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Yatōkiri_Kilgharrah;143115928 said:Umm how?
Hmm, I've been gaming for something like 30 years and I know what I like. Do you not?
Yatōkiri_Kilgharrah;143115928 said:Umm how?
You're probably an expert in video games
Yes, I know the meme but think for a moment: how long have you been playing games? How many games have you finished/played? Do you have your own taste, favourite genres and series, etc? If your hobby is gaming and you're dedicated to it, you are probably at least on pair with the person who wrote the review, if not better. Why should they dictate what you play?
Reading GAF OTs has to be the single worst way to tell if a game is good or not.
Generally the OTs are full of hyped up people who are justifying their purchases to the world. Even more so if a game is an exclusive, in which case the OT is beyond useless.
For the most part game reviews are pretty ok in sorting the good from the bad. Obviously there will be differences of opinion from time to time, which is why it pays to read more than one outlet.
Saying ignore reviews and listen to GAF makes no sense to me. GAF is overrun with fanboys so you would be jumping out of the frying pan and into a fucking huge inferno of a fire if your aim is to get a decent opinion.
Funny that this is off the back of the thread about The Order too. A thread about a preview which is quite balanced and justifies every point it makes, yet goes against the wailing fanboys who just want to hear blind praise for a game they haven't played.
Reading GAF OTs has to be the single worst way to tell if a game is good or not.
Generally the OTs are full of hyped up people who are justifying their purchases to the world. Even more so if a game is an exclusive, in which case the OT is beyond useless.
Reading GAF OTs has to be the single worst way to tell if a game is good or not.
Generally the OTs are full of hyped up people who are justifying their purchases to the world. Even more so if a game is an exclusive, in which case the OT is beyond useless.
For the most part game reviews are pretty ok in sorting the good from the bad. Obviously there will be differences of opinion from time to time, which is why it pays to read more than one outlet.
Saying ignore reviews and listen to GAF makes no sense to me. GAF is overrun with fanboys so you would be jumping out of the frying pan and into a fucking huge inferno of a fire if your aim is to get a decent opinion.
Funny that this is off the back of the thread about The Order too. A thread about a preview which is quite balanced and justifies every point it makes, yet goes against the wailing fanboys who just want to hear blind praise for a game they haven't played.
I disagree, the OP seems like "Why I don't need game reviews in my life".
I don't read/watch reviews to decide my purchases. I do it because I think it is fun. For example, I watch Mark/Lord Karnage/CGR knowing that I'll probably never play 95% of the games he reviews.
User opinion is great.
For me, reviews went the way of the Dodo after one of the big sites posted a disparaging Football Manager review from someone who obviously did not want to play the game. Why would I care about someone's opinion who doesn't want to play the game? unless, like you say, I want to confirm my non-purchasing decision.
At this point there are many ways to gauge a game, twitch has blown up, live with playstation will give you an accurate assessment of how a game plays on that particular platform. There's shareplay, a great feature where you can sample games from friends who buy many games.
The way I see it, review outlets are becoming less and less important for the gamer as a result. I doubt the average PS gamer will go read the IGN review on COD-AW or Mordor, he'll simply fire up live with playstation, see how it plays, listen to the gamer right there on the app for feedback, he can ask questions and interact as well, from there he will form his opinion.
Just as gaming print media has become obsolete, I envision many sites will shut down in the coming years. Remember when 1up was the hottest thing, that's gone, remember when gametrailers blew up, to be honest, I only remembered gametrailers exist since writing this line, have not been on that site for years. I guess this puts things in perspective, at least for me.
Nobody here actually reads reviews anyway. They just look at the score.
Was your PS3 broken because I don't remember a single issue.Reviews are dead to me since TLOU (and before, honestly). What a desaster that not ONE reviewer was able to comment on a framerate which was utter shit. Unbelievable and makes you question what these people even know.
User opinion is great.
For me, reviews went the way of the Dodo after one of the big sites posted a disparaging Football Manager review from someone who obviously did not want to play the game. Why would I care about someone's opinion who doesn't want to play the game? unless, like you say, I want to confirm my non-purchasing decision.
I'm a lot stingier these days. I rely on reviews because I need people to be able to write reasonably well to explain what and what doesn't work in a game. But, sometimes it's just for entertainment. For instance, I think Tom Chick's reviews are extremely well written and funny, but I've never needed to feel like I needed to agree with him.
GAF helps guides my purchases too, but I feel like the hype has screwed on a number of occasions (e.g. Destiny).
Why should one bad review ruin all reviews. It was obvious to you that the Football Manager thing was bad and you could safely ignore everything it said. Did that ruin every other review of the game that was out there?User opinion is great.
For me, reviews went the way of the Dodo after one of the big sites posted a disparaging Football Manager review from someone who obviously did not want to play the game. Why would I care about someone's opinion who doesn't want to play the game? unless, like you say, I want to confirm my non-purchasing decision.
Most game reviews completely ignore the above or dominate the facts with personal opinion of the reviewer which I couldn't care less about.
Reviews are useful if you know the author of the review before you and yourself. If you don't know both, you are rolling the dice.
Was this really prompted by the fact that some people (or game journalists) happened to have negative impressions about The Order...?
I got a crack out of this. Thanks lol.Don't be afraid, it's just money
a review is not supposed to be a quantitative deconstruction of a game's quality.
I think reviews of all types are an important tool to keep the consumer informed.
Professional reviews, online consumer reviews, even simple impressions on gaming forums & YouTube. All coalesce to give an overall vibe of a game's reception & quality level. No, it's not gospel. And of course it's always important to consider the source. Yada, yada, yada. The important thing is that it arms the consumer with info before they lay their money down.
How anyone would flip the metaphorical bird at reviews of any kind is beyond me. They're simply a tool to inform. Games can be expensive. And as with most any big purchase I make, I like to throw out the feelers to see how a product is recieved in the market before buying (Consumer Reports, AVS Forum, etc.). There's dozens if not hundreds of people out there that have already done the heavy lifting with their money and time before we even lift a finger. I'm glad their out there and I take full advantage of their knowledge.
Exactly, reviews are an important part of me making an I formed decision st a consumer. It's stupid to think that GAF is gonna the only information and impressions I need, it's more of a supplement. Also there is so much overhype and negativity here that it feels impossible at this point to actually find legit impressions of something here.
Honestly I feel this topic came about because of the Eurogamer having an opinion on thr order topic. This is getting really silly honestly..
To add something to that:
The gaming reviews are not intented for people like us who eats, sleeps and loves videogames. We are already informed, we watch youtube stuff, neogaf, etc.
Those reviews are for the uninformed people, and they NEED the reviews. Otherwise they would just pick games based on how nice the art cover is?
Honestly I feel this topic came about because of the Eurogamer having an opinion on thr order topic. This is getting really silly honestly..