Generally I find if destructoid and IGN both review it badly then its a good game, (FF13, Atelier Rorona and Castlevania this year to name a few) only notable exception I can think of this year is bayonetta (which was great despite good reviews) This whole gaming forum scene is pretty new to me but thats the system i used to work off before discovering N4G, (never joined a forum nor posted there but went off it pretty quickly because of the sheer negativity in their comments sections) and then came to this forum. But in my early days of having limited exposure to gaming media, only doing the opposite IGN and destructoid said served me right 85% of the time. I think its just a matter of understanding reviewers and the site they write for's biases. I knew I liked what they (IGN and destructoid) hated and hated what they liked (but still bought dragon age, heavy rain and ME2 whilst on a masochistic streak, proved this theory totally btw) so it all kind of worked in the end albeit a bit twisted-ly. Its all opinion, so once you know how yours relates to that of any certain site you can get 'accurate' reviews even if its not in the way the reviewers intend.
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Favourite Games of 2013 1.Tomb Raider(PS3) 2.Atelier Ayesha(PS3) 3.Virtues Last Reward (Vita)
