How relevant is a review score to you gamers?

[Mr Khan]

Review scores are beyond pointless, and are poisoning the industry, in that a lot of publishers make games with the goal of getting a specific metacritic score, which means that at least some of them are designing games specifically to pander to the gaming journalists, a horrible contortion of values

 

I generally don't follow reviews much at all, either. I know what i want, usually. Previews are generally the most hopeful thing for me, when i'm approaching an unfamiliar IP