Galaki said:
GS is using a mirror? |
Haha that's pretty good. Yeah, people have made some pretty good points on here with some valid citations of cases where reviewers specifically apply personal bias to their game reviews. Honestly, all you can really do about it is read the full reviews, and looks for the things they criticized. Decide if those issues are big to you or not. Other things I recommend: Read multiple reviews, at least 3 or 4. See the story from different angles. Be sure to read the full range of scores too, don't just read the good reviews. Honestly though, avoid gamespot entirely. And no, I'm not just saying that because of the Twilight Princess review, they have a history of ridiculous actions. I would go through them all, but it would take up too much of my time. I suggest going through IGN, 1UP, Game Informer and EGM (if you have subscriptions), and Nintendo Power reviews for Nintendo games. Yeah, it's a lot of reading but you'll usually get a pretty well rounded view on them. Personally I don't mind doing 10 or 20 minutes of review reading before deciding to purchase a game.
