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Cohen
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 Posted: Fri, 30th Nov 2007 16:00 Post subject: Game review sites you can rely on. |
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What do you rely on?
With recent talk of Gamespot telling it like Pinocchio I thought it would be a good idea to get a thread like this going.
My vote goes for IGN until someone points out some others I guess.
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| Posted: Fri, 30th Nov 2007 16:05 Post subject: |
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I like IGN, GameSpy, GT and 1UP.
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| Posted: Fri, 30th Nov 2007 16:19 Post subject: |
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none, warez ftw!
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| Posted: Fri, 30th Nov 2007 16:35 Post subject: |
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I check gamerankings and use common sense. I don't usually read the whole review as it tends to be filled with spoilers. Mostly I just read the final thoughts.
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| Posted: Fri, 30th Nov 2007 16:42 Post subject: |
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I'd go for genre specific webpage’s, like JustAdventure.com for adventures, wargamer.com for strategy games or rpgcodex.com for reviews and look at what people in forums say. And I stay away from reviews for hugely hyped games although wargamer still had decent review for World in Conflict.
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| Posted: Fri, 30th Nov 2007 17:35 Post subject: |
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| Posted: Fri, 30th Nov 2007 17:43 Post subject: |
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| Kamikaze666 wrote: | | none, warez ftw! |
Agreed, reviewers these days are just as easily convinced by hype like we are, there really is no substitute for finding out yourself.
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| Posted: Fri, 30th Nov 2007 17:49 Post subject: |
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| Posted: Fri, 30th Nov 2007 17:52 Post subject: |
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Nforce is pretty reliable, if you remove all this worthless "I am downloading it now" and similar shit.
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| Posted: Fri, 30th Nov 2007 18:32 Post subject: |
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| Mr_Baggins wrote: | | Nforce is pretty reliable, if you remove all this worthless "I am downloading it now" and similar shit. |
Seconded.
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chiv
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| Posted: Fri, 30th Nov 2007 18:49 Post subject: |
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like i said, i dont rely on any game reviewers...
i just use them to see what the highlights and notable problems etc are, but ultimately i dont put a hell of a lot of faith in reviews.
like above, gamespy and ign are the only sites i go too... gamespy i like for its simple easy to use format... its not too cluttered with too much shit going on, unlike ign's...
ign i tend to go for to browse their reviews as well, but usually i put more stock in ign's reviews, because they have a side-by-side listing of THEIR review score, and player review scores and review site averages... overall this means i can figure out a more 'reasonable' and unbiased rough score that helps me decide if ill get a game or not....
ultimately i know better than to take the reviewers opinions automatically as my own. i just use a combination of ign's scores to help me decide to give the game a shot or not.
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| Posted: Fri, 30th Nov 2007 18:56 Post subject: |
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| CraweN wrote: | | I check gamerankings and use common sense. I don't usually read the whole review as it tends to be filled with spoilers. Mostly I just read the final thoughts. |
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| Posted: Fri, 30th Nov 2007 20:40 Post subject: |
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Bah, gamerankings aint good also, they are under cnet just like gamespot and they pick themselves from wich sources they take scores. Also, they convert all scores into % so you have a decent score of 3/5 converted into bad 60%, and scale 1-10 where good games get 7s, 8s is automaticaly lower than 1-100 where everything below 90 is only decent.
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| Posted: Fri, 30th Nov 2007 21:26 Post subject: |
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nforce and penny-arcade. There are no others that are anywhere near as honest as those.
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chiv
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| Posted: Fri, 30th Nov 2007 21:41 Post subject: |
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yep nufink more honest then us here thieves 
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| Posted: Fri, 30th Nov 2007 22:56 Post subject: |
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| MasterJuba wrote: | | www.eurogamer.net |
Seconded.
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chiv
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| Posted: Sat, 1st Dec 2007 01:28 Post subject: |
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yeah i check for his reviews weekly 
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| Posted: Sat, 1st Dec 2007 02:39 Post subject: |
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| Yondaime wrote: | I agree with the guy who mentioned gametrailers.com
Every video-review I've watched from them (A LOT) has been spot on for me. Might be cause I've got the same taste as they do or something, or they're just honest and spot on. But I really trust them when I check reviews, altough, I should say, I only check 360 reviews as pc games doesn't require any burning. So I can't really speak for pc related game reviews. |
I think it also helps alot when you can see what they are actually commenting on in action. It allows you to see if their criticisms are accurate.
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| Posted: Sat, 1st Dec 2007 12:01 Post subject: |
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My own judgment.
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I think that Jericho AND Kane & Lynch got too low scores from all the major sites! Jericho should have deserved a 70%+ Rating and Kane & Lynch definitly 80%+... So I trust only myself judgement and read alot on gamespot etc, just to figure out if the game would be nice for me, not for the reviewer.
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My god that guy talks like his pants are on fire, the content is funny but can't stand more then a minute of his babble.
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| Posted: Sat, 1st Dec 2007 14:47 Post subject: |
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Nforce only. I rely on what the masses have to say. This site is a good indicator is a game is good/buggy/etc... or not. Sometimes I'll look at reviews if I need to find something specific, but other than that it's either this or DL.
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