Understanding Review Scores - Quit the Console Review War Crap

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Pemalite said:

I usually don't even look at reviews anymore.
I just buy it, if the game is bad, shelve it and play something else.

The main issue is, my personal taste is not always going to align to the reviewers.. Some of my favorite games of all time were very average titles... Sure those games had flaws, but I still sunk a ton of hours into them.

Same. I've enjoyed a lot of supposedly middling games (from critics) and not rated some highly praised ones. Review scores are always subjective to ones opinions at the end of the day. While reviews are some ways an indication of games quality; some games for example like GTA Remaster/Cyberpunk on consoles get down-scored for horrible bugs and performance - and rightfully so.

As for fans of said companies who crutch onto scores from their favourite multi billion dollar corporations. I don't see much harm in them. Let them be. While I largely don't agree when certain fangroups who push the narrative that scores = better games/system nor do I care what scores what vs another in pointless debates over system wars. They can be make for interesting if not entertaining reads.

Personally I generally just look at publishers/devs previous games before making my purchasing decisions.