Jeff Gerstmann was indeed fired from Gamespot because of a poor score

[DirtyP2002]

Persistantthug said:

 

This is why I go with METACRITIC.

 

Because even if said reviewer lies (Gamespot), once you get 50 - 100 different reviews, once they're averaged up, the liars are basically made trivial.

 

METACRITIC is awesome for cases like this. :)

that is the wrong way to go IMO.

Of one review is junk, why should 5 reviews be better? Never trust reviews. There are sooo many ways to get all the information you need for one game. Read interviews, watch gameplay movies, play demos, ask someone who plays the game on your friendslist etc etc. Reviews are not needed.

I only care about reviews when they give really good scores to unknown games and put them on my radar. After that I will just do the things I just mentioned. No way a reviewer will stop me from buying a game.