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supness420 posted...

I would suggest playing it yourself. No review is going to nail it 100%. If you think that, then you will eventually buy a game you do not like based on reviews, though it happens a lot.

The problem is, there are way too many games in the world to play them all, so you pretty much need to rely on reviews to some degree to judge which ones are worth spending time on.

If anyone ever attempted to play every game ever without a single review (even if just word-of-mouth from friends or people they trust), they'd hate most of the games they play and waste a shitton of money.

The key is to find reviewers whose opinions seem similar to your own, and go from there. Also, check both positive and negative reviews to see what people are praising and what people are complaining about - it's possible you may considering something a positive that someone else considers a negative, and vice-versa.

It's also worth considering things like genre and intent. The best platformer game in the world might be getting 10/10 out of platformer fans, but if I hate platformers in general their opinions really aren't going to mean much to me, and I likely won't see it as anything more than a 2/10 myself (and vice-versa, my 2/10 score isn't going to mean much to people who actually love platformers).
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