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d21lewis on 12 June 2012
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Zim said:
oniyide said:

just because you dont have a score or grade in your head, doesnt mean others dont. What is the alternative? You want that man to spend his money on something he might hate?? WHy?? All that does is encourage more bad to mediocore games being developed.


No what happens is you get people skipping good games because those games don't line up with what reviewers expect. Does it have hype, the best graphics, the most content etc.

Nier only ended up with 69%? Oh well it must be worthless. Dragon's Dogma below 80%? Oh well it clearly isn't an AAA game like Skyrim, no point in playing it. 

I want people to be more concerned about the content of the review than the final score.


I am actually going to take my profile off of privacy mode and link you to my games collection just to show you who you're dealing with.  I mean, I bought and completed X-Blades for Pete's sake!

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/profile/8405/d21lewis/games/collection/#content -It used to be 100% accurate until VGChartz quit letting me add games. 

I base my purchases on the collection of information.  I read several reviews (unless it's a high profile game that I KNOW I want.  Then, I don't read any reviews) and see if the reviewers complaints equal my own dislikes.  If they complain about something like lack of online or screen tearing, it doesn't affect my purchase.  If it's a complaint like, "This game was made with the blood of killed babies." well, there's a reason I didn't buy inFamous 2.  Just like there are great games I didn't enjoy (Killzone 3), there are shitty games that I really loved (Blades of Time) as well as shitty games that were really shitty and great games that were truly great.  My limit for a poorly reviewed game that I was interested in is $30.  I've been doing this long enough to know what I like and how to decipher reviews.  I don't just look at the score.  I look at the content of the review.  When you do that with a source that has similar tastes as you, you can't go wrong. 

Stop condemning reviews.  They serve their purpose.

*edit* Now that I read your post in the Dragon's Dogma thread, I feel bad about the tone of my reply.  You're okay in my book!  I guess I was writing this while you were writing that.  :(