lapsed_gamer on 26 December 2008
| kn said: ... As for "Read the Reviews".... I've given up, for the most part, on reviews. I'm convinced Microsoft and Sony use money, advertising, and other forms of "persuasion" to get their crazy number of "10s" in so many re-packaged shooters. Nintendo games haven't exactly been well reviewed this Gen and some of them have been far better than the reviewers say... ... |
Carefully doing this can help you overcome this. Reviews have value. Most reviews I read contain valuable information along with some pretty skewed opinions based on the information. Scores are then based off those opinions. Disregard the scores.
And this still doesn't speak to the fact that gameplay videos exist! There can be little bias in watching a video. (I only say little because of the endless HD video comparisons.)
"You can never jump away from Conclusions. Getting back is not so easy. That's why we're so terribly crowded here."
Canby - The Phantom Tollbooth
