Reviews were a thing back in the barely-to-no internet times, where only the journalists get to see a game before it was shipped, and share their opinion on it.. And the press/media were totally different back then compared to what it is now.. But today? Reviews are completely meaningless, because I can witness the games by myself on YT, Twitch etc. and I can make my own judgement whether I like what I see or not. Especially given the press is super biased nowadays, forced unnecessary politics etc., which for example, weren't present back in the RE5 days, where the game was called racist because you were killing black zombies (black people in Africa, who would have guessed?), which now would be most likely considered as a diverse, politically correct, anti-white supremacy game. Like those factors decide whether I have fun with the game or not to begin with... So yeah, I didn't read/watch a single review in about two decades, the only glimpse of reviews I get is here on Neogaf and the thread titles, and that's more than enough.