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cool48 on 25 March 2008

I don't trust anyone but I always go to Gamespot to get information on games.



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salaminizer on 25 March 2008

I don't know how one can even consider 1up's reviews as "valid". some games receives better treatment (1 page long review), while other games get 3 paragraphs, the 1st telling what they are gonna say, 2nd saying it, 3rd saying it again.

I like IGN the most, but some reviewers tend to be 1upped and end bashing a game in 3 paragraphs about something they didn't like, or wasn't there - even if it's not a great issue.



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MaxwellGT2000 on 25 March 2008
kingofwale said:
MaxwellGT2000 said:
kingofwale said:
MaxwellGT2000 said:
*jumps on the wagon with everyone else*
Trust: IGN
Hate: Gamespot (10 to Tony Hawk 3 FTL!)

IGN has a great Nintendo team, a select couple of the Sony team are babies and rank games too high, then Xbox team is spot on with most games except for hyped ones as they seem to get too excited and give it a higher score then it deserves (see Halo 3) Then PC seems pretty spot on though the PC editors seem slightly bland. Wiik in review is usually funny and talks about all gaming, I tired to listen to the other podcasts but they harp on their own systems and put down others too much, and one even acted like a baby over Penny Arcade talking about the reviews of Assassins Creed and thought they were talking about his review and they hadn't even read it (way to look like an ass). But overall the Wii team has my same opinions on games, I know when I wouldn't knock a game for something they harped on, and vice versa when I don't like something they liked but overall they're about 90% trustworthy.

yeah yeah... Nintendo team is awesome, other teams ranked their games too high.

 

Nintendo podcast is great, other podcast are bad.

Pretty accurate summary, wouldn't you say? Can you say... biased? ;)

 


Hah the only one I said I didn't like was a couple of members of the Sony team and here you waltz in calling people biased, you should look in the mirror sometime, I like the Xbox team and the PC team, the Sony team has a couple of fanboys on their team that jump on Nintendo games like most fanboys do and call them kiddy, dumb, etc and not even play the game, these are the same guys that rank some Sony games too high, sorry to break it to ya I was stating what happens on the site cause I've been a follower for years, you're the biased one who can't stand anything bad said about Sony.


 I'm sorry, Have I ever said that "SOny team is great, while other teams overrated their games"??? hmmm... *looks up*.

Frankly, I have no problem with you canlling Sony team "fanboys", in fact, all teams consist of fanboys, that's what they get paid for. What I DO have a problem is you claiming other teams rated their game too high while Nintendo team is perfect.

 That... itself is biased. 


 I bolded the sentence you should have bolded in my first post, I flat out say Nintendo team is not perfect, you're just trying to to start something.  You always seem to jump right in when someone says Nintendo has something better then Sony, and now you're jumping on me for talking about the review site I follow just because I said some Sony games got overrated, know what? I think Mario Party after MP2 should all have about a 3 bet you're not going to argue that point kingoftroll.



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dante on 25 March 2008

i prefer ign, because u can actually tell they played the games and they give a good reason for there score.

Most of there reviews seem to be close to the average on metacritics



akuma587 on 25 March 2008

IGN and Game Informer are my favorites. They aren't particularly harsh, but they are usually the most accurate.

I don't think I really have many least favorites. There is a need for tough reviewers, so I don't give EGM, Eurogamer, or Gamespot any flack.



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kingofwale on 25 March 2008
MaxwellGT2000 said:
kingofwale said:
MaxwellGT2000 said:
kingofwale said:
MaxwellGT2000 said:
*jumps on the wagon with everyone else*
Trust: IGN
Hate: Gamespot (10 to Tony Hawk 3 FTL!)

IGN has a great Nintendo team, a select couple of the Sony team are babies and rank games too high, then Xbox team is spot on with most games except for hyped ones as they seem to get too excited and give it a higher score then it deserves (see Halo 3) Then PC seems pretty spot on though the PC editors seem slightly bland. Wiik in review is usually funny and talks about all gaming, I tired to listen to the other podcasts but they harp on their own systems and put down others too much, and one even acted like a baby over Penny Arcade talking about the reviews of Assassins Creed and thought they were talking about his review and they hadn't even read it (way to look like an ass). But overall the Wii team has my same opinions on games, I know when I wouldn't knock a game for something they harped on, and vice versa when I don't like something they liked but overall they're about 90% trustworthy.

yeah yeah... Nintendo team is awesome, other teams ranked their games too high.

 

Nintendo podcast is great, other podcast are bad.

Pretty accurate summary, wouldn't you say? Can you say... biased? ;)

 


Hah the only one I said I didn't like was a couple of members of the Sony team and here you waltz in calling people biased, you should look in the mirror sometime, I like the Xbox team and the PC team, the Sony team has a couple of fanboys on their team that jump on Nintendo games like most fanboys do and call them kiddy, dumb, etc and not even play the game, these are the same guys that rank some Sony games too high, sorry to break it to ya I was stating what happens on the site cause I've been a follower for years, you're the biased one who can't stand anything bad said about Sony.


I'm sorry, Have I ever said that "SOny team is great, while other teams overrated their games"??? hmmm... *looks up*.

Frankly, I have no problem with you canlling Sony team "fanboys", in fact, all teams consist of fanboys, that's what they get paid for. What I DO have a problem is you claiming other teams rated their game too high while Nintendo team is perfect.

That... itself is biased.


I bolded the sentence you should have bolded in my first post, I flat out say Nintendo team is not perfect, you're just trying to to start something. You always seem to jump right in when someone says Nintendo has something better then Sony, and now you're jumping on me for talking about the review site I follow just because I said some Sony games got overrated, know what? I think Mario Party after MP2 should all have about a 3 bet you're not going to argue that point kingoftroll.

 

Wow, name calling, I'm soooo hurt. Another names you want to throw out there in place of capable debates?

 You think I care what Mario Party or MP2 you think deserves? What I cared is your biase. Which reflects badly on this forum. Nobody tried to start anything UNTIL you come and claim that Nintendo team is great while other team overrate their games. Please don't change the topic.

 Stick with game/console you know, leave other teams work alone, you clearly don't know enough to call anybody a 'fanboy'. In fact. those '2' Sony fanboys on PS team, do you even know their names?

I guess not.



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ctk495 on 25 March 2008

Trust IGN. I distrust Gamespot



wareagle372 on 25 March 2008

Gameinformer is the best for me. Every game i thought was awesome got a good rating on Gameinformer.



 

theRepublic on 25 March 2008

Why does everyone distrust Gamespot so much?

The reviews are well written, make sense, and htey don't seem to have too much of a bias one way or the other. Am I missing something?

Why does everyone like IGN so much?

It drives me nuts that the Wii games get lower scores on multiplatform games even when it is agreed that the Wii version is the best of the group.

I personally like Metacritic and Game Rankings the best. I like to read a couple of different reviews that are linked from those sites. It can be interesting to find the worst reviews to see where and why a game gets picked apart.



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llewdebkram on 25 March 2008

Any that give Nintendo Wii game less than 95% rating!!