Usually if I see a game I want to play, I'll rent it, then end up buying it if I like it.
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But I don't ever go by website ratings, a lot of people wont settle for anything under 9.0 etc, but some of my favorite games were in the 8 range and a lot of websites don't really glorify it or are very positive about it. Â
Only extreme reviews effect my decision to buy or not buy -- in the case of a bad review. If a game I'm anticipating receives a substantial number of poor reviews, I will not buy it. If a game I've never heard of, like Odin's Sphere, Okami , gets good reviews I'll check it out.
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