Do you check a game's score before buying? ***POLL***

I'm curious how many consider a game's score before they go make a purchase.  By score I mean the number Gamespot or IGN gives a game.

 Also, what other websites have you found useful for giving games a score?

Yea, I should have added a sometimes... if I go and edit it, it says its collected votes and can only be removed now.  Regardless, the questions should get a general sense of people using game scores...

I always look at the score, but sometimes it doesn't sway my decision to buy.

depends on the game.

i checked most of my psp games before buying, but things like oblivion, spiderman 2/3, mass effect, stalker ect dont need to be checked because everybody knows they are great  

Of course. I need to know how good the game is before I'm interested in it...

There are some games I buy reguardless of score, though. 

You need to add a sometimes in to the poll, because somtimes I do and sometimes I don't.mastergamerandy

usually i check out the score gamespot gives and then check out the player's reviews.gamer_sammy

Player reviews are a great source to use.  Although I always toss out the highest score and the lowest score.  You gotta watch out for fanboys and for haters. 

You need to add a sometimes in to the poll, because somtimes I do and sometimes I don't.mastergamerandy

You need to add a sometimes in to the poll, because somtimes I do and sometimes I don't.mastergamerandy

Ratings are good especially "user" ratings because you know they are truthful and not paid for comments.

Games that are the 1st of a series or 1st of its kind are good to see how others rate them.

Sequals like the "Grand Theft Auto" series are gimmies of expected value and quality.  You know they will impress as they have done so in versions before.

When X-men legends came out for the x-box I was leary because all of the X-men games before it were big dissapointments.  I checked the reviews on Gamespot and they were claiming it to be good!  So off I went with my cash in hand and bought it with high hopes based merely on 'user' ratings/reviews.  I loved the game by the way.

Furious_George - *BC*
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If I hear good things about it then I don't bother to check it out. When I actually check for scores it's usually because I'm looking for some games that I might have missed in the store. Sometimes the unknown ones are the best ones