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FranTic91 on 06 May 2010
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johnappseed84 said:
FF_Fanatic said:
you know what pees me off the fact that people are so obsessed with games being over 90 nowadays, i mean back in the ps2 days you knew that if it was over 7 there was still a really good chance that you would enjoy it, on both sides i have seen games classified as "flops" if they did not score over 90 or did not sell well, i really do not like this trend, we should just all chill out and learn to enjoy our games and forget about being obsessed with scores and sales

Well unless you have a boatload of money, then you do need to pay attention to review scores because they are supposed to help you make your purchasing decisions.

That said, I am willing to make allowances for games in genres I like to get lower review scores. Japanese rpgs with really cute characters, I'm willing to check out as long as they have scores of 75 or over.

And, I spend a lot of my weekend hours watching horror movies on the SyFy Channel that quite a few critics probably wouldn't give good marks to them, but they're some of my favorite tv programming. (Been meaning to catch Happy Town on ABC, but I've missed its first two weeks. :( )

Anyway, Alan Wake still looks to be the best realistic (ie. it doesn't take place in outer space) horror game to be released this gen (other than the RE4 remake on Wii), so I'm very definitely still willing to check it out.

NO!

No no no no no no no!

You've completely missed the point. You don't have to just pay attention to review scores. That's why I like Kotaku.

You have to READ the review. Reviews are based largely on personal opinion. A review score from Gamespot written by Kevin Van Ord is more so his review than it is "Gamespot's". 

For example, G4TV's Adam Sessler does not like RE5. If a game comes out that's just like RE5, Adam is going to be predisposed to have negative feelings towards the game. Things that he may mention in his review as flaws in the game might not affect you. For example, Despite the 3/5 review Adam gave the game. None of the problems he mentioned affected me, as RE5 was one of the best co-op experiences I've had in recent memory.

And then there's Infinite Undiscovery. Extremely unique game; panned by critics.

So no, do not pay attention to the review scores. Go to your favorite gaming websites, read the reviews, analyze them, and verify if any of the complaints-or compliments even-are relevant to you.