Zoom7000 Posted December 2, 2007 Share Posted December 2, 2007 What websites/magazines/TV Shows do you most respect/trust to give a decent review of games? I've read a lot of magazines during my time. Games Master, Computer Gaming World, PC Gamer, PC Zone, and many many more. However, the majority of the popular mags comes from 1 of either 2 publishers. Future Publishing or Dennis Publishing and the reviewers move between the mags. So, there isn't much of a wider review. In the UK we've kinda been deprived of TV shows in recent years. Back in the day we had Games Master and Bad Influence, these died out and we got Cybernet that was slowly moved to the ITV graveyard slot before ITV moved into the rip off phone in market. The only thing I have seen as of recent is Gamer TV on Bravo. As for websites, well, there's loads! So, question is, of the 3 different medias, who do you most trust/respect? Website(s): Magazine(s): TV Show(s): Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remysaus Posted December 2, 2007 Share Posted December 2, 2007 metacritic.com :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
funkymunky Posted December 2, 2007 Share Posted December 2, 2007 Not gamespot :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vice Posted December 2, 2007 Share Posted December 2, 2007 I download the demo and make my own opinion. It's to difficult to find a review site that isn't being paid off. You know its bad when your asking for a review of a review site. What's next review sites getting paid off by review sites to give good reviews to there review site for the subject of reviewing yet more review sites? Where does it end? Won't someone please think of the children! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tech Star Posted December 2, 2007 Share Posted December 2, 2007 IGN. I like their reviews, I trust them. I also do what Vice says before I make a judgment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WelshBluebird Posted December 2, 2007 Share Posted December 2, 2007 Don't really buy games mags now, as most of the stuff you can get for free online. As for websites, I personally think 1UP are one of the best. I did used to read GS a fair bit too, but not any more. IGN are also on my RSS reader. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valerus Posted December 2, 2007 Share Posted December 2, 2007 I get GameInformer for the hell of it. Uh I don't even have it delivered to my dorm, so they're just piling up at home. I read Gamespot for GENERAL reviews. Then I check gamerankings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ash Posted December 2, 2007 Share Posted December 2, 2007 Word of mouth, message board threads, customer reviews (like on amazon) etc... I don't trust review sites... for anything. Movies, games, whatever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huleboeren Posted December 2, 2007 Share Posted December 2, 2007 - Metacritic.com / gamerankings.com - Demos or ingame gameplay on youtube/gametrailers :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sn00pie Posted December 2, 2007 Share Posted December 2, 2007 I used to look at GameSpot for all my game reviews but that was before there very low Ratchet & Clank rating, now it's all 'bout IGN! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cloud Constructors Posted December 3, 2007 Share Posted December 3, 2007 IGN reviews are the most reputatable Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kushan Posted December 3, 2007 Share Posted December 3, 2007 I completely trust gamespot. Their reviews are completely unbiased and by far the best in the industry! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exotoxic Posted December 3, 2007 Share Posted December 3, 2007 none because its a matter of personal opinion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emmx Posted December 29, 2008 Share Posted December 29, 2008 (edited) none because its a matter of personal opinion Well no kidding, but if a game completely blows or is full of bugs it's nice to hear someone else tell you that it blows and has bugs before you go spend your money on it and find out the hard way. When you dig down to the nitty-gritty, that's what reviews are supposed to be for. EDIT: wow, sorry I bumped this. I linked to the page from Google and didn't look at the dates. Edited December 29, 2008 by Fidelisprivatus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
furyshinobi Posted December 29, 2008 Share Posted December 29, 2008 I used to check Gamespot and most of their reviews have been spot on. I also use metacritic and gametrailers. For magazines I use PC Powerplay and Hyper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+shift. MVC Posted December 29, 2008 MVC Share Posted December 29, 2008 You could say anything is a matter of personal opinion. Personally I believe certain review sites are actually useful to a certain extent (such as what Fidelisprivatus eluded to having someone tell you a game is full of bugs or is just plain bad). I read Gamespot a lot, but I tend to take most reviews that have abnormally high marks with a grain of salt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sundayx Veteran Posted December 29, 2008 Veteran Share Posted December 29, 2008 GameTrailers and Metacritic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unto Darkness Posted December 29, 2008 Share Posted December 29, 2008 If you want a very critical review soaked with satire, Yahtzee is the guy you are looking for. Zero Puntuation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neo003 Posted December 29, 2008 Share Posted December 29, 2008 Don't really buy games mags now, as most of the stuff you can get for free online.As for websites, I personally think 1UP are one of the best. I did used to read GS a fair bit too, but not any more. IGN are also on my RSS reader. I still get OXM, PSM and GI. Hey I like reading in crappy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matrix XII Posted December 29, 2008 Share Posted December 29, 2008 IGN is the best for games, although some of their ratings this past year I haven't agreed with. Metacritic.com and Rottentomatoes.com are the best movie review sites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badie05 Posted December 29, 2008 Share Posted December 29, 2008 Website(s): Gametrailers.com, Gamespot, IGN Magazine(s): EGM, PC Gamer TV Show(s): GT TV (nothing specific), GT TV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faraway. Posted December 29, 2008 Share Posted December 29, 2008 Website(s): IGN (the best imo), GameTrailers, Neowin (for user opinions), metacritic for an overall overview Magazine(s): I used to subscribe to EGM. They were pretty good. Now I get Game Informer (their biggest strength is previews imo) TV Show(s): G4 just to hear Adam Sessler's opinion on X-Play. I really respect his views, and it helps that he's hilarious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Hammond Posted December 29, 2008 Share Posted December 29, 2008 1UP/1UP Show/1UP Yours <3 Garnett Lee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDStriker Posted December 29, 2008 Share Posted December 29, 2008 I completely trust gamespot. Their reviews are completely unbiased and by far the best in the industry! this comment was so paid for by gamespot :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
insomniac9 Posted December 29, 2008 Share Posted December 29, 2008 I've been reading Games Master for years now and trust a lot of the reviews. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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