Reviews, how do you use them?

[pokoko]

If I'm interested in buying a game, then I'll read reviews at sites where I have some respect for the reviewers. I'll also usually read some of the best and worst reviews to get some additional perspective. I look for objective information more than I look for opinions.

Scores are pretty much meaningless, especially when people take them without the context of reading the article. I pay very little attention to scores. The text is much more important. Given that many websites use different scales and metrics, I have no idea why people pay so much attention to them as though there were some kind of internet-wide standard. I consider the score to be fluff.