Poll of the Day > Show me someone who decides to not buy a game based off of an IGN Review, and...

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I'll show someone who more than likely didn't actually read the review.

When they're not devoting 3/4 of a review talking about how great another game is, they're literally telling straight up lies about the game in question, and getting paid for it, all while likely not even mentioning the games story. Anyone who's played Lost Sphear or The Secret World and read their review for those games can tell you that.
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These days, you'd be hard-pressed to find anyone that based their decision off of a single review. For those who are lazy enough to not look past a single number, metacritic's obviously a better choice than any one review. Anyone who's willing to put more thought into it likely will read multiple reviews.
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IGN still exists? I thought they died with Game Trailers.
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I just use YouTube since I can't rent from Blockbuster anymore. They cancelled my account for some reason and won't answer their phone.
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adjl posted...

These days, you'd be hard-pressed to find anyone that based their decision off of a single review.

Back when it was around, Id put a heavy amount of faith in Gametrailers reviews, although I wouldnt let it be the sole reason for buying or not buying a game. I felt that their reviews gave a ton of insight and for whatever reason, their tastes tended to align with my own.

I always forget that Easy Allies is a thing... Id imagine they would be similar, since its largely the same group. Also, my phone kept auto correcting Easy Allies to Easy Sallies. Now Im wondering if thats a thing...
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zebatov posted...

I just use YouTube since I can't rent from Blockbuster anymore. They cancelled my account for some reason and won't answer their phone.

Well that's not too unusual considering that they went out of business :P

The Popo posted...

Back when it was around, Id put a heavy amount of faith in Gametrailers reviews, although I wouldnt let it be the sole reason for buying or not buying a game. I felt that their reviews gave a ton of insight and for whatever reason, their tastes tended to align with my own.

Are you for real? Their reviews told you jack fucking squat about the games. Every review I saw for it was essentially ""this game is awesome! the middle of the game had some of the best moments in gaming ever! The story, which I won't bother to go into detail whatsoever is amazing! The combat is amazing too, and you don't need any details! I think every AAA game in human history is the best game ever!"

Although to be fair I only watched their reviews when people I knew would link me to them, and it was always to games that they were hyped for.

Even worse was the computerized voice that did all the reviews. God, it was the very definition of bland!"
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zebatov posted...

I just use YouTube since I can't rent from Blockbuster anymore.

Redbox has game rentals.
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XianMei posted...

The Popo posted...

Back when it was around, Id put a heavy amount of faith in Gametrailers reviews, although I wouldnt let it be the sole reason for buying or not buying a game. I felt that their reviews gave a ton of insight and for whatever reason, their tastes tended to align with my own.

Are you for real? Their reviews told you jack fucking squat about the games. Every review I saw for it was essentially ""this game is awesome! the middle of the game had some of the best moments in gaming ever! The story, which I won't bother to go into detail whatsoever is amazing! The combat is amazing too, and you don't need any details! I think every AAA game in human history is the best game ever!"

Although to be fair I only watched their reviews when people I knew would link me to them, and it was always to games that they were hyped for.

Even worse was the computerized voice that did all the reviews. God, it was the very definition of bland!"

Their reviews would typically run about 8-10 minutes, so Id say they were more detailed than what you recall. We may have to agree to disagree on that. But they would call out games that werent great - they definitely didnt give high praise to every game. As for the computerized voice, I have no clue what youre talking about. Their reviews were narrated by Brandon Jones, they guy who was basically running their show.
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Far-Queue posted...

zebatov posted...

I just use YouTube since I can't rent from Blockbuster anymore.

Redbox has game rentals.

Gamefly.
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I choose not to buy a game based on their reviews all the time.

Well, their video at least.

I don't really care much what they say, I care what the game looks like, and I can tell that by the video.

Quite often IGN is one of the first videos up as well.....so I end up using them.
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The Popo posted...

XianMei posted...

The Popo posted...

Back when it was around, Id put a heavy amount of faith in Gametrailers reviews, although I wouldnt let it be the sole reason for buying or not buying a game. I felt that their reviews gave a ton of insight and for whatever reason, their tastes tended to align with my own.

Are you for real? Their reviews told you jack fucking squat about the games. Every review I saw for it was essentially ""this game is awesome! the middle of the game had some of the best moments in gaming ever! The story, which I won't bother to go into detail whatsoever is amazing! The combat is amazing too, and you don't need any details! I think every AAA game in human history is the best game ever!"

Although to be fair I only watched their reviews when people I knew would link me to them, and it was always to games that they were hyped for.

Even worse was the computerized voice that did all the reviews. God, it was the very definition of bland!"

Their reviews would typically run about 8-10 minutes, so Id say they were more detailed than what you recall. We may have to agree to disagree on that. But they would call out games that werent great - they definitely didnt give high praise to every game. As for the computerized voice, I have no clue what youre talking about. Their reviews were narrated by Brandon Jones, they guy who was basically running their show.

Ok, but I watched at leat 10 reviews like that.

And seriously, that wasn't a computerized voice? Are you sure he didn't put his voice through a synthsizer?

wolfy42 posted...

I choose not to buy a game based on their reviews all the time.

Well, their video at least.

I don't really care much what they say, I care what the game looks like, and I can tell that by the video.

Quite often IGN is one of the first videos up as well.....so I end up using them.

Chances are you're still being influenced by their words regardless.
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Metal_Mario99 posted...

Far-Queue posted...

zebatov posted...

I just use YouTube since I can't rent from Blockbuster anymore.

Redbox has game rentals.

Gamefly.

Apparently, the library...
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I never choose to buy a game based on reviews. I rarely read them, anyway. Depending how on the fence I am, I may watch a. video or 2 of gameplay, though...
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Does IGN give bad reviews? It seems that their scores are always equal to or higher than GameSpot's.

OmegaM posted...

Does IGN give bad reviews? It seems that their scores are always equal to or higher than GameSpot's.

Thjey give bad reviews all the time!
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