Does Anyone Even Come to Gamespot for the Reviews Anymore?

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#1 mskrft007
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System Warriors?

I just come for the Forums.  The reviews have been sucking for a good 2+ years now, and I dont see it changing anytime soon.  
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#2 blurb1324
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OK. Some of their reviews are dead on, some are off. If you don't like it, you're free to leave.
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#3 Spartan070
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No the reviews are awesome.
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#4 CelineDion
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I think GS's reviews in general have just been all over the place since this gen began.

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#5 mskrft007
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[QUOTE="blurb1324"]OK. Some of their reviews are dead on, some are off. If you don't like it, you're free to leave.

I did, i use Game Informer or IGN for reviews, sometimes Gametrailers.
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#6 solidsnakeEx3
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I do like some reviewers, but there are some reviews that I think need cleaning up.
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#7 mskrft007
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No the reviews are awesome.Spartan070
I think only lemmings would say that at this point. Sheep and Cows are put off by the reviews imo.
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#8 dawso0n
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I think GS's reviews in general have just been all over the place since this gen began.

CelineDion

true,true rating zelda 8.9 biggest joke in the world anyway moving on the only reason i come to gamespot the past few months is the forums...great sucsess!

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#9 web966
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i go to ign for reviews
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#10 TrueReligion_
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No, the reviews are pretty lacking. I personally prefer 1UP's journalism more than GS; GS is just good for forums (IMO).
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#11 the-very-best
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GS and IGN mainly.

I think GS reviews are dead on pretty much all of the time.
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#12 Slyprince
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So what do you want, all of their reviews to be exactly the mirror of gamerankings

if every game got what it was expected to get what is the point of opinions

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#13 Janimba
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They are either dead on or completely off, for purchasing purposes I usually just look at gamerankings. However I will say that GS has done some really contraversial(atleast on this forum) reviews that I ended up agreeing with, namely Twilight Princess and PDZ.

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#14 Nike_Air
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90% of the time they seem fair to me , and probably the best of any other site or magazine.

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#15 Donkey_Puncher
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I've found them to be quite on for their entire Lifespan. 

The review for TP was a good indicator of this.  It was one of a few sites which I felt gave it the review is deserved.

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#16 lzorro
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No, the reviews are pretty lacking. I personally prefer 1UP's journalism more than GS; GS is just good for forums (IMO).TrueReligion_
Me too :D
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#17 mskrft007
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No, the reviews are pretty lacking. I personally prefer 1UP's journalism more than GS; GS is just good for forums (IMO).TrueReligion_
1UP sucks at reviews too, but their Journalism is better I agree.
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#18 foxhound_fox
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I base my opinion on games after going to Gamerankings and trying them out at a friends or renting them. A single persons opinion means nothing to me.
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#19 Conker-Fan
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I like gamespot for the reviews and active forums
I like IGN for news
I like 1up for interviews (they got a lot)
I like EGM because i  can use their false info they always put in to make people on these forums mad
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#20 Spartan070
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[QUOTE="Spartan070"]No the reviews are awesome.mskrft007
I think only lemmings would say that at this point. Sheep and Cows are put off by the reviews imo.

That's only because none of the Wiis or PS3s big guns have come out yet, I don't care if a system doesn't have 5 AAAs in the first 3 months, they can't all be the Dreamcast.:P
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#21 GsSanAndreas
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Gamespot = Forums
IGN = Review
Gametrailers = Videos
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#22 TrueReligion_
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[QUOTE="TrueReligion_"]No, the reviews are pretty lacking. I personally prefer 1UP's journalism more than GS; GS is just good for forums (IMO).mskrft007
1UP sucks at reviews too, but their Journalism is better I agree.

I personally like their reviews; to each his own, I guess.
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#23 Teenkiller
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The reviews are sweet and generally dead on!  I love the unbiased reviews here at gamespot.
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#24 ringuzi
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[QUOTE="Spartan070"]No the reviews are awesome.mskrft007
I think only lemmings would say that at this point. Sheep and Cows are put off by the reviews imo.

hey lemmings have reviews to disagree with too! crackdown but imo gamespot is the best site for reviews ign overrate everything pretty much every decent game there is like 9 or above, so youre basically comparing like low 9s and high 9s all the other sites arnt very proffesional like their reviews are either too high or too low i also prefer the gamespot interface
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#25 payforaday
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No. I love Gamespot's reviews and I feel they are the most accurate.
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#26 Vampyronight
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I come here for the reviews, as I still think they're in general the best. Though I do think at the beginning of each generation, there's always some slightly off reviews due to the transition to the newer generation and its expectations.
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#27 Knight_of_Malta
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I agree with most of them, so yes.
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#28 Baird-06
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I don't really go anywhere for reviews. I usually just rent most of my games... GamezNflix FTW! :D
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#29 Conker-Fan
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[QUOTE="TrueReligion_"]No, the reviews are pretty lacking. I personally prefer 1UP's journalism more than GS; GS is just good for forums (IMO).mskrft007
1UP sucks at reviews too, but their Journalism is better I agree.


1up does a good job somewhat with their reviews- they suck with the score mostly
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#30 ttobba07
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I goto GameRankings and get an average score from the ranking sites.
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#31 Hir0_N
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I come here only to see ownage cuz its so funny. But to decide wether to buy a game or not, I use gamerankings.
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#32 mskrft007
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Gamespot = Forums
IGN = Review
Gametrailers = VideosGsSanAndreas
Pretty Much.
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#33 mskrft007
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I come here only to see ownage cuz its so funny. But to decide wether to buy a game or not, I use gamerankings.Hir0_N
Same here :lol:
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#34 fahadq8
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I do
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#35 ish_gibbor
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Yup and I usually agree with their scores, even now.