I do but only to a certain extent. Reviews help me to better judge if a game is worth getting and in what order (similar to misterd above), but I can more about what the reviewers say (both professional and not) than the end score.
I find scores can often be deceiving if taken on face value, as they may dock games for relatively minor stuff that may not actually affect your purchase decision. The bottom line is, is the game fun? Is it a good value for the money?
For example, I just picked up Dewy's Adventure for the Wii. Not well scored (65 on Metacritic I believe) but a lot of people and reviewers said it was fun. Well, it is. My kids and I are enjoying the hell out of it. But I waited for a price drop and for what I paid ($40), I'm quite content with my purchase. If I'd gotten it as soon as it came out at $60 CDN then I wouldn't have been quite as happy as that's a little much for this game.
On the other hand I've picked up some highly reviewed games like MoH:H2 and been disappointed. Not that it's not good, it's good, but only good, and not worthy of some of the glowing praise the review sites gave it. In this case I wished I'd waited to see more reviews from people owning the game.
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