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Maynard_Tool on 02 September 2008

well, i read them just to know about the game. But i dont follow reviews. IF i did, i wouldnt have bought Red Steel, which i truly enjoyed...and played it like 5 times xD



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zexen_lowe on 02 September 2008
Torillian said:
Reviews can be incredibly useful for discovering games that you never had your eye on in the first place, that turned out to be true gems. That's how I found out about and subsequently bought Persona 3

 

Yeah, me too, I knew nothing about the game (heck, I thought it was in real time), until I saw Gamespot's score (8.5). If I hadn't listened to that review, I would have missed the best game for the PS2




Torillian on 02 September 2008
zexen_lowe said:
Torillian said:
Reviews can be incredibly useful for discovering games that you never had your eye on in the first place, that turned out to be true gems. That's how I found out about and subsequently bought Persona 3

 

Yeah, me too, I knew nothing about the game (heck, I thought it was in real time), until I saw Gamespot's score (8.5). If I hadn't listened to that review, I would have missed the best game for the PS2

 

Still hope for it to be dethroned come December....I have my fingers crossed that they hit another one outta the park.



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DeadNotSleeping on 02 September 2008

For me, it's a lot like movie reviews. I might disagree with the score at the end, but it gives me enough of an idea what to expect, and also makes me a little more aware of games that I wouldn't really give much thought on if I hadn't heard anything about it. If I'm still skeptical, I'll just rent it before making the final call.



zexen_lowe on 02 September 2008
Torillian said:
zexen_lowe said:
Torillian said:
Reviews can be incredibly useful for discovering games that you never had your eye on in the first place, that turned out to be true gems. That's how I found out about and subsequently bought Persona 3

 

Yeah, me too, I knew nothing about the game (heck, I thought it was in real time), until I saw Gamespot's score (8.5). If I hadn't listened to that review, I would have missed the best game for the PS2

 

Still hope for it to be dethroned come December....I have my fingers crossed that they hit another one outta the park.

 

I know what you mean. I'm worried that I have too much expectations put into that game, with P3 I wasn't expecting a lot (just a good game), and it surprised me. Now I'm expecting a worthy sequel of P3, that'll be hard to do. But if Atlus does it again, they'll be officially gods of gaming




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psrock on 02 September 2008

I usually don't base my opinion on just one review but on how the game's been reviewed as a whole.



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ecurbj on 02 September 2008
forevercloud3000 said:
It is impossible to base every game's quality on personal gaming experience because that would mean that you would have to buy every game. Firstly who has that kind of money to buy every game and second that is a huge waste of cash anyway. I listen to the actual reviews more then the score. If the written/video is actually in favor of the game with minor flaws and I have set interest in it already, I will buy it. From there I will decide if it is good or not.

I mean if a food critic tells you that he got food poisoning from a restaurant you don't go a see for your self now do you? You must weigh both the public's opinion of a game and your own impression of it, that way you can be a smart consumer like me lol. :)

 

Actually I can disagree with that statement highlighted in bold. 

First you can do that. Because not every game is better than the other in my opinion. I can like underrated games that score low and like them and play them over high rated ones or ones that people recommend me to play. 

I place every game equal. I don't pick this one is the best because everyone says its the best or if it gets a high score. If GTA IV got a good review...oh well, its not going to force me to purchase it or play it over WWE Smackdown vs RAW 2008. I will still play that wrestling game over that.

And yeah I understand about listening to personal opinions or public opinions on food or other sorts. But thats a completely different analogy. I'm talking about game reviews.

Edit: Also...that's what the news is for and people you hang out with, to tell you that about the food analogy.



ecurbj on 02 September 2008
Torillian said:
Reviews can be incredibly useful for discovering games that you never had your eye on in the first place, that turned out to be true gems. That's how I found out about and subsequently bought Persona 3

 

But isn't that what previews and gameplay videos are for?



nextgreatchamp on 02 September 2008

nothing...i go by either my own experience or word of mouth by people i trust will give me the truth.



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ecurbj on 02 September 2008
DeadNotSleeping said:
For me, it's a lot like movie reviews. I might disagree with the score at the end, but it gives me enough of an idea what to expect, and also makes me a little more aware of games that I wouldn't really give much thought on if I hadn't heard anything about it. If I'm still skeptical, I'll just rent it before making the final call.

 

But isn't that what trailers are for? I mean I knew nothing about the movie Dark Knight until I saw the trailer on TV and I was like WTF!!! I got to see it! It looks awesome...and it turned out to be awesome.