Luney Tune said:
MontanaHatchet said:
So you couldn't care less about what professional reviewers think, but you're willing to listen to a bunch of people on Gamefaqs? The reviews are barely moderated (I can't tell you how many times I've read reviews with false facts about a game, poor grammar, and obvious bias). Besides, Gamefaqs has a view on games that's not very close to what the average gamer thinks. Just look at their top 10 Wii games, and compare it to the most popular Wii games today. Not even close to the same list. And while it may be from fans, there's nothing to discern bias. I mean, hell. You think reviewers can be biased? Try legions of random, anonymous people writing reviews with little moderation.
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Yes. I certainly trust the opinion of the average biased uneducated lying anonymous "core" gamer a lot more than I trust the average pro reviewer. The fact that they are "random anonymous people writing with little moderation" doesn't make what they write untrue. Pro reviewers on the other hand, are often jaded non-gamers who are forced to play a game they don't like when they'd rather be doing something else. And they often have a financial/career interest in awarding big budget games much higher scores than they deserve. GameFAQs is by far the lesser evil.
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Was your first sentence a joke? It kind of discredits your point completely. Just look at some of the user reviews on any site, and you'll find that many of them just aren't good. You obviously have no idea why pro reviewers have their jobs. They wouldn't make a living reviewing games if they were non-gamers, and they often times sign up to take certain games. It's not like they're constantly forced to review games against their will. And the temptation of giving high budget games big scores is still a far lesser evil than the bias of an anonymous person on the internet. I distinctly remember a review for Final Fantasy 12 on Gamefaqs which gave the a 3/10, and was taken down later when it was revealed that there was something false in the review, and the reviewer in question hadn't actually played the game.
