Have you ever had 2nd thoughts because of Metacritic?

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Yes! Although i'd say a bit of all options you pointed out.

I always check out reviews before buying games, as I do with movies for exemple. I have 4 kinds of games:

1) Those I have interest on and are good - these I buy for sure
2) Those I have interest on but are no good - I'm on the fence about buying or not, Metacritic and reviews in general might help me decide
3) Those I have no interest/aren't my type but are good - I'm on the fence about buying or not, Metacritic and reviews in general might help me decide
4) Those I have no interest/aren't my type and are no good - hell no i won't buy

For situations 2) and 3) metacritic can help me decide. Of course there are also other factors, like is there any other games out more appealing? Should I just save Money for another game releasing soon, etc.

For exemple, I was looking forward to Destiny and Watch Dogs, although I never fell for the hype (ok, maybe a little bit), and reviews helped me decide. Although I was a bit disappointed at both, I'm going for watch dogs (just waiting for WiiU version to see how it stands against ps version) and not going for Destiny.

Either way, I think people should mind reviews cuz this prevents hype sales and prevents developers from releasing unfinished/crappy games. If I read a game isn't even finished or has a lot of issues, I ain't touching that thing until they're all taken care of. Just look at the BF4/driveclub fiasco, my brother couldn't be more angry at those games/developers.