Have any of you ever been screwed by a reviewer into buying a game?

With so many games getting good reviews solely based on gaming companies purchasing them by paying the website to advertise their ads for it, its hard to get a descent review nowadays. This is why i stopped listening to reviews, and focused solely on gameplay footage and asking myself "will i enjoy this?"

So have you?

Yeah gta 4. Went to get it at midnight and played maybe an hour and never played it much since.

I've never bought a game based on a review. Is this something that people actually do?..

I don't let numbers make my product purchasing decisions for me

I've never bought a game based on a review. Is this something that people actually do?..

C_Rule

Um yes.. it's something people.. actually alot of people do.

FF13!! I knew it was going to be bad after all the Japanese user reviews on different sites complaining about its linearity and other stuff. But famitsu gave this game such a good score and it was generally well accepted by western media too and then when I played it I couldn't actually believe how bad the game was. It was at this point that I stopped caring about reviews that much and then I found Yakuza, a really good series that generally gets below average scores despite having so many redeeming features compared to bullcrap like FF13.

Never. Why the hell would I listen to an opinion to make up my decision to buy a game?

Didn't knew reviewers forced you to buy games, when did this start happening ?

nah i tend to listen more to friends or try a demo.Or if its a series i really enjoy i tend to just dive right in.

Reviews don't really do anything in making decisions for me

Its only a rough guide of what someone else thought

Actually playing the game demo helps me more

Still though nothing beats going to the game store with nothing in mind and just using the back of the box for your next game

[QUOTE="C_Rule"]

I've never bought a game based on a review. Is this something that people actually do?..

GD1551

Um yes.. it's something people.. actually alot of people do.

I <3 my alot

I don't buy games based on reviews so no.

Slashkice

This.

no.. im smart enough to do research before i make a purchase.campzor

[QUOTE="campzor"]no.. im smart enough to do research before i make a purchase.nethernova

FF13. I was skeptical about this game when I heard about this game's linearity and so on, but the reviews were mostly good so I thought that it could be good. It wasn't. At least I only paid about ?25 for it. Now I have a list of certain franchises that I don't trust the reviews for as their name gives them a good review even when the game is terrible (I'm looking at you Mario Sunshine and Majora's Mask).

[QUOTE="Slashkice"]

I don't buy games based on reviews so no.

Tikeio

This.

This too.

Max Payne 3 got a lot of all the great reviews but in the end the game is more generic crap to me. If i had purchased the game based on the reviews i would have been screwed.

There are also great games that had i listened to the negative reviews i would never have purchased

Everyone here is influenced by reviews. Don't pretend otherwise.

Halo 2, reviewers were singing nothing but positive praises for the game.

Since then I grown wiser and just look at the games and ask my self, "dose this **** really look like it might be fun to play" and if the answer is anything along the lines of "not really" I pass on the game no matter what any reviewers say.

I give more credit to actual gamer praise (not fanboys) than anything else.

lol no,reviews wont do me in for a game thats just silly my dear

Yeah gta 4. Went to get it at midnight and played maybe an hour and never played it much since.

slipknot0129

So you read a review before launch, and only played it for an hour once you got it ?

Hmmm....I'm calling BS.

game reviews make me decide if i should wait for a Bargain Bin price or a day one purchase. so No, i never been screwed.

nope

Most games I bought based on reviews were good. I play games on the PC mostly. So, I prefer reviews from PC-centric sites which tend to dissect the game thoroughly.

Nahh, there have been a few times i've bought games I haven't been happy with.

I remember reading alot of comments from people saying they were reluctant to by skyward sword because of the gamespot review

I probably would have bought GTA4 anyway but all the 10's hyped it up way too much and I was disappointed when I finally played the game.

I use reviews as part of my reserach in deciding if I want a game, but not the sole reason. And isn't the whole point of the review to give an opinion to help in deciding if you want to buy a game, see a movie, etc. I don't understand the idea that you are wrong if you read a review as part of your decision making process when that is what they are there for. REviews aren't made for ammo in system wars

With so many games getting good reviews solely based on gaming companies purchasing them by paying the website to advertise their ads for it, its hard to get a descent review nowadays. This is why i stopped listening to reviews, and focused solely on gameplay footage and asking myself "will i enjoy this?"

So have you?

Second_Hokage

Yes a couple of times. I got screwed over with Left 4 Dead, revieweres made it out to be some super amazing experience, well I thought it got boring fast and had no variety.

The missions were too short and there were only about 4 or 5 of them, and that was it. Playing with friends made the experience better, but still not enough becaise the core game wasn't very good. It was an average game at best.

Though I do hear the PC version is better because you can have mods! I saw a Luigi's Mansion mod on it and I was like "hell ya that's awesome!" but the 360 version simply isn't that good. Doesn't have enough to keep you entertained for very long, at least in my experience.

Yeah most of them are reviewed by Kevin V...