| Simulacrum said: ....I figured something out,but I think it deserves thread. But other things. "Ps3 has the best games for the gamers???? [R U kiding me???] Pfffffff speak of yourself. IMO, nintendo has the best games for gamers.... who is right???" Sure,we are all diffrent.But when people don't try games themselfes,get the opinion from themselfes,they go for reviews,internet,personal opinions from friends. Then again, if game like Valkyria Crhonicles gets 9.0,and you don't like what you see,ofc you won't buy it,but if some close friend,who has about same games as you,you surely at least try it. Then we have low reviewed game like Wii fit.But its very unique.Everyone in world can play it.Casual.I liked it as well. Then we have Mgs 4,higly reviewed game,which is about only for fans.Hardcore.Old times. And when we combine Wii,low price,games that everyone can play,with unique and innoative as its puplic picture,it sells. Then we have PS3,with Playstation name from last generations,with new IP:s (not that its bad),smashing price,some UFO Cell,it sells pretty poorly. Well life goes on.I can't hate Wii for that. |
But it is difficult to just rely on one's own opinion when it comes to gaming because these are products that cost $50.00 to $60.00 new, and for some folks that is just a lot of money to blow on something and then form your own opinion about it, and that is why review scores are important.
I don't walk into a store and buy games just because of how pretty the picture on the box is and because I'm hoping it will be good once I get it home. I don't waste my money on many games that have review scores below 9 and certainly not very many that are only in the 7.6 to 8.2 range like Wii Sports, Wii Fit, and Mario Kart Wii. The only games I have that are below 8 in their aggreate review scores are Bloodrayne (I bought it cheap on Ebay), Bullet Witch (purchased used), and Fear Effect 2 (bought it used) -- and the reason I purchased those had nothing to do with either game's quality; Lunar for PS1 which IGN gave a 7.5 but also listed as one of their Top 20 PS1 titles of all time, and I never had a Sega CD; and Evil Dead: Regeneration which was a bit clunky at times but it only cost me $20.00, and I bought it after playing the demo on an OXM disc and it did a good job of capturing The Evil Dead universe. Heavenly Sword which IGN gave a 7.0, but Dave Halverson in Play Magazine gave a 10, Folklore which has an aggregate review score less than 8 but IGN and Play both gave a 9 (both Heavenly Sword and Folklore also had the cute chicks factor as do Golden Axe Beast Rider (a game I plan to purchase used), Tomb Raider Underworld and two of my most highly anticipated games of '09 Velvet Assassin and X-Edge (the title is something like that); And more recently Assassin's Creed which IGN only gave a score in the mid 7 range, but Dave Halverson gave a 10 and I found for 17.99 at Game Stop used. Also Genji 2 and Dark Kingdom for PS3...I did buy them new in January 07 because I was willing to give games for a new system a try, but I have hardly played them since and they were both bought for the same reasons I bought Bloodrayne and Fear Effect 2 -- the priestess in Genji 2 and Zala in Dark Kingdom.
But I don't generally like to spend my $50.00 to $60.00 dollars on poorly reviewed games (although I don't mind to spend $20.00 on used games that might not be that great if they do feature cute chicks).
Heavens to Murgatoids.
