Why ever trust reviewers????
1) They're not experts, i.e. they don't play all games and study the art of making games. They play a few and give a number. They're heavily biased based on the games they've played previously. Metacritic CEO argued for people to play worse games (which have very few reviews by comparison) so that people improve their sense of judgement.
2) Even if they were experts, there's a lot of evidence showing the experts don't know shit. I.e. wine experts couldn't tell the difference between red and white wine, while the average person could!
3) People don't like new and innovative ideas. There are studies that show people associate creativity with vomit.
4) People have a ton of biases in their opinions. One is selection bias. If someone makes a choice between several options, they will like their choice more regardless. Basically if you buy a game because you want to, you'll likely enjoy it more rather then make the choice based on someones opinion.
5) Who knows who they talked to!!? Studies also show that if someone tells a person something, that may replace their memory of the actual event!
6) Internets are made for hits! Sites like Huffington post constantly change the headings of their articles in order to get the most hits for each article. Economics says site views > integrity.
7) Everyone has a different personality type! Meaning, everyone will enjoy something for different reasons!!! More time should be spent understanding yourself then interpreting and understanding someone else.
There are probably more reasons to never take reviews into consideration.
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