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Do you have one?

Yeah 5 21.74%
 
I do but I'm not sharing 0 0%
 
No 10 43.48%
 
Metacritic all the way 5 21.74%
 
see results 3 13.04%
 
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vivster on 29 October 2015

I don't really have one. The most entertaining one is definitely Yahtzee.
I also like to listen to Jim and TB talk about games, which aren't strictly speaking reviews. I can't remember the last time I read an actual review.



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Wagram on 29 October 2015

My favorite reviewer is myself, because everyone else can't be trusted.



binary solo on 29 October 2015

Yahtzee of course. I've never actually bought a game based on any one reviewer, so my opinion of reviewers is purely for entertainment value. And most reviewers are not entertaining at all.

When a game gets a good metascore, I still base my buying decision on word of mouth. Same for when a game has a low-ish metascore. Or I am committed to buying a game before it even comes out. Like Uncharted 4, Dragon Age and Mass Effect 4. A game like Horizon Zero Dawn, I'll be waiting to get impressions from a range of non-reviewer folks here and elsewhere before I commit.

I was surprised to see Shadow of Mordor get such a high metascore, but I was still not going to buy it. Then people 'round these parts and other places started giving it a lot of praise and only then I thought, OK best give it a try then.



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LuckyTrouble on 29 October 2015

I only like my own reviews. That's basically the gist of it. I don't bother with reviews for the most part. I much prefer the nearly dead practice of demos. Thankfully Steam has made it so you can demo basically any game for less than two hours and get a full refund if you don't like it. Innovation.

But yeah, me, myself, and I.



 

Danman27 on 29 October 2015

Greg miller and Colin Moriarty. Haven't seen much of them though since they left IGN.



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Normchacho on 29 October 2015
Danman27 said:
Greg miller and Colin Moriarty. Haven't seen much of them though since they left IGN.


I was going to say those two aswell. They do KindaFunny now, which I actually like better than when they were at IGN. You should check it out. Though, it is somewhat Sony/Nintendo centric.



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Danman27 on 29 October 2015
Normchacho said:
Danman27 said:
Greg miller and Colin Moriarty. Haven't seen much of them though since they left IGN.


I was going to say those two aswell. They do KindaFunny now, which I actually like better than when they were at IGN. You should check it out. Though, it is somewhat Sony/Nintendo centric.


I'm a sony and pc gamer for the most part anyways. 



Normchacho on 29 October 2015
Danman27 said:
Normchacho said:


I was going to say those two aswell. They do KindaFunny now, which I actually like better than when they were at IGN. You should check it out. Though, it is somewhat Sony/Nintendo centric.


I'm a sony and pc gamer for the most part anyways. 

Oh, then you should know that they started a new PS podcast and it's awesome. It's called PS I Love You.



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pokoko on 30 October 2015
BasilZero said:

Basileous Productions - I like their reviews and their 9 category scoring system. Along with the fact that they list the pros and cons. Sometimes they showcase screenshots and even link to their youtube videos.

 

I want to be just like them when I grown up ^_^.

They're for the birds!

Though the 9 category scoring system is pretty nice.



AlfredoTurkey on 30 October 2015

Back between like 1998-2001, there was a site called hotgames. That website was the only website where the reviews actually matched up with my opinions 100% of the time. IGN was good in the early 2000's as well before being bought out.

Game reviews these days are too corrupt to follow imo.