It's a case by case thing. More often than not, the forum acts like NeoGAF's dumb cousin or something. There are a few threads, though, that I genuinely love (shoutouts to Boutros and the guys on the COMG! pre-order thread).
Have some time to kill? Read my shitty games blog. http://www.pixlbit.com/blogs/586/gigantor21
:D